You don’t need a seat on the bus to be part of this. Every gift pays for the miles between nineteen cities, the community events at every stop, and the film that will carry this further than the route itself.
Any amount moves this down the road.
The buses
Fuel, drivers, and the miles from Washington, D.C. through the Deep South to New Orleans.
The stops
Community events, church gatherings, HBCU convenings, and music and art activations — free to everyone who comes.
The film
The documentary record of this journey, so it outlasts the trip.
Riding yourself, or giving as an organization? See the rider options or the partner and sponsor levels.
In the summer of 1961, more than three hundred Freedom Riders were arrested. The Rides kept going because people who never boarded a bus paid for the ones that followed — the fares, the bail, the long-distance calls.
Sixty-five years later, your gift does the same work. It doesn’t buy a seat. It keeps the wheels turning for everyone in them.
Donorbox will email your receipt as soon as your gift goes through. We’ll write to you from the road: the route as it unfolds, the riders you helped carry, and the film as it comes together.
Questions: doug@greaterthings.us
