Project 1526 Invitation

Join me in this 20 week spiritual formation curriculum

Today is July 4, 2026, the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in the United States of America. This year is also the 500th anniversary of “Resistance in the Americas,” however, and it is that anniversary I want to draw to your attention today through The 1526 Project:

The 1526 Project is a twenty-week spiritual formation curriculum and a public counter-witness to the Semiquincentennial. It uses the empire’s birthday as a foil to celebrate something far more awesome: people rising up against oppression and evil, century after century, in the name of a God who has always been on the side of the people who run.

Today I recorded a 25 minute video reflecting on this important project, its 20 week curriculum, our current July 4th holiday, and the words of Fredrick Douglass shared on July 4, 1852, on the 76th recognized birthday of our nation.

Please submit this form if you are interested in joining an online small group facilitated by me / Wes Fryer, reflecting on the “Project 1526” curriculum available on resistance500.com. We will meet Sunday evenings at 6pm ET /5pm CT / 4pm MT / 3pm PT starting July 5, 2026 for 20 weeks. There is NO COST and you do not have to attend each Zoom meeting, which will each last about an hour. You can also “join late” if you’re not able to start with us on July 5th.

Substack generated several short video clips from this longer video, and I’ve shared them on the Heal Our Culture YouTube channel. Check these out if you don’t have time to watch the longer 25 minute Substack Live video on “Resist and Heal.”

Why Historical Truth is Important (90 sec)

Aspirational Values of the Declaration of Independence (88 sec)

Quoting Frederick Douglass from July 4, 1852 (42 sec)

Racism is not over in the United States (83 sec)

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This article is cross-posted from HealOurCulture.org.

Learn more about my (Wes Fryer’s) advocacy for human rights, representative democracy, and the separation of church and state on wesfryer.com/advocacy.