2026 Sankofa Pilgrimage: Southern California
Racial Justice Special Event
How has racism shaped the history of Southern California—and what can we learn by confronting that history together? Join us for four days of in-depth discovery.
Through visits to museums, historic sites, and places of remembrance across San Diego and Los Angeles Counties, we'll deepen our understanding of race, justice, resilience, and collective memory.
Our journey includes stops at the Museum of Us, San Diego History Center, Julian Historical Society, Bruce's Beach, the California African American Museum, the Chinese American Museum, the Museum of Social Justice, and more.
Registration closes June 10, so sign up soon!
Sankofa is a West African Adinkra symbol that speaks to what we hope to accomplish through our pilgrimage at FUMCSD: To remember the humanity of all people. This program is developed to help us examine the correlation between history and theology, how our history informs our current realities, and unpack our own implicit biases.
Our Sankofa Pilgrimage program started in 2023 with a trip through the southern U.S. to move us through history from before the Transatlantic Slave Trade through Chattel Slavery, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and the new era of Jim Crow. In 2024, we journeyed through the northeastern U.S. and in 2025 we traveled to the midwestern U.S.
