Racial Equity “Beloved Community” Trip
Oct. 8-12, 2025
Come travel with us this fall on our “Beloved Community” Journey to Birmingham, Selma, Montgomery, Tuskegee, and Atlanta. Dates for the trip are October 8-12, 2025. UPC, in conjunction with Binkley Church, Carolina Friends School, and the Orange County Community Remembrance Coalition, has partnered to offer this to our collective members and associates. For 5 days and 4 nights, we will visit key sites in civil rights history and explore contemporary racial justice issues with similarly curious and thoughtful travelers.
A few highlights of the trip include visits to:
- Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
- 16th Street Baptist Church
- Brown Chapel A.M.E Church
- Edmund Pettus Bridge
- Civil Rights Memorial Center
- Legacy Museum
- Freedom Monument Sculpture Park
- National Memorial for Peace & Justice
- Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
- WERD Radio
- Madam C.J. Walker Beauty Shoppe
- Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site
- Ebenezer Baptist Church
Priority registration for members of the sponsoring organizations is now open and will run through June 6. Afterwards, general registration begins. For a detailed itinerary, application form, and other information, please visit www.cfsnc.org/BCJ25.
On June 2 at 7:00 pm join us for a Zoom to answer questions you may have about the trip and opportunities to participate (link available at www.cfsnc.org/BCJ25).
Come travel and learn with us!
UPC Contact: Linda Kopel at ljkopel1 at gmail.com