The Long Trip was revived in 1996 by Fern Khan, then Dean of Continuing Education, and Carol Hillman, a Bank Street alumna and former Board of Trustees member. Attendees to these "new" Long Trips include students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of Bank Street. The nineteenth of these trips took participants to St. Helena Island, Savannah & Charleston, South Carolina in 2019.
Visit the 2019 image gallery to see pictures from the trip.
The announcement for the trip read: "For over 150 years, The Penn Center has been a beating heart of African American education, historic preservation, and social justice for tens of thousands of descendants of formerly enslaved West Africans. The Center was also an instrumental site for planning and organizing during the civil rights movement. In addition to a close look at the work of The Penn Center, we will meet with artists, clergy members, storytellers, and social activists in the greater Charleston and Savanna areas. We seek to engage diverse political and social perspectives as we gather greater insight into those living and learning in the region."
To view a timeline and map of the newer Long Trips, visit the Bank Street Continuing Professional Studies site.
