Dates: July 9-16, 2023
Cost: $700 per participant. Covers orientation activities, travel during the YV trip, lodging, food and admission tickets.
Application deadline: April 1
Explore history, inspire change
Learn about the triumphs of the unsung heroes who challenged brutal racism with nonviolence and changed segregation laws during the United States civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Participants will visit places of historical significance, hear stories, and learn why our faith calls us to stand against injustice and with the oppressed.
This trip will occur in the southern U.S., but we hope participants will use what they learn on this trip to further explore what happened in their own communities during this era, as well as address the injustices that continue today. We invite participants to join us in this exciting opportunity to develop their faith, to grow as emerging leaders and to bring change in their own communities.
Trip leaders
Ann Jacobs is a training and resource specialist for Mennonite Mission Network, who focuses on African American churches and ministries.
Dr. Drew G. I. Hart is associate professor of theology at Messiah University and has 10 years of pastoral experience.
Previous tours and stories
Understanding the world through the lens of Mississippi
EMS students participate in 2022 Youth Venture Civil Rights Learning Tour
Opening My Eyes: Youth Venture Civil Rights Trip 2021
"You Had Us On Our Toes!" Highlights of the Youth Venture Civil Rights Learning Tour video
Becoming human to each other
Related stories
Modern-day Atlanta provides civil rights lessons for DOOR/Dwell participant
Learn more about our Alumni Service-Learning Tours
A week with the Mississippi service-learning tour in photos
Program info
| Youth Venture | | | | | | Youth Venture | | | <p><strong class="ms-rteFontSize-4">Service and learning </strong></p><p>Join
a team of other young people to serve, learn, worship, and to build
relationships in local communities around the world. Discover and
experience the work that God is doing in the world.</p><p>Youth Venture is a program of Mennonite Mission Network.</p><p><br></p> | | | | | | |
Program site
| | https://www.mennonitemission.net/Serve/Youth Venture, https://www.mennonitemission.net/Serve/Youth Venture | https://www.mennonitemission.net/Serve/Youth Venture, https://www.mennonitemission.net/Serve/Youth Venture | | | | | | |