OUDC 30 | Birmingham, Alabama- 16th Street Baptist Church / Kelly Ingram Park

OUDC Class 30's fellows visited the 16th Street Baptist Church  and Kelly Ingram Park, part of the historic Civil Rights Trail in Birmingham,  Alabama. The church is where four young girls - Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Denise McNair and Carole Robertson, were murdered by a bomb set by a racist KKK member.  Nearby Kelly Ingram Park commemorates the struggles for equality and freedom in Birmingham during the Jim Crow era.

Thanks to all the OUDC fellows and staff for their good work and for the opportunity to be of service to their mission.

 

OUDC 30 | Selma Alabama

OUDC Class 30's fellows travelled to Selma, Alabama, site of one of  the critical turning points in the civil rights movement. They crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where the Bloody Sunday massacre occurred, and the start of the historic marches to Montgomery. They also visited the Voting Rights Museum, heard from local 'foot soldier" veterans of the movement, met at Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church, and participated in a workshop led by local healing activist Afriye Wekandodis of By The River Center For Humanity.

Afriye Wekandodis

Memorial for the late Jo Ann Blnd, civil rights foot soldier

Edmund Pettus Bridge

No Kings | State College PA

Ruth, Adele, Marjorie and I participated in the massive nationwide No Kings protests agains the abuses and authoritarian policies of the current administration. We were among thousands who came out to demonstrate for democracy and the rule of law on the Old Main Lawn of Penn State University, in State College. Pennsylvania. This community's rally was organized by Keystone Indivisible.