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"One of the most powerful experiences that I’ve had at Marquette in all of my four years here."
--2008 Pilgrimage Participant
Intercultural Programs offers a unique opportunity to take a journey though the past during fall break. In 2007, thirty students became the first at Marquette to experience the Civil Rights Pilgrimage, a tour of key historical landmarks of the South that retell stories of the civil rights struggle only forty years ago.
The students, along with six administrators, visited the cities of Memphis, Birmingham, and Atlanta, where they viewed the site of Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination, visited historically black colleges, toured museums and walked through Kelly Ingram Park, home of the infamous protest in which young people were violently sprayed with fire hoses and attacked by dogs. Additionally, the students met with several people who lived the movement, including Reverend Kyles, who was with Dr. King on the night of his death, just moments before the shot was fired.
This year’s trip is being planned for spring break. The group will travel by bus and stay overnight at university residence halls. Registration opens Friday, September 5 and costs $200. The registration deadline is September 19, and final payments must be made by October 1. Participants will be expected to attend two workshops before the trip and three debriefing sessions after. This event is sponsored by Intercultural Programs, the Manresa Project and the Office of the Provost and Cardinal Stritch University Office of Multicultural Relations.
For more information, please contact Pamela Peters, Assistant Dean for Intercultural Programs at 414-288-7205 or stop by Room 121 in the Alumni Memorial Union.
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