June 6-12, 2026

What Is Journey to Justice?

Journey to Justice is a civil rights education program that invites participants to explore the history and ongoing realities of race in America through immersive learning, ethical reflection, and engagement with sites of social change. Rooted in the study of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, the program helps participants understand how racial injustice has been constructed, challenged, and transformed and encourages them to reflect on their own role in building a more just society.

What Participants Experience

Visit historic civil rights sites across the American South
including Selma, Montgomery, Birmingham, Jackson, Memphis and other key locations tied to the movement

Engage primary sources, museums, and memorials through guided discussion
with structured reflection led by faculty and trained facilitators

Reflect on how the history of race and resistance shapes contemporary America
connecting past struggles to present-day questions of justice, power, and responsibility

Who Journey to Justice Is For

• High School Students
  Civil rights learning beyond the classroom, grounded in history and reflection, with the opportunity to earn college credit.
• University of Evansville Students
  Earn academic credit while engaging the history of the Civil Rights Movement.
  (RES 150: Civil Rights Movement)
• Educators
  Professional development and curriculum connections grounded in lived history.
• Community Members
  An opportunity to deepen understanding of race and justice through collective learning.

Access and Commitment

Journey to Justice is committed to making civil rights education accessible. Through donor support and community partnerships, financial assistance is available for educators and eligible high school students, including students from Bosse High School. We are also actively working to expand funding so that additional students and community members with financial need can participate. Our goal is to ensure that cost does not prevent meaningful engagement with this program.