Congratulations on starting the first week of the 54 Miles / 30 Days Challenge with My54! We know 54 miles is no small feat, so we’re here to keep you motivated and continually inspire you to move forward in your intentional journey. 

Each week we’ll be sharing questions to think about, actions to do, and songs to listen to based on our weekly theme. This week’s theme is: What’s your 54? We hope these prompts help fuel you in your commitment to the challenge!  

John Lewis and C.T. Vivian helped organize the world-changing Selma-to-Montgomery march to fight for voting rights of Blacks in Alabama, the South, and around the country, eventually spurring the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. That was so important to them that they convinced thousands to walk 54 miles through rural Alabama, in the teeth of those who had already proven that they would do them harm. Your 54 may also be voting rights, but it may be something completely different as well - perhaps it’s hunger, or police brutality, or antisemitism. This week we will use our time walking to explore what’s important to you. By the end of this week, you should have that answer and the inspiration to start learning how to engage and effect change in your community.

Each day, there are three prompts for you:

• Think: These are questions to help you explore what's important to you and build intention.

• Do: Actions to understand your own community and how you can start to effect change

• Listen: Great songs to get you out on the road and intentional.

Before you start, if you haven’t already, we very much suggest reading John Lewis’ posthumous essay published in the New York Times on the day of his funeral

We hope these help fuel you in your commitment to the challenge!

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Day 1: Saturday, August 28th

(Anniversary of the March on Washington)

“Glory” by Common and John Legend