Join SONG for a three-part Black Queer August Political Education series from 6-8pm EST on August 14th (closed session), August 21st, and August 31st. Together we will study the histories, traditions, and themes of Black August from a Black Queer and Trans abolitionist lens. We will cover topics including George Jackson and the origins of … Continued
Join the Nashville chapter of Southerners on New Ground for an open membership meeting Monday, August 31st at 7PM CT. This virtual zoom meet-up will be a chance to build relationships with Southern freedom fighters, learn about the practice of abolition, share resources, and get plugged in with the work for Queer and Trans liberation! … Continued
Every Tuesday, 6-8pm CT. Contact New Orleans fellows Toni and Ra for information about the meetings!
Contact: songdurham@gmail.com
These every other month calls are a vehicle for member-leaders organizing SONG campaigns across the South to talk to one another, share strategies and tactics, assess the conditions we are facing regionally, share out core organizing training and tools, troubleshoot challenges that are arising, build trust, and strengthen relationships. The Free From Fear regional calls … Continued
RSVP today for our first Virginia based Race Traitor call, happening this Saturday, September 5th, 4:30-6 PM on Zoom. Virginia Race Traitors is a series of calls focused on SONGs white membership in Virginia and open to all members across race. We will focus on white SONG members’ role in antiracist and abolitionist freedom struggles. … Continued
Calling all queer white Southern kin. Our ancestors designed this terror. Our cousins are the white vigilantes chasing and murdering Black people and fighting tooth-and-nail to extend this racist regime. As white Southerners, it has been long past time for all of us to come off the sidelines in this moment and play our role. … Continued
Every Tuesday, 6-8pm CT. Contact New Orleans fellows Toni and Ra for information about the meetings!
Contact: songdurham@gmail.com
Join Cenzontle Language Justice cooperative on September 9th 5-6pm ET/ 4-5 pm CT for a language justice training. Cenzontle is a worker-owned Language justice cooperative based in Asheville NC. The revolution will be multilingual! We must connect and build with each other across language. We invite SONG chapters and SONG members who want to learn more about … Continued
As we enter the fall season amidst this ongoing pandemic, we know that our survival is deeply rooted in our people holding each other up and building networks of care. We've seen, through the uprisings, the beauty and strength of our collective organizing! Let's continue in the footsteps our ancestors and sow a New South … Continued
The Arts & Culture Working Group is a space for members across the region to support SONG organizationally to use art as an essential political education tool that can create deep connection with our communities. With the help of AgitArte, a community-based grassroots arts organization, members learn how to develop an Arts & Culture crew locally, … Continued
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