Pilgrimages to the Equal Justice Initiative Sites
about sacred ground journeys
Where the outer road meets our inner reckoning.
Sacred Ground Journeys offers guided pilgrimages to the Equal Justice Initiative Legacy Sites in Montgomery, Alabama, for congregations, faith communities, and organizations ready to engage the history and legacy of racial injustice together.
The outer road and the inner one are the same road.
our foundation
Sacred ground is all around and within us.
Sacred Ground Journeys was founded on a conviction that the outer journey to dismantle white supremacy and the inner journey toward racial justice and healing are the same road. We exist to guide communities into that truth, together, at one of the most morally significant landscapes in America.
HOW IT WORKS
Three movements. One journey.
Preparation
5 facilitated pre-trip sessions build community and historical grounding
Pilgrimage
4-day guided journey to the EJI Legacy Sites in Montgomery, Alabama
Integration
4 post-trip sessions move participants from witness to covenant and action
THE LEGACY SITES
Four sites. One unbroken story.
Legacy Museum
From enslavement to mass incarceration. Most visitors spend 3 to 5 hours.
National Memorial
800 steel monuments honoring victims of racial terror lynching across the U.S.
Sculpture Park
17 acres along the Alabama River honoring the enslaved and the journey to freedom.
NEW - OPENED 3/26
Montgomery Square
Honoring the defining Montgomery Decade of 1955 to 1965. Free admission.
"Justice work without spiritual formation is exhausting. Spiritual formation without justice work is incomplete."
rev. dr. ginny brown daniel | founder & facilitator
THE facilitator
Rev. Dr. Ginny Brown Daniel
An ordained minister, justice advocate, and experienced facilitator, Dr. Brown Daniel has devoted her life to the work of racial justice and equity. Her own pilgrimage to the EJI Legacy Sites was the turning point that became Sacred Ground Journeys. She brings theological training, spiritual formation expertise, and a gift for creating spaces where truth-telling and healing can happen together.
She approaches this work as a white woman, with humility, accountability, and a commitment to ongoing learning. Future Sacred Ground Journeys will be offered in partnership with a Black woman co-leader.
Is your community ready to walk this road?
Sacred Ground Journeys is available to congregations, faith communities, civic organizations, and groups ready to engage this history with intention and care.
Sacred Ground Journeys
Where the outer road meets our inner reckoning
Sacred Ground Journeys
Where the outer road meets our inner reckoning