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Apply for a sponsored spot on our 2024 Civil Rights Tour! The trip runs June 22-28, and makes stops in Birmingham, Selma, New Orleans, Memphis, and more. Application links below:


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Exciting opportunity for UVA students, employees, and community members alike! The tour draws on civil rights tours led by Julian Bond adapted for a new era.

Apply for a sponsored spot on our 2024 Civil Rights Tour! The trip runs June 22-28, and makes stops in Birmingham, Selma, New Orleans, Memphis, and more. Application links below:



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📣 Exciting News! We've melted the Lee statue! We went quiet while we dealt w/ legal challenges from Confederate sympathizers. Now we're moving onto the next phase, turning these bronze ingots into new art for our community. Be part of our mission. Donate: sipcville.com/donate

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Thank you for the outpouring of support for Swords Into Plowshares. Here’s another shot of the Lee statue being heated up for melting. Follow our social media accounts if you want to see more! Twitter (X): @sipcville IG: @swordsintoplowsharescville FB: /swordsintoplowsharescville

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Charlottesville & Albemarle County racial justice advocates and local public school educators: @MemProjectUVA & @JSAAHC are again planning a weeklong community civil rights tour, June 26-July 2. Travel scholarships are available. Info & application here: insiderexpeditions.com/charlottesvill…


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Come hear @sebasfaber of @oberlincollege talk @MemProjectUVA about what the U.S. can learn from Spanish antifascists. Free registration for 5:30pm, Tues, April 4 event: eventbrite.com/e/memories-of-…


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Slavery was rooted in violence and intimacy. The children of enslavers and the enslaved sometimes grew up in the same households with minimal social distance. Affective bonds developed alongside the constant threat of violence and separation from kith and kin. Last weekend, I…

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Want to come on the 2023 Civil Rights Bus Tour? Visit our website to learn more, register, or apply for one of our scholarships! insiderexpeditions.com/charlottesvill… . .


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Excellent op-ed by educator Ed Ayers in favor of the original Virginia standards of learning approved by educators. Don’t let Governor DeSantis Wannabe scuttle the careful process and excellent content that informed the original draft. richmond.com/opinion/column… via @RTDOpinions


Come to our Info Session on Tuesday and learn more about the 2023 Charlottesville Civil Rights Tour!

🚍 @memprojectuva and @JSAAHC are planning the 2023 Civil Rights Bus Tour, which will take place June 26 - July 2, 2023 📍Virtual Info Session Next week, January 17th, at 4:15 PM. Register Today! ✍🏽 virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

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Have you registered yet?

Learn more about the 2023 Bus Tour at our virtual info session!

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JOIN US TOMORROW!! 📢⁠ ⁠Join us in support of the Jefferson School @cvillejeffschool and Swords into Plowshares.⁠ Tomorrow January 9th, at 3 pm at the City Courthouse,315 E High St.⁠ Let's show the community that we still care & want our voices heard.⁠ #SwordsIntoPlowshares

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