What Teachers Need to Know
“Sojourn Project allows participants to not just touch history, but to touch those who made history.'”
~ Reverend Samuel Billy Kyles, Civil Rights Leader
What Teachers Need to Know
“Sojourn Project allows participants to not just touch history, but to touch those who made history.'”
~ Reverend Samuel Billy Kyles, Civil Rights Leader
Thank you for your interest in Sojourn Project, founded by Northern California high school history teacher Jeff Steinberg. We take self-selecting middle school and high school students – and their teachers – on once-in-a-lifetime Journeys to the American South, and in and around Washington, D.C.
Sojourn’s rigorous academic living-history immersion programs introduce youth to the foot soldiers of the Modern Civil Rights Movement, learning, along the way, that they have the power to become positive contributors to society. Inherently capable of achieving personal success regardless of life’s challenges.
Educators participating in Sojourn return to their schools empowered with new strategies for teaching Civil Rights curriculum, combatting prejudice, and affecting thousands of students who pass through their classrooms over the years.
Students gain context for the Modern Civil Rights Movement and give testimonials at Stone Mountain, birthplace of the Ku Klux Klan.
we challenge young people to consider how they can make a difference in our world.
What our students, teachers, and leaders are saying…
What our students, teachers, and leaders are saying…
PULLED FROM HISTORY
Modern Heroes: Fremont, California
Winter, 2017 —
Ana Vasquez, Sojourn Project high school alum turned social justice activist, and Santa Clara University pre-law student, spoke out on behalf of undocumented immigrants, drafting a document to make Fremont a Sanctuary City. The measure passed. We are very proud!
Ana Vasquez, Sojourn Project high school alum turned social justice activist, and Santa Clara University pre-law student, spoke out on behalf of undocumented immigrants, drafting a document to make Fremont a Sanctuary City. The measure passed. We are very proud!