If you have any fresh seasonal produce or non-pershiable goods that you can donate, please contact me at kjohnston16@yahoo.com so arrangements can be made on where to drop it off. The following items are needed by local food pantries: Fresh seasonal produce Non-perishables goods 1. canned beans 2. dry beans 3. peanut butter, or otherContinue Reading Food Wanted –

Beginning Wednesday June 20, I will be leading a 3-day, 45-mile walk for food to benefit local area food pantries and the Food Bank of Western Mass. The walk coincides with the start of the Unifier Festival on Friday June 22. To make a one time donation to the Food Bank of Western Mass, goContinue Reading Healing Arts Walk & Food Drive

Ida B. Wells-Barnett is an unsung heroine of the early 20th Century. She was a Civil Rights advocate, journalist and suffragist who dedicated her life to documenting and crusading against lynchings across the United States. During my recent walk across Northern Mississippi I passed through Holly Springs, Mississippi, the town in which she was bornContinue Reading Remembering Ida B. Wells

I reached the 200th mile mark of my Walk to Freedom journey this morning. Here’s a brief video fragment describing this moment.