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Do you have an aversion to being the first to sign up for things?
Are you waiting to be sure there are others going on the Civil Rights journey
​​​​​​​before you sign up?

Are you like those who said:

"So glad T.I. is doing this trip. Thank you!"

Well wait no more!!!

A dozen TI members have already indicated their interest in traveling to Atlanta, Mongomery and Birmingham.

Join with them and Tifereth Israel on this
Civil Rights journey!

October 30 - November 1

Travel with us to
Atlanta, Montgomery and Birmingham

To register and make your deposit
click here

For more information
(inlcuding itinerary and pricing)
click here​​​​​​​

For answers to many of your questions
click here

Our trip is underwritten by the
TI New Initiatives Fund

Some financial subsidies are available

​​​​​​​Interested?
Contact Rabbi Werbow or Rabbi Kelley

Deadline: $200 deposit due August 30
Full payment due September 29

Visits will include:

• Equal Justice Initiative’s Memorial to Peace & Justice 
• Equal Justice Initiative’s Legacy Museum
• Southern Poverty Law Center Memorial 
• Edmund Pettus Bridge
• Freedom Park
• 16th Street Baptist Church
• Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

Experiences will include:

• An exploration of the evolution of racial oppression from slavery to mass incarceration 
• Contextualization talk of events leading to Rosa Parks arrest and bus boycott 
• Meet with someone who took part in the Bloody Sunday march at 11 years old and hear their story
• Walking in the footsteps of history across the Edmund Pettus Bridge
• An introduction of Birmingham and its crucial role in the Civil Rights Movement
• A walking tour of Freedom Park & 16th Street Baptist Church by a Reverend who was a Civil Rights worker in Birmingham in the 50s & 60s and was arrested and had the dogs & hoses turned on him