Walk Across America: One Million Steps to Restore Merit and Opportunity

From the Rooftop to the Road: Pastor Corey Brooks Launches Walk Across America to Restore Merit, Faith, and the Pursuit of the American Dream

SPONSORSHIP LEVELS

Presenting Sponsor – $2,500,000
• Exclusive national naming rights (“Presented by”)
• Speaking opportunity at press events and media coverage
• Custom activation in up to 12 cities
• Lifetime partnership plaque + naming opportunity at the Center
• Full-page spotlight in all campaign publications

Platinum Sponsor – $1,000,000
• Logo on national press materials, website, apparel
• Featured in media kits and 12 city events
• Custom video testimonial from Pastor Brooks
• Named classroom or program in the new Center

Gold Sponsor – $500,000
• Logo on walk signage in 12 cities
• Recognition in media coverage and national tour
• Naming rights for a signature initiative or space

Silver Sponsor – $250,000
• Logo on website, t-shirts, and campaign banners
• Featured at Homecoming Gala and livestream mentions
• Social media shoutouts

Bronze Sponsor – $100,000
• Logo in supporter decks and walk-day presentations
• Newsletter and monthly digital recognition

Supporting Sponsor: Sponsor a Mile – $50,000
• Exclusive sponsorship of a mile along the walk
• Signage on your sponsored mile
• Recognition on interactive walk map and mile tracker
• Certificate of sponsorship + digital spotlight

Friend of the Walk – $30,000

• Name/logo on supporter wall on campaign website
• Recognition during Sunday media briefings

Builder’s Circle – $10,000

• Name/logo included on national digital Donor Wall
• Recognition in campaign recap video
• Framed campaign certificate

Dream Seed Giver – $5,000

• Name listed in “Faith in Action” tribute section
• Mention in one Sunday briefing livestream

– $1,000

• Printed certificate of participation
• Name included in campaign newsletter thank-you

Opportunity Sponsor – $500

• Name added to digital supporter scroll
• Personalized thank-you letter from Project H.O.O.D.

Friend of the Walk – $250

• Social media shoutout
• Digital supporter badge for sharing

Step by Step Donor – $100

• Name listed in “One Million Steps” group thank-you graphic
• Commemorative digital postcard

Legacy Walker – $50

• Name included on digital "Wall of Hope"
• Downloadable Walk Across America desktop background

Honorary Step – $25

• Recognition in a community thank-you post
• “I Took a Step” digital badge to share on social media

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It all started on a crumbling, dilapidated rooftop on the South Side of Chicago. Pastor Corey Brooks climbed to the top of a crime-infested, rundown motel and camped out for 94 days to protest the violence that had taken too many lives and stolen too many futures. Out of that bold stand Project H.O.O.D. was born — a movement of merit, faith, and the pursuit of the American Dream that has been changing lives across the country.

Now, nearly a decade later, Pastor Brooks is stepping out again — this time on a 3,000-mile journey to restore the soul of America.

On September 1, 2025, Pastor Brooks will lace up his walking shoes in New York City and begin “One Million Steps to Restore Merit, Faith, and the Pursuit of the American Dream” — a coast-to-coast march to raise $25 million in private funding to complete the 90,000-square-foot Leadership and Economic Opportunity Center on Chicago’s South Side — debt-free.

“This isn’t just a walk,” says Pastor Brooks. “It’s a rebellion. A protest. A prophetic movement. It’s a call to bring Jesus, the American principles and the American Dream back to the long-neglected neighborhoods that America has written off.”

The mission is both religious and civic. Brooks believes that much of the destruction of these neighborhoods is rooted in the devaluing of merit everywhere, especially education, the breakdown of family, the erasure of faith from the American culture, and the belittling of the American Dream.

“Government dependence is at an all-time high. The marriage for all is collapsing. Single-parent homes are rising. Education is in moral free-fall. And faith in God has been pushed to the margins,” Brooks said. “But I still believe. I believe in Jesus. I believe in the Church. And I believe in merit — the God-given ability to rise, to create, to achieve.”

He also added: “Merit is what built this nation — and it’s what the Left has tried to destroy for 60 years. They say, ‘You didn’t build that.’ They say success is privilege, not persistence. But I say Merit is inclusion. Merit is freedom. Merit is advancement. Merit is diversity. Merit is the American Dream. And we must fight to restore it.”

50 Cities. One Mission.

Over the course of 365 walking days, Brooks will pass through 50 cities — hosting rallies, tent revivals, and community conversations in each one. From forgotten corners to big metros, the walk will call America to awaken.

Major Milestones Include:
• Finishing the Leadership and Economic Opportunity Center in Chicago
• Launching a private Christian school for boys from single-parent homes
• Creating a national office to replicate Project H.O.O.D. chapters across America
• Establishing a generational endowment to fuel sustainable urban transformation

“This walk is my altar,” Brooks says. “Every step is a prayer. Every mile is a protest. Every city is a chance to declare: we are not victims, we are visionaries. We are not statistics, we are builders. We are not broken — we’re becoming.”

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BRANDING OPPORTUNITIES
• National TV, podcast, and print coverage (Fox, faith media, urban networks)
• Social media reach across 50+ cities and national influencers
• Brand placement on tents, shirts, gear, vehicles, livestreams
• Logo inclusion in documentary film and commemorative book

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AUDIENCE REACH
• 50+ cities, 1,000,000+ direct participants and viewers
• 50 million+ media impressions nationwide
• Churches, schools, nonprofits, and community leaders engaged coast to coast

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KEY DATES & EVENTS
• Kickoff: September 1, 2025 (New York City)
• Homecoming Gala: June 27–28, 2026 (Chicago)
• National Day of Hope: August 31, 2026 (Santa Monica, CA)

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GET INVOLVED
• Walk a city leg with Pastor Brooks
• Host a rally, revival, or community event
• Give online using this page!
• Share on social media with #OneMillionSteps