Selma Campaign - Civil Rights 1965

​LOGISTICS:

​Travel:  Recommended travel days on Monday and Friday with organizational offsite time on Tuesday and Thursday, or whatever best fits your organization's needs.  

​Lodging: Embassy Suites in Montgomery Alabama for icebreaker.

Schedule:  This is a one-day staff ride with an icebreaker and introduction the evening before, and an integration dinner the evening of the staff ride.  Preparation time on Tuesday with icebreaker in the evening.  Staff ride on Wednesday with integration dinner Wednesday night.  Integration dinner at either the Goat Haus Biergarten or Dreamland Bar-B-Que depending on availability, weather, and group size.

Group size:  Minimum 6 people per conference group; maximum of 12 people per conference group.  Maximum of 4 groups at a time.  OMNA will provide one retired senior leader to facilitate learning for each conference group.

Transportation:  Groups provide their own transportation to Montgomery, and from there to Selma and back (usually rented 15 passenger vans).   Contact us for logistics options.

Price and payment:  Contact OMNA for scheduling, pricing, and payment options.  

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Based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March, the Selma staff ride focusses on moral courage and leading change in the renewal of society.  The Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March (“Selma March”) took place March 21–25, 1965, from the town of Selma, AL, 54 miles to the steps of the state capitol in Montgomery.  Led by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the march was the culminating event of several tumultuous months. As many as 25,000 people participated in the final leg of the march. Together, these events became a landmark in the American civil rights movement and directly led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

​LEARNING OUTCOMES: 

+ Increase our cultural competence through the study of an important event from recent history. Connect the information and events to our current society, organization, and lives.

+ Apply lessons from history to our own leadership values, challenges and successes. Consider our role in leading change and finding moral courage.

+ Create a network of fellow committed learners with whom we can learn and grow