Twenty-six teachers attended the Equal Justice Initiative’s opening ceremonies for the The Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice. The trip was conceived and organized by former East Mecklenburg High School Teacher Larry Bosc. The teachers included:
- Auset Ari, Reading/Social Studies, Newell Elementary
- Franchone Bey, English, West Charlotte High
- Eli Davis, Special Education High School, Lincoln Heights Academy
- Taylor Elkins, English Language Arts, Ranson Middle
- Erika Flanagan, Civics/Economics, Independence High
- Yasmin Forbes, African American Studies/American History II, West Mecklenburg High
- DeNise Gerst, Science, Barringer Academic Center
- Mayako Hamrick, Japanese, E.E. Waddell Language Academy
- Stacey Jarvis, American History, East Mecklenburg High
- Tracy Kennedy, English/Social Studies, EE Waddell Language Academy
- Shanique Lee, English, North Mecklenburg High
- Ebone Lockett, English Language Arts, CATO Middle College High
- Marielle Matheus, PreK, Pre-K Department
- Megan McGee, English Language Arts, McClintock Middle
- Latonda Mitchell, English Language Arts/Social Studies, Mountain Island Lake Academy
- Lynn Roach, World History, Harding University High
- Lecia Shockley, 3rd Grade, Selwyn Elementary
- Nicole Sparrow, AP Language & Composition/English IV, Hawthorne Academy of Health Sciences
- Annette Teasdell, English, North Mecklenburg High
- Roshan Varghese, American History II/World History, David W. Butler High
- Robert Walton, EC General Curriculum, Merry Oaks International Academy
- Torie Wheatley, English, North Mecklenburg High
- May Winarski, Art, East Mecklenburg High
- Kathryn Kisner, Social Studies, East Mecklenburg High
- Paul Arnold, Social Studies, EE Waddell Language Academy
- Kheiston Tilford, Math and Science, Newell Elementary