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On Saturday, September 30th the Floyd chapter of SONG hosted PRIDE. Taking up the mantle from the previous host, PFLAG, this year’s pride was a victory in itself – a triumph in the face of growing facism and christian nationalism…
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10 Lessons Learned From the Black Mamas Bail Out Action
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1. Putting our organizing practice into action. At SONG, our organizing practice has long been based in love, longing, and desire across class, race, gender…
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May 1st, or May Day (International Worker’s Day), emerged out of the fight for an eight-hour workday in 1886 in Chicago. On this day, striking workers clashed with police, resulting in several deaths—four of the protesters were later hanged. In…
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TRACK LIST
The Road (feat. Black Bear) – A Tribe Called Red
PohLease – KAMAU
BULLETS – KAYTRANADA
Un Canto a Mi Tierra – Quantic and His Combo Barbaro
Skwod – Nadia Rose
Adios Afrodita – Alvaro Diaz
Homeward Bound…
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Joan Garner is wearing a red jacket in this group photo of former SONG Co-Directors, Board Member, Co-Founders and Family. Photo Courtesy Mab Segrest.
It is with a heavy heart that we share with y’all the news of Joan Garner’s…
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Dear SONG family and friends,
Twelve years ago, I unknowingly started a journey toward finding chosen family and a political home. As a queer man from an immigrant family, I was cutting my political teeth doing work around immigrant rights,…
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Dear SONG political family, allies and friends,
Eleven years ago I said, “Yes!” to the most transformative experience of my young life. I said yes, alongside Caitlin Breedlove, to help nurture and guide a political home, organizing shop and kinship…
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After five years of organizing at Southerners On New Ground, Salem Acuña and J. F. Lyles are transitioning from their staff roles at SONG. We interview them here to gain valuable insights and lessons from their time at SONG and…
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Track List:
Sueño Americano – Los Rakas
Negrita – Nitty Scott
Canción Protesta – Aterciopelados
Justicia – QUITAPENAS
La Morena – La Santa Cecilia
Cumbia Pa’ Gozar – Los Angeles Azules
Mala – Maluca
Siempre Es Viernes En Mi Corazón…
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Our enemies have waged battles in our backyards but not without our organizing and our outright refusal to live without our desire nor embody their shame. Our defiance and our desire has been our survival and our resistance. Our longing…