Alumni & Friends: Civil Rights Bus Trip

For Alumni, Parents & Friends of Messiah University

Join us March 8-15, 2025 for an 8 day/7night Civil Rights Bus Trip!
**For more info, attend the Virtual Information Session on 11/21 from 7:00  - 8:00 p.m. Email Abby Book for details at abook@messiah.edu

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE - contact John Zeigler, Executive Director for Development, at jzeigler@messiah.edu

Trip Highlights 

• Tour key southern sites of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s-60s
• Listen to speakers who were involved first hand with the movement 
• Interact with speakers and leaders during educational sessions 
• The trip starts in Atlanta and ends in Memphis. Participants will have the option to depart from Memphis, or take the bus back to Atlanta if they would prefer to depart from there. (Airfare is not include in price).
• $1400/per person (double occupancy); $2000/per person (single occupancy)
• Cost covers transportation (minus airfare), lodging, museums, speakers, books, and some meals

1. Complete our online registration form or download and mail/email us your registration form.
2. Make a deposit or full payment for your trip via our online payment system. 
3. Final payment is due by January 15, 2025.  Registrations will be accepted until all seats are full, with the final deadline being January 15, 2025.
4. Contact Abby Book at abook@messiah.edu for any additional questions. 

View the complete trip itinerary here!

“The Civil Rights Tour was a life-changing experience! Meeting figures involved in ‘The Movement’ along with each site  was not only incredibly educational, but more importantly, challenged me to think more deeply about my experiences and my faith.

This experience perfectly embodied the concept of "reconciliation" from Messiah’s mission statement. It was a rare opportunity in my life to spend an extended period devoted to education and deep reflection, engaging in discussions about topics that are critical to our society alongside people I felt safe with.”

Nate Littman ’17, M’22 

This trip gave me the history lesson that I never received in any of my education. It equipped me with the knowledge and awareness that is necessary to navigate the world we live in today. The trip is immersive and intentional.

Each stop is full of a wealth of information and even the bus ride itself includes movies, documentaries, and conversations that further explain this moment in history – from the time you wake up to the time you lay your head on the hotel pillow, you are confronted with information from this time in history and asked to grapple with how it not only affected our past, but continues to have an impact today and in the future.”

Sierra Kinslow ’17, M’20