From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Feb 6 22:42:38 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mail.interocity.com (www.interocity.com [209.208.240.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C52837B401; Tue, 6 Feb 2001 22:41:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from dampyr (unverified [209.208.240.108]) by mail.interocity.com (Rockliffe SMTPRA 2.1.6) with SMTP id for ; Tue, 06 Feb 2001 14:23:31 -0500 Message-ID: <000a01c09072$4a2a46d0$6cf0d0d1@interocity.com> Reply-To: "press" From: "press" To: Subject: WELCOME TO THE SOJOURN PROJECT! Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 14:23:30 -0500 Organization: sojourn project MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0007_01C09048.612AE4E0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C09048.612AE4E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The Sojourn Project is a civil rights education project that takes high = school students from around the nation to historical civil rights = landmarks throughout the South. From time to time, we use this = newsletter to publicize our program and encourage involvement from the = African-American community. For more information about the program, = please visit http://www.sojournproject.org. =20 INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION GRANT SUPPORTS CIVIL RIGHTS EDUCATION = PROJECT IN BROOKLYN =20 For Immediate Release - January 30, 2001 =20 BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- On the eve of Black History Month, the New York = chapter of the Sojourn civil rights project today proudly announced the = receipt of a grant from the Independence Community Foundation (ICF) that = will underwrite a Brooklyn public high school student for a 10-day = travel-study program to civil rights landmarks in the South. The = student will join a group of New York City and California students who = qualify for expeditions scheduled for spring 2001. In addition to this = student scholarship, the ICF grant will provide organizational support = for Sojourn to present a course on civil rights history to students from = Brooklyn high schools and non-profit programs. =20 Marilyn G. Gelber, Executive Director of ICF, said: "Independence = Foundation is pleased to support such a worthy project. We are = particularly delighted that this $5,000 grant will allow a Brooklyn = student to explore firsthand the roots of our nation's civil rights = movement and personally observe the extraordinary change that leaders = like the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. helped to bring about. By = understanding history, young people will be better prepared to combat = bigotry today." =20 ICF's advocacy on behalf of Sojourn has been a vital factor in = successfully introducing the project to Brooklyn and its broad network = of philanthropic support. According to Sojourn board member NY State = Assemblyman Roger Green (57th AD), "The staff at ICF vetted the program = as it rolled out in Brooklyn last summer. Then they pledged their = support. And then they went the extra mile, providing introductions to = other supporters. Without the foresight and generosity of ICF, = Sojourn's presence in New York would still be a dream. ICF made it = real." Mr. Green chairs the Assembly Committee on Children & Families = in Albany. =20 Sojourn provides an opportunity for high school students from New York = City, San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles to travel to the South and = study the civil rights era in intimate settings. The program's = itinerary includes Washington DC, Atlanta, Tuskegee, Montgomery, Selma, = Birmingham, Jackson, Little Rock and Memphis. By way of a "living = history" syllabus - books, documentaries, recordings and on-site visits = with civil rights veterans - lessons of tolerance, nonviolence, personal = courage, compassion, forgiveness, faith, hope, justice and civic = responsibility are imparted during expeditions. =20 John Lewis (U.S. Congressman), Myrlie Evers-Williams (Medgar Evers' = widow), members of the Little Rock Nine, voting rights pioneer Robert = Moses, Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth (leader of the 1963 Birmingham movement), = Chris McNair (father of one of four little girls killed in a Birmingham = church bombing) and Martin Luther King III, among others, meet with = students and teachers during their many stops through the South.=20 =20 Since February 1999, Sojourn has conducted eight civil rights = expeditions. More than 665 participants have met with civil rights = veterans who have shared the program's ethical lesson plans. By the end = of this school year, Sojourn will have served more than 1000 students. = To visit Sojourn's Web site, click: www.sojournproject.org. To visit = the Web site of the Independence Community Foundation, click: = www.icfny.org. =20 "Until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream." =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C09048.612AE4E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 The Sojourn Project is a civil rights education project = that takes=20 high school students from around the nation to historical civil rights = landmarks=20 throughout the South. From time to time, we use this newsletter to = publicize our=20 program and encourage involvement from the African-American community. = For more=20 information about the program, please visit http://www.sojournproject.org.=
 

 

INDEPENDENCE = COMMUNITY=20 FOUNDATION GRANT SUPPORTS CIVIL RIGHTS = EDUCATION=20 PROJECT IN BROOKLYN

 

For Immediate=20 Release –=20 January 30, 2001

 

BROOKLYN,=20 N.Y. -- On=20 the eve of Black History Month, the New York chapter of the Sojourn = civil rights=20 project today proudly announced the receipt of a grant from the = Independence=20 Community Foundation (ICF) that will underwrite a Brooklyn public high = school=20 student for a 10-day travel-study program to civil rights landmarks in = the=20 South.  The student will = join a=20 group of New York City and California students who qualify for = expeditions=20 scheduled for spring 2001.  = In=20 addition to this student scholarship, the ICF grant will provide = organizational=20 support for Sojourn to present a course on civil rights history to = students from=20 Brooklyn high schools and non-profit programs.

 

Marilyn G. Gelber, = Executive=20 Director of ICF, said: “Independence Foundation is pleased to = support such a=20 worthy project.  We are = particularly=20 delighted that this $5,000 grant will allow a Brooklyn student to = explore=20 firsthand the roots of our nation’s civil rights movement and = personally observe=20 the extraordinary change that leaders like the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther = King Jr.=20 helped to bring about. By understanding history, young people will be = better=20 prepared to combat bigotry today.”

 

ICF’s = advocacy on behalf of=20 Sojourn has been a vital factor in successfully introducing the project = to=20 Brooklyn and its broad network of philanthropic support.  According to Sojourn board = member NY=20 State Assemblyman Roger Green (57th AD), “The staff at = ICF vetted the=20 program as it rolled out in Brooklyn last summer.  Then they pledged their = support.  And then they went the extra = mile,=20 providing introductions to other supporters.  Without the foresight and = generosity of=20 ICF, Sojourn’s presence in New York would still be a dream.  ICF made it real.”  Mr. Green chairs the Assembly = Committee=20 on Children & Families in Albany.

 

Sojourn=20 provides an opportunity for high school students from New York City, San = Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles to travel to the South and study the = civil=20 rights era in intimate settings.  = The=20 program’s itinerary includes Washington DC, Atlanta, Tuskegee, = Montgomery,=20 Selma, Birmingham, Jackson, Little Rock and Memphis.  By way of a “living = history” syllabus —=20 books, documentaries, recordings and on-site visits with civil rights = veterans —=20 lessons of tolerance, nonviolence, personal courage, compassion, = forgiveness,=20 faith, hope, justice and civic responsibility are imparted during=20 expeditions.  =

John Lewis (U.S.=20 Congressman), Myrlie Evers-Williams (Medgar Evers’ widow), members = of the Little=20 Rock Nine, voting rights pioneer Robert Moses, Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth = (leader=20 of the 1963 Birmingham movement), Chris McNair (father of one of four = little=20 girls killed in a Birmingham church bombing) and Martin Luther King III, = among=20 others, meet with students and teachers during their many stops through = the=20 South.

 

Since February = 1999, Sojourn=20 has conducted eight civil rights expeditions.  More than 665 participants = have met with=20 civil rights veterans who have shared the program’s ethical lesson = plans.  By the end of this school = year, Sojourn=20 will have served more than 1000 students. =20 To visit Sojourn’s Web site, click: www.sojournproject.org.  To visit the Web site of the=20 Independence Community Foundation, click: www.icfny.org.   

“Until justice=20 rolls down like waters

and = righteousness=20 like a mighty stream.”

 

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