Southerners on New Ground (SONG) is endorsing and participating in the October 22nd National Day of Protest Against Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation alongside other organizations in the Coalition to Stop Cop Nation. Under the umbrella…
Continuing to cast the spell
In times like these, it’s important we remember the spell 🪄 ✨️we take care of ourselves✨️we take care of each other✨️we take care of our people
Join us for our hurricane phone banks on…
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Hurricane Helene, one of the most powerful storms to hit the Gulf Coast in a century, touched down in Florida on Thursday before carving a path through Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and the Carolinas. The geographic scale of…
It is with both sadness and profound gratitude that we announce the transition of Anne (LA) Armistead, SONG member leader and cherished long-term resident of Floyd, Virginia. LA’s dedication to our community, her active involvement in local politics, and her…
Biden’s withdrawal from the presidential race is evidence of a crack in the system. It is an opening created by people power and by hundreds of thousands of people newly awakening to the limitations of our electoral system’s ability to…
This year, SONG is investing in re-igniting our Free From Fear campaigns by launching the Free From Fear Cohort. The Free From Fear cohort is our answer to the call for more Southern LGBTQ+ freedom fighters with the bold and…
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by Rolynné Anderson
Navigating the limitations of pandemic organizing forced us to collectively reroute, recalibrate, and reevaluate how we engage and/or sustain connections with our base. Southern Organizing is known for birthing the most beautiful modalities…
We’re hiring to help support our ever-growing work and our membership across the South. We’re excited to announce that we’re looking for new team members to join our growing staff! You can find job descriptions and more information about how…
Durham SONG member, Grace Nichols was sent here across time and space to cause a lot of good trouble. They are a queer, genderqueer, disabled, adoptee, scorpio, soccer fanatic, prismatic performance artist. A member since 2014, Grace owes their politicization,…
On May 26, we witnessed Israeli occupation forces commit one of their most brutal atrocities in Gaza in recent months. Four days after directing displaced Palestinians to move to a designated “safe zone” in Rafah, Israel dropped 2,000 lb US-made…
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