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No vamos aflojar el paso. Estamos practicando ser intencionales con nuestro tiempo. El Equinoccio de Primavera está aquí. Un día con la misma cantidad de luz y oscuridad a medida que nuestro planeta se acerca al sol. Tener…
We have a mandate. What can public pressure look like in these times to advance abolitionist demands and a Black queer feminist vision? We need action that restores our relationship to the work, humanity, and dignity of our people - from the factory workers to the drag queens.
In response to the crisis of the continued practice of money bail in Nashville, SONG organizers demand that judges and magistrates stop keeping people in cages because they cannot afford to buy their freedom and put an end to the practice of money bail and pretrial detention in their city.
We are excited to share SONG’s 2019 End of Year Report! Inside, we share our collective
accomplishments and reflections from members of SONG’s chapters on their year of Free from
Fear campaign work. From all of our members grinding to change the material conditions for
future generations, to our supporters that throw down money for this liberation work, to our
comrade organizations working with us in partnership and our Forever SONG family that remind
us where we come from, thank you.
To share historical memory of Art and Culture work at SONG and our collaboration with AgitArte, we interviewed a forever SONG member, Kate Shapiro, and two current members, ND Johnson and Teddy G, who are leading key guerilla theatre work.
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En el 2018, SONG asumió la misma orientación que nos pedimos a nosotrxs mismxs — la de olvidarnos del perfeccionismo y hacer un balance verdadero de cuáles de nuestras estrategias y tácticas hacen avanzar nuestras metas y cuáles…
“If you see a need, fill it.”Mandy Carter, SONG co-founder
The SONG origin story is well known
to many. In 1993, three Black lesbians and three white lesbians came
together against the backdrop of the first Creating Change conference
ever…
Each year at the Seder, Jewish folks
read this line in the Passover Haggadah, “In every generation, a person
is obligated to see themselves as if they had left Mitzrayim.” SONG
offers our Haggadah insert to uplift the question, “We…
After a long campaign to end money bail in Durham led by grassroots organizations, Judge Evans and Judge Hudson have implemented a new policy that ignores the need for bail reform. This decision comes after 2 years of public pressure,…
The Mandate for Black people in this time: To avenge the suffering of our ancestors. To earn the respect of future generations. To be transformed in the service of the work.
– Mary Hooks
The Lorde’s Werq: Black Leadership
Development…
