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SONG End of Year Report (2013): Now More Than Ever

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December 17, 2013

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SONG believes that social movements are one of our main hopes for liberation. Organizations are one of the key building blocks of social movements. Organizations are made up of people—leaders. We build membership (or our base) as a way to build the skills, connection and leadership of thousands of Southern rural LGBTQ people of color, immigrant people and working class people – united together in the struggle for dignity and justice for all people. In order to transform the South we must build our collective power, our people power, which comes from thousands and thousands of us uniting to make the South the home our communities need it to be.

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Join the Durham SONG Crew as we celebrate the land Join the Durham SONG Crew as we celebrate the land werq that we have led in 2026! ⁠
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Together, we will fellowship, share food, warm up over a cozy fire, and reflect on our work throughout the year. We will have a mini political education offering related to our connection to land, as well as hands-on seasonal decoration making with items we can all find outside! ⁠
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Join us, and bring your loved ones! Children are welcome! ⁠
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Date: November 8, 2026, from  1:00 PM to  3:00 PM⁠
Location shared upon registration! ⁠
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REGISTER HERE: ⁠
songsouth.info/songsouth.info/EOY26Garden
Join the Durham SONG Crew as we celebrate the land Join the Durham SONG Crew as we celebrate the land werq that we have led in 2026! ⁠
⁠
Together, we will fellowship, share food, warm up over a cozy fire, and reflect on our work throughout the year. We will have a mini political education offering related to our connection to land, as well as hands-on seasonal decoration making with items we can all find outside! ⁠
⁠
Join us, and bring your loved ones! Children are welcome! ⁠
⁠
Date: November 8, 2026, from  1:00 PM to  3:00 PM⁠
Location shared upon registration! ⁠
⁠
REGISTER HERE: ⁠
songsouth.info/songsouth.info/EOY26Garden
Join us on Wednesday, November 19, 2026, at 6:00 P Join us on Wednesday, November 19, 2026, at 6:00 PM ET/5:00 PM CT for our final 2026 Regional Membership Call on Zoom!⁠
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We have so much to reflect on!⁠
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What did we accomplish in 2026?⁠
Capture reflections from the Down with Data Centers Campaign, Working Groups, and Member-Initiated Projects⁠
Q4 2026 Member-Initiated Projects⁠
Foreshadowing 2027⁠
SONG Office Closure Dates⁠
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Let’s gather, get grounded, and move together.⁠
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Wednesday, November 19, 2026⁠
6:00 – 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 – 7:00 PM CT⁠
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Register Here: ⁠
songsouth.info/19NovemberRMC
Join us October 27 for our Fall Firekeeper Practic Join us October 27 for our Fall Firekeeper Practice Space⁠
6-8pm ET on zoom⁠
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How to Fight Well During Elections:⁠
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As a political home, SONG members hold conflicting views about engaging in elections and electoral organizing. Elections can be a divisive time in our movement and we struggle to navigate the strong emotions that come up in our conversations about voting and not voting, political candidates, and organizing others to vote.⁠
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This practice space will attempt to grow our ability to tolerate the discomfort of our divisions on elections and feel how shaping towards the possibility of our contradictions, rather than the pain, can strengthen our relationships and political home.⁠
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Click the link in bio to register!⁠
songsouth.info/October27Firekeepers⁠
The Atlanta People's Campaign (@atlpeoplescampaign The Atlanta People's Campaign (@atlpeoplescampaign) is back at it AGAIN!⁠
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Join SONG on October 24, from 11 am-5 pm, as we support their 4TH CITYWIDE People’s Movement Assembly (PMA)!! We'll all download the previous three PMAs and engage in discussions about continuing the work to build a better and safer Atlanta that centers the PEOPLE!! ⁠
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As always, this is a FREE EVENT!! Food and childcare will be provided!⁠
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October 24, 2026⁠
11-5 pm⁠
Kroc Center Atlanta 967 Dewey St SW Atlanta, GA⁠
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Learn more & register: bit.ly/OCTPMA4
Member-Initiated Projects (MIPS) is an invitation Member-Initiated Projects (MIPS) is an invitation to dream, scheme, experiment, and workshop ways to build a queer South worthy of our people.⁠ ⁠ In this political moment, the work of SONG is to break isolation, imagine and build beyond the limits of present conditions, and to find one another through shared work and commitment. Which is why we are calling SONG members to crew up and get to work on a project connected to SONG's current organizational work and priorities:⁠ ⁠ ⚔️Protecting Queer and Trans Kindred⁠ 🪧Confronting Criminalization and Militarization⁠ 🏠️Housing & Land Liberation⁠ ⁠ ⁠
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This call for proposals invites you to deepen relationships, incubate ideas, test their possibilities, and contribute to long-term movement building. MIPS can take the form of workshops, mutual-aid efforts, cultural projects, or something we have not yet imagined (see here for previous MIPS).⁠ ⁠ ⁠
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Click the link in our bio to learn more and submit a proposal today!
Join us October 27 for our Fall Firekeeper Practic Join us October 27 for our Fall Firekeeper Practice Space⁠
6-8pm ET on zoom⁠
⁠
How to Fight Well During Elections:⁠
⁠
As a political home, SONG members hold conflicting views about engaging in elections and electoral organizing. Elections can be a divisive time in our movement and we struggle to navigate the strong emotions that come up in our conversations about voting and not voting, political candidates, and organizing others to vote.⁠
⁠
This practice space will attempt to grow our ability to tolerate the discomfort of our divisions on elections and feel how shaping towards the possibility of our contradictions, rather than the pain, can strengthen our relationships and political home.⁠
⁠
Click the link in bio to register!⁠
songsouth.info/October27Firekeepers⁠
Member-Initiated Projects (MIPS) is an invitation Member-Initiated Projects (MIPS) is an invitation to dream, scheme, experiment, and workshop ways to build a queer South worthy of our people.⁠ ⁠ In this political moment, the work of SONG is to break isolation, imagine and build beyond the limits of present conditions, and to find one another through shared work and commitment. Which is why we are calling SONG members to crew up and get to work on a project connected to SONG's current organizational work and priorities:⁠ ⁠ ⚔️Protecting Queer and Trans Kindred⁠ 🪧Confronting Criminalization and Militarization⁠ 🏠️Housing & Land Liberation⁠ ⁠ ⁠
⁠
This call for proposals invites you to deepen relationships, incubate ideas, test their possibilities, and contribute to long-term movement building. MIPS can take the form of workshops, mutual-aid efforts, cultural projects, or something we have not yet imagined (see here for previous MIPS).⁠ ⁠ ⁠
⁠
Click the link in our bio to learn more and submit a proposal today!
The Atlanta People's Campaign (@atlpeoplescampaign The Atlanta People's Campaign (@atlpeoplescampaign) is back at it AGAIN!⁠
⁠
Join SONG on October 24, from 11 am-5 pm, as we support their 4TH CITYWIDE People’s Movement Assembly (PMA)!! We'll all download the previous three PMAs and engage in discussions about continuing the work to build a better and safer Atlanta that centers the PEOPLE!! ⁠
⁠
As always, this is a FREE EVENT!! Food and childcare will be provided!⁠
⁠
October 24, 2026⁠
11-5 pm⁠
Kroc Center Atlanta 967 Dewey St SW Atlanta, GA⁠
⁠
Learn more & register: bit.ly/OCTPMA4
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