Each November and February, UHS students travel to the Mississippi Delta  to connect classroom learning with lived experience. They study the Civil Rights Movement in English and history, and then they see it come alive:

• They work alongside Habitat for Humanity to build homes for families in need.

• They volunteer in local public schools, learning that the struggle for equity continues.

• They visit the courthouse where Emmett Till’s uncle bravely testified.

• They walk in the footsteps of Dr. King, Medgar Evers, and others who fought for justice.

Throughout their time in Habitat Club -- at a construction site in town, during weekly after-school meetings, or standing outside the Lorraine Motel where MLK was killed  --  students are inspired to contextualize their own identities within a larger American society.

Why We Need You

We believe every student who wants to participate should be able to, regardless of financial need.

Our trips are funded entirely by donations, grants, and fundraisers. 

We receive no direct funding from the school district

Where Your Donation Goes

$10,000 – Full trip for 20 students & 4 chaperones

$1,500 – Meals for the group

$800 – Van rental

✩✩✩       $500 – Full scholarship for one student       ✩✩✩

$250 – Tickets to the Civil Rights Museum

$200 – Tickets to the Southern Tenant Farmers Museum

$150 – Lodging for one student

$75 – A tank of gas

Donor Gifts

Give $25+: Receive a commemorative Habitat Club T-shirt

Give $50+: T-shirt and a PDF of powerful letters from this year’s students