America is deeply divided. Tensions exist within and between many of our communities, and we are finding it increasingly harder to listen to those on the other side of the aisle—whether that aisle is political, racial, economic, or religious. The American Pilgrimage explores how the seeds of our division were sown at the noble yet contradictory beginning of our American story.
The Telos team will guide you through an experience where you will look at the past to help to understand our present realities in order to know how to engage in reconciling culture-making for a better tomorrow.
Our trip will start in Congo Square, a place where enslaved people gathered on Sundays during French colonial times and where American music has its roots.
Studio Be is a 35,000 sq. ft warehouse housing the first solo show of visual artist Brandan 'BMike' Odums.
Meet with the Vera Institute about the work they are doing to reform the criminal justice system.
We'll have approximately a 3 hour drive to Jackson, MS.
We will meet with community leaders and activists in Jackson, MS to learn from them and their stories.
We will take part in a Worship service at New Horizon Church International with Bishop Ronnie Crudup.
Mississippi is one of the hubs for significant civil rights struggle and progress both locally and nationally.
Visit to the house where Medgar Evers and his family lived and where he was assassinated.
We will meet with community leaders and activists in Jackson, MS to learn from them and their stories.
The Edmond Pettus Bridge is the place where "Bloody Sunday" happened on March 7, 1965.
We will spend time in a workshop on Nonviolence and Racial Equity Training led by Anika Jackson and her staff.
We will participate in an alternative tour of Montgomery led by Michelle Browder.
The Museum and Memorial were curated by the Equal Justice Initiative, founded by Bryan Stevenson. In this museum, we will explore the history of slavery, segregation, and mass incarceration. The Memorial honors the memory of the victims of racial terror lynchings.
We will process our time together and discuss the next steps of the journey in reconciliation and peacemaking.
Across the U.S. South 
