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Covenant Leaders Join in Sankofa Journey
BIRMINGHAM, AL (November 13, 2002) - More than two dozen leaders from various
ministry areas within the Evangelical Covenant Church traveled to
Birmingham Tuesday on the first leg of a four-day Sankofa journey
designed
to visit historic sites associated with the Civil Rights Movement and
focus
on issues of racial reconciliation and racial justice.
Members of the group represent denominational offices and ministry areas
as
well as African-American and Hispanic associations and ministries.
Plans call for Wednesday visits to the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church,
site of the tragic bombing in 1963 that claimed the lives of four young
girls, and the Civil Rights Institute in Birmingham. Later in the day,
the
group will travel to Albany, Georgia, for a visit to the Civil Rights
Museum.
Thursday's itinerary includes a visit to the jail and courthouse in
Smithville, Georgia, and visits to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
and
New Life Covenant Church. The group is scheduled to return to Chicago on
Friday following a visit at the Youth Family Community Renewal center in
Gary, Indiana.
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