The Forward Together Moral Movement/Moral Freedom Summer Campaign is proud to kick off the summer with North Carolina's Freedom Ride 2014, sponsored through the School For Conversion. Your participation is greatly encouraged.

21ST CENTURY FREEDOM RIDE

MAY 12-16, 2014

50 years ago, in the summer of 1964, the Freedom Movement in America focused its energies on Mississippi. National civil rights organizations partnered on a Freedom Summer Project, working with local leadership to set up Freedom Schoolsand the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Many of the leaders of that Freedom Summer were baptized in the Movement through the Freedom Rides of 1961. Coming out of Mississippi's Parchman Prison, they knew that if America was to be born again, change would have to begin in Mississippi.
50 years later, young people in North Carolina who are hungry for justice and beloved community have declared another Freedom Summer Project for 2014. To learn from the wisdom of their elders and orient themselves to their work, they will travel with us on a 21st-Century Freedom Ride into the heart of Southern Freedom Movement history.
Elders for this year's ride include:

  • BobZellner, field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, original Freedom Rider, and co-founder of GROW (Grassroots Organizing Work).
  • Charles and Shirley Sherrod,veterans of SNCC and the Albany Movement, helped found the community land trust movement in North America.
  • John Perkins, veteran of the Mississippi Movement and founder of the Christian Community Development Association.
  • Rev. Ed King, former chaplain of Tougaloo College and organizer in Freedom Summer 1964.
  • Follow the21stCentury Freedom Ride and learn more about the Riders:
  • Support the21stCentury Freedom Ride:
    Donate on PayPal
  • ITINERARY
  • Monday, May 12th
    Durham, NC to Birmingham
    "Ella Baker and the Student Movement: 1960-1963"
    Tuesday, May 13th
    Birmingham to Jackson
    "Bob Moses and Organizing to Empower"
    Wednesday, May 14th
    "Fannie Lou Hamer and Local Leadership Development"
    Thursday, May 15th
    Jackson to Southwest Georgia
    "Digging in for the Long Haul"
    Friday, May 16th
    Americus, GA to Durham, NC
    "The Freedom Movement Today"
    - Register at:

The Forward Together Moral Movement/Moral Freedom Summer Campaign is proud to kick off the summer with North Carolina's Freedom Ride 2014, sponsored through the School For Conversion. Your participation is greatly encouraged.
21ST CENTURY FREEDOM RIDE
MAY 12-16, 2014
50 years ago, in the summer of 1964, the Freedom Movement in America focused its energies on Mississippi. National civil rights organizations partnered on a Freedom Summer Project, working with local leadership to set up Freedom Schoolsand the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Many of the leaders of that Freedom Summer were baptized in the Movement through the Freedom Rides of 1961. Coming out of Mississippi's Parchman Prison, they knew that if America was to be born again, change would have to begin in Mississippi.
50 years later, young people in North Carolina who are hungry for justice and beloved community have declared another Freedom Summer Project for 2014. To learn from the wisdom of their elders and orient themselves to their work, they will travel with us on a 21st-Century Freedom Ride into the heart of Southern Freedom Movement history.
Elders for this year's ride include:
  • BobZellner, field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, original Freedom Rider, and co-founder of GROW (Grassroots Organizing Work).
  • Charles and Shirley Sherrod,veterans of SNCC and the Albany Movement, helped found the community land trust movement in North America.
  • John Perkins, veteran of the Mississippi Movement and founder of the Christian Community Development Association.
  • Rev. Ed King, former chaplain of Tougaloo College and organizer in Freedom Summer 1964.
Follow the21stCentury Freedom Ride and learn more about the Riders:

Support the21stCentury Freedom Ride:
Donate on PayPal
ITINERARY
Monday, May 12th
Durham, NC to Birmingham
"Ella Baker and the Student Movement: 1960-1963"
Tuesday, May 13th
Birmingham to Jackson
"Bob Moses and Organizing to Empower"
Wednesday, May 14th
"Fannie Lou Hamer and Local Leadership Development"
Thursday, May 15th
Jackson to Southwest Georgia
"Digging in for the Long Haul"
Friday, May 16th
Americus, GA to Durham, NC
"The Freedom Movement Today"
- Register at:

21st Century Freedom Ride

Please register no later than Wednesday, April 30, as there are a limited number of seats available. The link for registration is

Please contact William Barber III or more information.

FORWARD TOGETHER, NOT ONE STEP BACK!

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, NC NAACP President & HKonJ Convener

Ms. Rosalyn W. Pelles, Interim Executive Director