To be scheduled for your group or see below for information regarding a *Young Adult Pilgrimage with Glen Guyton in October.
Date: to be determined by your group in cooperation with MMN staff
Cost: $900
You will learn about the struggle for dignity and humanity from museums, significant places and powerful memorials.
Hear first-hand reflections from civil rights movement participants who help unpack the significance of the civil rights movement, the lessons we can learn, and today’s ongoing struggle for justice and equality.
Your pilgrimage might begin in Tennessee or Georgia with visits to places like the National Center for Human and Civil Rights. Then travel to Alabama and Mississippi for fellowship and prayer with Mission Network partners, guided walking tours of historic sites, landmarks, and museums.
*Special Young Adult Pilgrimage with Glen Guyton
Join Mennonite Church USA executive director Glen Guyton for a unique multiracial group on a pilgrimage through the southern United States with opportunities for shared learning and deep understanding of the racial divides that our society perpetuates. Together, you’ll walk in the footsteps of heroes, confront hard truths, and envision a future of reconciliation and hope.
- For young adults ages 18-30
- Date: October 28-November 2, 2025
- Cost: $800
- Registration deadline: September 15 (see contact form below)
- The Solidarity Scholarship Fund is available to those who are eligible: Solidarity Fund details
Civil Rights tour frequently asked questions
Sample itinerary—U.S. Civil Rights Pilgrimage
Day 1
Travel to Atlanta
Dinner with Casa Alterna
Day 2
Human and Civil Rights walking tour of Atlanta
Lunch at Sweet Auburn Curb Market
Afternoon: Travel to Montgomery
Evening: Check-in and debrief
Day 3
National Memorial for Peace and Justice
Legacy Museum in Montgomery
Evening: Check-in and debrief
Day 4
Tour of Montgomery and Selma
Afternoon/Evening: Check-in and Prep for Friday: review story of Freedom Summer murders and watch Neshoba: The Price of Freedom
Lodging at Pine Lake Fellowship Camp
Day 5
Tour of Philadelphia, MS, story of Freedom Summer murders
Dancing Rabbit Treaty Site
Meal and contacts at Nanih Waiya Mennonite Church
Evening: Check-in
Lodging at Pine Lake Camp
Day 6
Worship with Open Door Mennonite Church in Jackson
Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
Conversation with folks from Open Door
Evening: Check-in
Day 7
Jackson or Memphis
Evening check-in and ending celebration
Day 8
Travel day home
Pilgrims set out not so much to assist strangers but to eat with them. They journey in the wisdom about transformation held in the Rwandan proverb “if you cannot hear the mouth eating, you cannot hear the mouth crying.
– From The “Practice of Pilgrimage” by Emmanuel Katongole and Chris Rice, Reconciling All Things, 2008.
Related
Civil rights learning tour recap: days one and two
Civil rights learning tour recap: day three
Civil rights learning tour recap: day four
Civil rights learning tour recap: day five
Civil rights learning tour recap: days six and seven
For more information regarding Just Peace Pilgrimages, please fill out the contact form below, including any comments.