Learning the Lessons of the Civil Rights Movement
WELCOME TO
MAHONING VALLEY SOJOURN TO THE PAST
We are Mahoning Valley Sojourn to the Past based in Youngstown, Ohio, founded in 2007. Our organization takes high school students on a leadership development, life changing, history immersion journey to the Civil Rights sites in the South. Our student leaders meet the “foot soldiers” of the Movement and learn the lessons of social and racial justice, nonviolence, civic responsibility, hope, compassion, tolerance, forgiveness, and not being a silent witness. The goal is to incorporate these lessons into their daily lives to become ambassadors of nonviolence and leaders for social and racial justice in their homes, schools, and community.
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MV Sojourn students preparing and sharing their Sojourn Journey experience with the Youngstown School Board on May 13th.
Director and Civil Rights Activist Penny Wells is inducted into the Ohio Civil Rights Hall of Fame. October 12, 2023
— John Lewis
US House of Representatives
“Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves, until we end hatred and division.”
Upcoming events.
Fundraisers, guest speakers, the Journey, Ohio Nonviolence Week and more!
“YSU senior earns Lewis award”
Read the full article here from The Vindicator
The Business Journal - Youngstown - Sojourn To The Past Teaching Racism's History
3 Min, 7-27-20
“There are those who say to you - we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late.”
— Hubert Humphrey
July 14, 1948
