March 2022

"Many of the Civil Rights fighters were really young when they started. So, it is your future, and you are taking charge of it!" Vice President Kamala Harris told our delegation in Alabama. Commemorating the…

With the Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage crossing the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge. Ashaia Bennett, representing Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA10), and Dr. Karen Bohlke with our students and staff and members of the Pilgrimage. Originated by…

Our delegation to the 2022 Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage in Alabama is honored to have been included in a visit to the generations-old culture keepers of the Gees Bend Quilters. Ashaia Bennett, representing Congresswoman Marilyn…

Our delegation continues its journey as part of the 2022 Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage in Alabama

Our first day of the 2022 Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage in Alabama included sessions with members of Congress, a stop at 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. Members of Congress laid a wreath in memory…

Ashaia Bennett, representing Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA10), and Dr. Karen Bohlke have joined our students and staff on their way today to the Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage to Birmingham, Montgomery and Selma, Alabama. Originated by…

The Institute for Community Leadership is grateful to join Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland representing Washington's 10th Congressional District and Tacoma on the historic 2022 Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage!