How to Participate
STEP 1. Register your ORGANIZATION
- Each participating organizational leader must complete the short online registration form below.
- Registration ensures that your organization is officially part of this nationwide initiative and that you receive appropriate resources, updates and recognition.
STEP 2. Receive materials from NEWorks
- After registration, you will receive:
- Audio reference (demonstration recording)
- Sheet music (PDF)
- Suggested introduction text for use in your presentation
- These materials are provided to support preparation and presentation.
- Additional support materials are available for purchase, including:
- Video package (designed for LED walls and IMAG screens to enhance your presentation of the hymn)
- Vocal stem tracks (for small ensembles and large choirs to enhance live presentation)
- Part reference tracks (to assist singers in learning the hymn arrangement)
STEP 3. Select your preferred PRESENTATION date in February 2026
- You may schedule to sing the hymn on any day in February or March 2026 that best fits your organizational calendar.
- Please notify NEWorks of your chosen date via the follow-up form or email (new@neworks.us) so we can track and amplify your participation.
STEP 4. Prepare & present the hymn
- Incorporate the hymn into your worship service or concert event.
- When introducing the hymn, please credit the hymnwriter and mention this special NEWorks initiative (sample wording provided).
- Strive for musical and spiritual excellence in your presentation.
- Be intentional about engaging congregants to sing along
STEP 5. confirm Recording & media use
- Please ensure that your organization’s video team captures the hymn presentation (if your service/event is recorded or streamed).
- By participating, you grant NEWorks permission to extract and post the video segment of your organization’s hymn presentation (with proper credit) to further amplify the impact of this project.
STEP 6. Amplify the message
- Have your media team release the video of the hymn presentation (in whole or in part), using the hashtags:
- #FreedomAdvances
- #JustLikeSelma
- #NEWorks
- #BHM100
- Be sure to tag us on your social media posts.
**If you have question about matters not addressed above, check our FAQ section below or email us via the contact form on this website.
Faith Leaders United...
"Just Like Selma reminds us that the work of Selma is not finished. Music has always galvanized communities in moments of moral clarity.”
-Nolan Williams, Jr.,
CEO, NEWorks Productions;
Conceiver, Just Like Selma Campaign
"Just Like Selma is more than melody—it’s ministry, memory, and movement. This hymn serves as a reminder of how our ancestors sang when fear tried to silence them."
-Rev. Dr. Brenda Girton Mitchell,
Lead Consultant, Just Like Selma Campaign
“The erosion of the Voting Rights Act shows how fragile our democracy has become and reminds us that justice must be actively defended.”
-Rev. Dr. Vashti McKenzie, President and General Secretary of the National Council of Churches of Christ
"This campaign reflects the historic role of Black churches as trusted community institutions where civic participation has long been taught as both a right and a responsibility.”
-Rev. Dr. David Peoples, President, Progressive National Baptist Convention
"Just Like Selma draws a clear and compelling line from that history [of the 1965 Selma marches] to the moral choices before us today, urging us to honor that legacy through action."
-Rev. Doug Tanner,
Co-Founder, the Faith & Politics Institute
"In a time of deep uncertainty, Just Like Selma connects sacred memory to public witness, reminding us that faith demands remembrance and response in the face of today's unfinished work."
-Rev. Dr. Gina Stewart
Senior Pastor of Christ Missionary Baptist Church, Memphis, TN
“Not only do we need a return to the path of things that have brought us through, we need a window of hope. Just Like Selma offers that window of hope.”
-Rev. Dr. Kenyatta Gilbert
Dean, Howard University School of Divinity
"Just Like Selma is a reminder of the power of the Black Church to effect change through sonorous, truth-telling, uplifting music. This is the song we need for this moment."
-Rev. Dr. Martha Simmons,
Curator, The Preaching & Preachers Broadcast
"Just Like Selma is a powerful reminder that sacred music can carry memory, protest, and hope in the same breath—turning history into a living soundtrack for justice."
- Rev. Dr. Christopher Michael Jones
First Baptist Church of Hillside, Senior Pastor