Civil Rights Pilgrimage

Civil Rights Pilgrimage

A visit with 3 people connected with UWEC's alternative spring break trip, the Civil Rights Pilgrimage. Kiersten Bauer has been a student participant in the pilgrimage twice. Jodi Thesing-Ritter is UW-EC Associate Dean of Students and teacher of Women's Studies, and she is the founder of the pilgrimage in 2008, and Bluegold Beginnings more recently. Joanne Bland was a child participant of the Selma march which included Blood Sunday and she is still a civil and human rights activist, sharing the stories via Journeys for the Soul.

Check out the Selma-Eau Claire Exchange, Friends of the Selma-Montgomery Trail, and a video of a song by Two Worlds "I Will Dance" for a documentary about Selma.

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Civil Rights Pilgrimage
BONUS: Ms. Bachelor of Arts Joanne Bland
A bit of bio info about Joanne - Mrs. or Ms., in the military, and her BA degree.
BONUS: Joanne Bland & Joe Ellwanger
Joe Ellwanger was a guest on Spirit In Action last year, sharing, in part, about his experience in Selma, where he was a pastor in the mid-60s, and Joanne remembers him fondly.
BONUS: Kiersten - Civil Rights Movement - Past or Present?
Is the Civil Rights Movement a history story, or is it happening today?
BONUS: Kiersten - Bringing the Lessons Home
How do the lessons learned on the pilgrimage get applied in Eau Claire?
BONUS: Jodi & Microaggressions
A multicultural issue is microaggressions - ways in which disempowered minorities are put down and marginalized. And Mark wonders if this could apply to men?
BONUS: Jodi of the Hyphenated Name
Why a hyphenated last name for Jodi Thesing-Ritter?
BONUS: Jodi's View of Woman on $20
Jodi has her own suggestion for the female face to put on the $20 bill.
BONUS: Jodi & the Blugold Beginnings Project
The Civil Rights Pilgrimage changed Jodi by motivating her to start the Blugolds Beginnings project.
BONUS: Jodi - Spring Break is a Time for ..... Civil Rights!
A civil rights pilgrimage as an alternative to Florida partying? At least there's New Orleans.
Equality
Racism
Voting
Discrimination
Selma
Birmingham
Joe Ellwanger
Civil Rights
Women's Studies
Arrests
Bloody Sunday
Rosa Parks
Highlander Folk School

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Kiersten Bauer
Joanne Bland
Jodi Thesing-Ritter

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