YEP
had a fabulous trip to Memphis!!! Thank you for all your support
and words of encouragement. We ended up
bringing a total of 14 youth and 6 staff. It
was a very moving and special experience for
all of us and I definitely hope it was a
trip the youth will remember forever.
We made it in time to attend the 40th
Commemorative March on the afternoon of
Friday, April 4th and we then participated
in the candlelight vigil outside of the
National Civil Rights Museum/Lorraine Motel.
We marched 18 blocks with thousands of
others from Memphis City Hall to the Civil
Rights Museum and then heard a number of
speeches from two of Dr. King’s children,
among others. We participated in a moment of
silence and at 6:01pm and witnessed a white
dove being released from its cage … truly a
memorable experience. Later on Friday we ate
at Houston ’s and then we had great Memphis
BBQ the second night. We toured the civil
rights museum Saturday and then let the kids
have some fun when we walked down Beale
Street and went bowling and played arcade
games at Jillian’s in DT Memphis.
The youth all had a great time and the staff
too (although we are all exhausted)!!! I am
attaching some pictures for you to look at …
as they are a lot of fun.
We are planning to do another out-of-state
trip in the next 6 months as this one was
such a huge success. I will keep you posted!
