CHICAGO, IL (May 26, 2015) – Registration is open for the next Sankofa journey, which will take place July 30 through August 2, 2015.

Sankofa is a West African word meaning “looking backward to move forward.” During the four-day bus journey, participants are paired with someone of another race as they travel through historic sites of importance to the civil rights movement.

Sites visited include the 16^th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, where four girls were killed and 22 other people were injured when Ku Klux Klan members bombed the church; the Edmund Pettus Bridge and National Voting Rights Museum & Institute in Selma, Alabama, and the Spencer Perkins Center in Jackson, Mississippi.

Cost is $425 for participants from ECC congregations and $525 from non-Covenant churches.

Visit the Sankofa website to register online or download a registration form. For more information, email Chrissy Palmerlee or call (773) 784-3000 and ask to speak with her.