Apply for Marquette’s Civil Rights Pilgrimage by March 24 

Students are invited to participate in Marquette’s 2025 Civil Rights Pilgrimage and visit locations across the U.S. South where significant events in the Civil Rights Movement occurred. The pilgrimage will begin the morning of Sunday, May 11, and end the night of Saturday, May 17.   

Over this week-long trip, participants will visit museums, churches, memorials and parks and meet with Civil Rights Movement veterans and community historians.  

The participation fee is $300. If additional financial assistance is necessary, indicate so in the application.

Contact Chris Jeske, associate director of the Center for Peacemaking, with any questions. More information, including travel diaries from previous trips, is available online.