Washington, D.C. Four Day Social Justice Itinerary

DAY ONE

  • Welcome and intro to "A More Perfect Union" Journey
  • White House picture stop
  • Lafayette Park
  • Freedman's Bank and Decatur House slave market
  • Visit Black Lives Matter Plaza
  • Tour the National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Reflection/discussion time
  • Dinner
  • Evening tour of the monuments
  • Check in to Washington, D.C. area hotel

DAY TWO

  • Hotel breakfast
  • Arlington National Cemetery
    • Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
    • Kennedy Gravesites
    • Tour graves of civil rights heroes
    • Section 27
  • Walking tour of Capitol Hill
  • Visit the U.S. Capitol, Library of Congress, and Supreme Court
    • Discussion of the role of the Supreme Court in the Civil Rights Movement
  • Dinner
  • Evening tour of the monuments
  • Return to hotel

DAY THREE

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower and World War II Memorials
  • American History Museum
  • Discussion on American History vs. African American History
  • Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
  • Dinner
  • Walking tour of Georgetown
  • Return to hotel

DAY FOUR

  • Hotel Breakfast
  • Mount Vernon
    • Discussion of slavery at Mt. Vernon
  • Discussion and reflection
  • Depart for home