Person2Person 2025
Person2Person 2025 will be held over Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend from Friday, January 17 - Monday, January 20. Participants will begin the weekend in Birmingham and travel to Montgomery and Selma.
Improving Race Relations
One of Sawyerville's three goals is to improve race relations in Alabama. In all of our programming, we teach our campers, students, participants, and staff to love one another with no exceptions, as Jesus loves us, and to respect the dignity of every human being, as our Baptismal Covenant requires. Our actions are not produced from pity or division, but rather respect, relationship, and seeking Christ in each other.
Sawyerville hosts weekend conferences for high school and college youth every year over the Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend. Participants talk about how to improve race relations in Alabama and visit various historical sites that mark the Civil Rights Movement.
Sawyerville hosts weekend conferences for high school and college youth every year over the Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend. Participants talk about how to improve race relations in Alabama and visit various historical sites that mark the Civil Rights Movement.
Person2Person Conference 2024
Every year, Sawyerville hosts Person2Person, a weekend conference for high school and college students from all over the state to come together to learn about the history of race in Alabama. Participants also talk about their own experiences of race and discern, as Christians, what they can do to improve race relations now.
Person2Person 2024 welcomed 29 participants and staff, one of the largest groups to date. These high school students, college students, and adults traveled to Selma and Montgomery, visiting many historical sites and museums. These sites included the Edmund Pettus Bridge, the National Voting Rights Museum and Institute, the Freedom Rides Museum, the Harris House, and EJI’s Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice. The group also toured the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, led by Rev. Larry Yarbrough, and attended Sunday morning worship at St. Paul AME Church.
Person2Person was hosted by Common Ground of St. Paul’s, Selma and St. John’s, Montgomery. These churches not only provided housing for participants and staff, but also provided a space for debrief and discussion, which proved to be some of the most impactful discussions the group had. Sawyerville looks forward to seeing these young people continue the conversations started over the weekend, and we thank everyone who made P2P 2024 possible!
Person2Person 2024 welcomed 29 participants and staff, one of the largest groups to date. These high school students, college students, and adults traveled to Selma and Montgomery, visiting many historical sites and museums. These sites included the Edmund Pettus Bridge, the National Voting Rights Museum and Institute, the Freedom Rides Museum, the Harris House, and EJI’s Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice. The group also toured the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, led by Rev. Larry Yarbrough, and attended Sunday morning worship at St. Paul AME Church.
Person2Person was hosted by Common Ground of St. Paul’s, Selma and St. John’s, Montgomery. These churches not only provided housing for participants and staff, but also provided a space for debrief and discussion, which proved to be some of the most impactful discussions the group had. Sawyerville looks forward to seeing these young people continue the conversations started over the weekend, and we thank everyone who made P2P 2024 possible!
Sawyerville is a ministry of
the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama Mailing address: Sawyerville 521 20th Street North Birmingham, AL 35203 |
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Kana Goldsmith, Executive Director
(205) 358-9238 Carrie Dennis, Assistant Director (205) 358-9239 |