Events  /   /  March on!

March on!

Date: 12 Oct 2023

Local Start Time: 10:00am

Location: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

 

As Amal says goodbye to Birmingham, Alabama Poet Laureate Ashley Jones wishes Amal a safe onward journey.

Together, they join a children’s march from Birmingham Civil Rights Institute to Sixteenth Street Baptist Church where they pay their respects to the children who died in the 1963 tragedy.

Participants are encouraged to arrive early to make streamers, banners, and tissue paper flowers for the march.

In partnership with Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, National Park Service, 16th Street Baptist Church, Carlton Reese Memorial Unity Choir and Create Birmingham.

Date: Thursday October 12th
10:00am: Crafting activities
11:00am: Amal arrives 
Start Location: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, 520 16th St N, Birmingham, AL 35203
End Location: 16th Street Baptist Church, 1530 6th Ave N, Birmingham, AL 35203

——

It is always free to walk with Amal. To help make a difference The Amal Fund with Choose Love supports displaced children across the world. If you can, please make a donation today: chooselove.org/theamalfund 

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

National Park Services

16th Street Baptist Church

Create Birmingham

Carlton Reese Memorial Unity Choir