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UID:10811-1745348400-1745352000@southernersonnewground.org
SUMMARY:Won't You Be My Gaybor? Launch Call 2.0
DESCRIPTION:At SONG we believe that knowing our neighbors is more important now than ever. From hurricanes and tornadoes to flooding and extreme heat\, climate catastrophes continue to ravage the South. Let’s engage in the simple but powerful act of getting to know our neighbors.   \n\n\n\nMissed our Gaybor launch last month? Join us on Tuesday\, April 22nd as we continue to Knock Our Blocks across the South\, starting with our very own neighborhoods\, country roads\, and hollers.  \n\n\n\nRegister now\, recruit 3-5 friends to the launch call\, and SONG will provide you with all the materials\, swag\, and support you’ll need!
URL:https://southernersonnewground.org/event/wont-you-be-my-gaybor-launch-call-2-0/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T180000
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SUMMARY:April Firekeepers’ Regional Practice Space
DESCRIPTION:The Firekeepers’ meetings are a practice space for all SONG members and staff who seek to practice conflict transformation skills together. If you want to grow your leadership to work with feelings/emotions\, move through conflict and conflict avoidance in your SONG spaces\, and experience what a generative response to conflict actually feels like\, this space is for you! Our next practice space will be: Thursday\, April 24 from 6-8pm ET / 5-7pm CT. RSVP soon\, as space is limited.”
URL:https://southernersonnewground.org/event/firekeepers-regional-practice-space/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250513T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250513T210000
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SUMMARY:May 2025 Regional Membership Call/Llamada de Membresía Regional
DESCRIPTION:español abajo \n\n\n\nWe’re gathering on May 13th for our Regional Membership Call\, and we want you in the room. \n\n\n\nAcross the South\, we’re in a season of rebuilding and recommitment\, sharpening our focus\, reconnecting with each other\, and grounding in the work ahead.  \n\n\n\nWe’ll offer a scan of the region\, hear updates from some of our formations\, and share what’s on the horizon for the rest of 2025. Whether you’ve been deep in the work or haven’t been in the mix for a while\, this is a powerful time to lock back in. \n\n\n\nLet’s gather\, get grounded\, and move together. \n\n\n\nTuesday\, May 13\, 20257–9 PM ET / 6–8 PM CT \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNos reuniremos el 13 de mayo para celebrar nuestra llamada de membresía regional\, y queremos que estés allí. \n\n\n\nEn todo el Sur\, estamos en una temporada de reconstrucción y renovación del compromiso\, afinando nuestro enfoque\, volviendo a conectar unxs con otrxs y anclándonos en el trabajo que tenemos por delante. \n\n\n\nOfreceremos un panorama de la región\, escucharemos las novedades de algunas de nuestrasformaciones y compartiremos lo que se vislumbra en el horizonte para el resto de 2025. Tanto si te haz metido de lleno en el trabajo como si hace tiempo que no lo haces\, éste es un buen momento para volver a conectar. \n\n\n\nReunámonos\, pongamos los pies en la tierra y movámonos juntxs.Martes\, 13 de mayo de 2025
URL:https://southernersonnewground.org/event/may-2025-regional-membership-call-llamada-de-membresia-regional/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250514T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250514T200000
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UID:10821-1747245600-1747252800@southernersonnewground.org
SUMMARY:May 2025 SONG New Member Orientation
DESCRIPTION:Join us for SONG’s New Member Orientation on Wednesday\, May 14th\, from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST / 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM CST!You are receiving this invitation as one of the newest additions to SONG’s membership! We’d love to welcome you to join us as we visit the history of our co-founders and the methods in which we organize in the South and provide an orientation to the infrastructure of this organization. If you cannot join\, please let us know\, and then we’ll email the notes or a recording.This is the space to bring questions\, curiosity\, time\, talents\, and visions that focus on how we organize together.
URL:https://southernersonnewground.org/event/may-2025-song-new-member-orientation/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250522T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250522T200000
DTSTAMP:20250415T213505Z
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UID:10830-1747936800-1747944000@southernersonnewground.org
SUMMARY:Firekeepers’ May Regional Practice Space
DESCRIPTION:The Firekeepers’ meetings are a practice space for all SONG members and staff who seek to practice conflict transformation skills together. If you want to grow your leadership to work with feelings/emotions\, move through conflict and conflict avoidance in your SONG spaces\, and experience what a generative response to conflict actually feels like\, this space is for you! Our next practice space will be: Thursday\, May 22nd from 6-8pm ET / 5-7pm CT. RSVP soon\, as space is limited.” \n\n\n\nDo you need support navigating an active interpersonal conflict\, disagreement\, and/or general disconnection that is putting a strain on your SONG chapter/work? Email sumi (sumi@southernersonnewground.org) to schedule a 1:1. This is a confidential space for SONG staff and members.
URL:https://southernersonnewground.org/event/firekeepers-may-regional-practice-space/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250711T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250711T190000
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UID:10904-1752253200-1752260400@southernersonnewground.org
SUMMARY:Dispatches from the Ground: Richmond Organizing Victories\, Lessons\, and Losses
DESCRIPTION:Can’t wait to see you Friday\, July 11th for multiple panel discussions about the powerful organizing work in Richmond over the last decade. We will be in conversation with Richmond organizers about the fight to protect Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground\, to Black Mama Bail Outs\, Car Rallies and much more in between! We will hear from SONG RVA leaders as well as community folks as well about organizing victories\, lessons\, and losses.  \n\n\n\nDinner will be provided.  \n\n\n\nRichmond location upon registration.  \n\n\n\nChildcare provided upon request. 
URL:https://southernersonnewground.org/event/dispatches-from-the-ground-richmond-organizing-victories-lessons-and-losses/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250715T193000
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UID:10895-1752607800-1752613200@southernersonnewground.org
SUMMARY:WEATHER OR NOT: DISASTER PREPAREDNESS WITH PINK SLIPPER
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, July 15th at 6:30 pm Central/ 7:30 pm Eastern for Weather or Not: Disaster Preparedness Call With Pink Slipper \n\n\n\nContinuing SONG’s organizing to prepare for hurricane season\, we invite all SONG members to a call with Pink Slipper on individual and communal disaster preparation strategies. \n\n\n\nWho is Pink Slipper? They’re a group of New Orleans-based community folk—including many SONG members—who came together in 2020 to prepare for hurricane season when the pandemic was still new and police repression was soaring in response to the Uprising during the summer of 2020. \n\n\n\nEvery year\, Pink Slipper revises a collectively created emergency preparedness resource workbook called\, “PINK SLIPPER: Protecting Each Other Through Hurricanes & Other Calamities.” Pink Slipper’s work is here to support building out plans with their loved ones and community in response to all kinds of crises\, from hurricanes and fires to martial law. 
URL:https://southernersonnewground.org/event/weather-or-not-disaster-preparedness-with-pink-slipper/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250726T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250726T140000
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UID:10898-1753531200-1753538400@southernersonnewground.org
SUMMARY:Freedom Hill Screening by PE Working Group
DESCRIPTION:Join SONG’s Political Education Working Group for a virtual documentary screening of Freedom Hill.
URL:https://southernersonnewground.org/event/freedom-hill-screening-by-pe-working-group/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251116T210000
DTSTAMP:20250709T145605Z
CREATED:20250708T221549Z
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UID:10906-1763028000-1763326800@southernersonnewground.org
SUMMARY:A Queer South Revival: Membership Meeting 2025
DESCRIPTION:Join Southerners On New Ground for our long-awaited Fifth Membership Gathering this November 13–16\, 2025\, to remember who we are—Southern LGBTQ+ organizers\, cultural weavers\, soil tenders\, stargazers\, fire-keepers—and to continue connecting our power to the promise that we are safer and stronger together.
URL:https://southernersonnewground.org/event/a-queer-south-revival-membership-meeting-2025/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260331T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260331T210000
DTSTAMP:20260326T150958Z
CREATED:20260326T150733Z
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UID:10942-1774983600-1774990800@southernersonnewground.org
SUMMARY:Down with Datacenters: The South's Got Something To Do
DESCRIPTION:Big Tech giants (Amazon\, Apple\, Google\, Meta\, Microsoft) seek AI dominance over the world and have set their sights on the South to build massive data centers across the region. The South has long been the site of corporate extraction and minimal government regulations. We are also the place of fierce resistance.  \n\n\n\nJoin us for part one of our Down with Data Centers: Data Center Political Education Call series alongside KeShaun Pearson of Memphis Community Against Pollution\, Jacinta González of MediaJustice\, and Kelly Limes-Taylor\, Georgia-based data center organizer\, on Tuesday\, March 31st at 7:00 pm EST/6:00 pm CST to learn more about stopping data centers and how you can join us in this fight!
URL:https://southernersonnewground.org/event/down-with-datacenters-the-souths-got-something-to-do/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260428T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260428T200000
DTSTAMP:20260331T233315Z
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UID:10948-1777399200-1777406400@southernersonnewground.org
SUMMARY:April Regional Membership Call
DESCRIPTION:We’re gathering on Tuesday\, April 28\, 2026\, at 6:00 PM ET/5:00 PM CT\, for our Regional Membership Call\, and we want you in the room. \n\n\n\nWe’ll offer a scan of the region\, hear updates from some of our formations\, and share what’s on the horizon for the rest of 2026. Whether you’ve been deep in the work or haven’t been in the mix for a while\, this is a powerful time to lock back in. \n\n\n\nLet’s gather\, get grounded\, and move together.
URL:https://southernersonnewground.org/event/april-regional-membership-call/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260506T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260506T083000
DTSTAMP:20260428T221539Z
CREATED:20260428T215902Z
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UID:10966-1778054400-1778056200@southernersonnewground.org
SUMMARY:Durham Member & Kindred Dinner
DESCRIPTION:DURHAM!!!!⁠⁠Join SONG on Wednesday\, May 6th\, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM for our Durham Member & Kindred Dinner! ⁠⁠We will fellowship\, listen to what is on the hearts and minds of our people\, and provide a report back on the work our Durham Crew has been leading as part of our housing & land liberation work. ⁠ \n\n\n\nLocation Shared Upon Registration Confirmation⁠
URL:https://southernersonnewground.org/event/durham-kindred-dinner/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260512T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260512T130000
DTSTAMP:20260428T214800Z
CREATED:20260409T160234Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260428T214800Z
UID:10957-1778572800-1778590800@southernersonnewground.org
SUMMARY:Donuts & Data Centers
DESCRIPTION:Join Southerners on New Ground on Tuesday\, May 12th\, as we pressure the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners to vote NO on the DeKalb County Data Center Text Amendment!  \n\n\n\nThe text amendment is insufficient and does nothing to regulate the growth of data centers in DeKalb County. We demand community input and real regulations on data centers every step of the way! \n\n\n\nWe will gather at 8:00 AM. The public comment sign-up form will open at 8:30 AM.
URL:https://southernersonnewground.org/event/10957/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260522T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260524T170000
DTSTAMP:20260428T214934Z
CREATED:20260331T224928Z
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UID:10953-1779436800-1779642000@southernersonnewground.org
SUMMARY:Data Center Organizing School
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to apply for SONG’s upcoming Data Center Organizing School. Members and leaders across the region will convene to learn about strategies and tactics used to stop data centers\, sharpen political analysis and organizing skills on this issue\, and develop a plan of action for where they live!  \n\n\n\nWe will prioritize applicants who are able to do approximately 5 hours of pre-work and are able to commit for six months to running or joining a data center fight where they live. 
URL:https://southernersonnewground.org/event/data-center-campaign-convergence/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260709T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260709T210000
DTSTAMP:20260428T220413Z
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UID:10969-1783621800-1783630800@southernersonnewground.org
SUMMARY:New Orleans Member & Kindred Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Join SONG on Thursday\, July 9th\, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM for our New Orleans Member & Kindred dinner!  \n\n\n\nWe will fellowship\, listen to what is on the hearts and minds of our people\, and provide a report back on the work that has been moving across the region. \n\n\n\nLocation Shared Upon Registration Confirmation
URL:https://southernersonnewground.org/event/new-orleans-member-kindred-dinner/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260723T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260723T190000
DTSTAMP:20260722T181956Z
CREATED:20260722T143736Z
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UID:10991-1784827800-1784833200@southernersonnewground.org
SUMMARY:Phone Bank to Recruit for Down with Data Centers in Durham County Commission Meetings
DESCRIPTION:Join Southerners on New Ground and the Stop Data Centers Coalition on Thursday\, July 23rd from 5:30PM-7PM. We’ll be making phone calls to recruit folks out to upcoming Durham County Commission meetings to make our voices heard that the people want a moratorium on data centers right here in Durham.
URL:https://southernersonnewground.org/event/phone-bank-to-recruit-for-down-with-data-centers-in-durham-county-commission-meetings/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260724T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260724T235959
DTSTAMP:20260428T220921Z
CREATED:20260428T220854Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260428T220921Z
UID:10972-1784851200-1784937599@southernersonnewground.org
SUMMARY:Applications close: Gaycation: Solidarity School Edition
DESCRIPTION:Gaycation is back! \n\n\n\nHistorically\, Gaycation has allowed our people to take time away from the grind to be outdoors\, breathe deep\, swim\, laugh\, reconnect with nature and with each other. It has been a space to show up fully\, build relationships across generations\, celebrate our wins\, reflect on what we’ve done together\, and dream boldly about what’s next. \n\n\n\nPurpose \n\n\n\nThe purpose of Gaycation: Solidarity School is to provide a regional space to continue our work to strengthen our collective capacity to survive and respond to escalating political violence by building practical skill\, deepening regional solidarity\, and advancing our shared political analysis. \n\n\n\nApply Now \n\n\n\nApplications are open now through Friday\, July 24th\, 2026. \n\n\n\nPLEASE NOTE: Space is limited and excitement is high! We welcome all of our comrades to apply\, however\, priority will be given to active SONG members\, who are currently living in the South. Renew your membership prior to applying to avoid acceptance delays.
URL:https://southernersonnewground.org/event/applications-close-gaycation-solidarity-school-edition/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T100000
DTSTAMP:20260722T182237Z
CREATED:20260722T144036Z
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UID:10994-1785747600-1785751200@southernersonnewground.org
SUMMARY:August 3 Down with Data Centers in Durham County Commission Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join Southerners on New Ground\, Community Land and Power\, Clean Water NC\, and other partners on Monday\, August 3rd at 9:00 AM for public comment to demand that Durham’s County Commission pass a moratorium on data centers right here in Durham! \n\n\n\nLet’s add our voices to the choir saying NO to data centers and tech billionaires and YES to more say over our land\, water\, and the air we breathe!
URL:https://southernersonnewground.org/event/august-3-down-with-data-centers-in-durham-county-commission-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260810T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260810T200000
DTSTAMP:20260722T144557Z
CREATED:20260722T144554Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260722T144557Z
UID:10996-1786384800-1786392000@southernersonnewground.org
SUMMARY:August 10 Down with Data Centers in Durham County Commission Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join Southerners on New Ground\, Community Land and Power\, Clean Water NC\, and other partners on Monday\, August 10th at 06:00 PM for public comment to demand Durham’s County Commission pass a moratorium on data centers right here in Durham! \n\n\n\nLet’s add our voices to the choir saying NO to data centers and tech billionaires and YES to more say over our land\, water\, and the air we breathe!
URL:https://southernersonnewground.org/event/august-10-down-with-data-centers-in-durham-county-commission-meeting/
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