My54 is an Intentional 30-day Personal Journey
Walk Or Run #My54
This is the most common way to participate, and closest to the actual march from Selma to Montgomery. You will put yourselves in the shoes of brave marchers. Walk in your neighborhood, around a park, through the woods, wherever you can. Use the time to think about the issue that’s driving your own 54, ways you can enact civic action, and re-engage with the physical movement.
It seems like an insurmountable task, but break it up into smaller pieces, or share it among a team of friends or family. The Selma marchers covered that distance in 5 days. You have 30, which is less than 2 miles a day! At 4 miles a day, you can be finished in 2 weeks. For the truly ambitious (or crazy) 54 is two marathons…
You don’t have to do this all by yourself, either. Join up with teams of family or friends, and do your 54 together. Ways to stay connected with each other include using fitness apps like Strava and RunKeeper.
Take a video during the walk and talk about what #My54 means to you, post your map from fitness apps, and share it on social media!
Bike #My54
Whether on the open road or at home on a Peloton or SoulCycle bike, you can cover a lot more ground on 2 wheels than on 2 legs!
Use the #My54challenge hashtag in your Peloton username, post Strava segments, and let’s ride together. We’ll try to identify some opportunities to do featured indoor rides and our partner Civil Bikes offers Atlanta civil rights bike tours, including self-guided ones.
Exercise #My54
Some of us love workout classes. One My54er said she would be doing 54 fitness classes during the month. Just remember to be intentional!
We’ve partnered with online fitness class providers, including Openfit, an all-in-one digital platform for fitness, nutrition and wellness offering on-demand and live fitness classes who is working with its users to “go 54 this month.”
Think #My54
Whether by choice or circumstance, not everyone is able to physically participate. If you have to, think instead of walk.
Over the course of the month, spend 54 minutes each day or week reading about the history of civil rights, listen to a podcast, watch a film like Selma or John Lewis: Good Trouble, or just talk to friends and neighbors about their own experiences.