[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1058 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1058

   Honoring and praising the Sojourn to the Past organization on the 
                   occasion of its 10th anniversary.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 2010

  Mr. Lewis of Georgia (for himself, Ms. Speier, Ms. Norton, and Ms. 
  Jackson Lee of Texas) submitted the following resolution; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Honoring and praising the Sojourn to the Past organization on the 
                   occasion of its 10th anniversary.

Whereas the civil rights movement transformed the United States, bettered the 
        lives of millions of people, and secured equality, civil rights, and 
        human rights for all people in the Nation;
Whereas in 1999, California public high school teacher Jeff Steinberg combined a 
        civil rights history lesson and a field trip to civil rights movement 
        landmarks to create the educational program Sojourn to the Past;
Whereas Sojourn to the Past takes high school students on a 10-day excursion 
        along the path of the civil rights movement in the Southern United 
        States, engaging them with historical sites and talks with prominent 
        veteran leaders of the civil rights movement;
Whereas the goal of Sojourn to the Past is to inspire students to become civic 
        leaders with a duty and ability to unite people in the communities in 
        equality and justice, through knowledge, understanding, and compassion;
Whereas Sojourn to the Past is the longest running civil rights education and 
        outreach program in the United States;
Whereas Sojourn to the Past has conducted 55 sojourns and introduced over 5,000 
        high school juniors and seniors to the lessons, locations, and leaders 
        of the civil rights movement;
Whereas Sojourn to the Past teaches high school students how the history of the 
        civil rights movement is relevant to ending discrimination, violence, 
        hatred, bigotry, and inequity in schools and communities;
Whereas Sojourn to the Past's mission of making the civil rights movement 
        relevant for younger generations strengthens society in the United 
        States by promoting social justice, civil rights, and equality; and
Whereas Sojourn to the Past continues to teach younger generations of people in 
        the United States about the civil rights movement and challenges young 
        people to define and defend individual conceptions of justice in 
        communities and classrooms: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes the 10th anniversary of the founding Sojourn 
        to the Past; and
            (2) honors and praises Sojourn to the Past on the occasion 
        of its anniversary, and for its work in educating the next 
        generation of people in the United States about the civil 
        rights movement and the importance of social justice.
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