Engage Youth Theology Initiative at Lipscomb University

Rest in peace, and rise in power, Rev. James Lawson (1928-2024). Lawson's students played a leading role in the Freedom Rides, the March on Washington, Freedom Summer, the Children's Crusade in Birmingham, the 1965 Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March, the Chicago Freedom Movement, and the Anti-Vietnam War Movement.

James Lawson, an architect of civil rights nonviolence, dies at 95 A Methodist minister, he was a principal tactician behind the sit-ins, marches and Freedom Rides that withstood attacks by mobs and police throughout the 1960s.

We still have 9 spots left for this summer’s ENGAGE Youth Theology Initiative (June 23-July 2). If you are a high school student interested in theology, justice, and the history of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, come join us and earn 3 hours of college credit in the process! We will spend 3 days traveling from Nashville to Alabama along the Civil Rights Trail. Learn more and apply today at ENGAGE.Lipscomb.edu!

Lipscomb University is now accepting applications to the ENGAGE Youth Theology Initiative (June 23-July 2, 2024). This year we are returning to Alabama on the “Bus Ride to Justice” tour and will visit the EJI Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice. You can earn three hours of college credit for completing the program. Learn more and apply now at engage.Lipscomb.edu.

Lipscomb University is now accepting applications to the ENGAGE Youth Theology Initiative (June 23-July 2, 2024). This year we are returning to Alabama on the "Bus Ride to Justice Tour" and have plans to visit the EJI Legacy Museum and The National Memorial for Peace and Justice. Your high school student can also earn 3 hours of college credit for completing the program. Spread the word! Apply today at engage.lipscomb.edu.

Today, as we honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. let us not forget that there is still much work that remains in our society. Each summer the ENGAGE program invites young people to learn more about our past and to become the change they wish to see in the world today. We are now accepting applications to our 2024 program at Engage.Lipscomb.edu. Apply today!

Today, as we honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. let us not forget that there is still much work that remains in our society. How can we use our gifts, talents, vocations, and material wealth to make the world a more just and equitable place?

Each summer the ENGAGE program invites young people to grapple with questions such as this and to become the change they wish to see. Applications are now open for our June 23-July 2 residency at Lipscomb University. Encourage a student you know to apply today!

High school students can ENGAGE the intersections of theology, U.S. Civil Rights history, and racial justice AND earn 3 hours of college credit this summer! Applications are being accepted now at ENGAGE.Lipscomb.edu.