Category: North Carolina
SONG’s first Free From Fear campaign was officially launched in Durham, North Carolina, on January 17, 2015 by SONG members, member leaders and staff. We set out to build local and regional power and capacity in order to make needed…

Category: North Carolina
SONG’s Free From Fear campaign in Durham launched in January 2015 as part of a regional campaign effort to demand an end to profiling and state violence against people of color and LGBTQ people in southern towns and cities. The…

Category: North Carolina
“I’m here for Attorney General Loretta Lynch's clapback presentation of the DOJ statement. I’m just not so enamored by having my gender "seen" as to forget there were 2 other parts of this bill unexamined (the anti-worker policies). And unfortunately, those aren't even the most insidious parts about this whole situation...but best believe whatever wins come are won by organizing, whether it’s on the courtroom floor or the dancefloor. Organizing will set us free ‪#‎VisibilityIsNOTenough ‪#‎WeCameToSlayHB2”

Category: North Carolina
*English Transcript Available on Vimeo January 2016 hit many of us full speed ahead. As we were planning our New Year’s resolutions and dreaming about all the projects we would do this year, we wrestled with the reality of a…

Category: North Carolina
Last week, leadership in the NC state legislature called a special session to work overtime to legalize discrimination through the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, otherwise known as HB2. This bill isn’t just about bathrooms. It is a clear…

Category: North Carolina
This was a speech written by SONG member China Medel for a rally in opposition to anti-immigrant House Bill 318 in North Carolina. My name is China Medel, I’m a member of Southerners on New Ground who has made North…

Category: North Carolina
The announcement that Durham Police Chief José Lopez is being forced into retirement, while a clear response to community pressure, will not be enough to address the broken trust between the Durham Police Department and the community. To be sure,…