Southerners on New Ground

Squad Up, Skill Up, Slay: Street Fighter Series
2020-09-27 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
We are living through and calling for transformation as protests against the system of policing have kindled fires of rage and solidarity globally. Our abolitionist vision is being embraced and grows with each person fed up, activated, fired up, and ready to fight for queer liberation.
In order to win our fights, we must work, move and build in formation! We must lean into our collective power and learn from the wisdom of our movement leaders and ancestors. The mandate calls us to work strategically to strengthen our power and birth the world we’re dreaming. To see our people free of shackles and cages with an abundance of Black joy and queer and trans liberation is the charge!
Join us every other Sunday for our bi-monthly Squad Up, Skill Up, Slay: Street Fighter Series to learn community organizing and direct action planning fundamentals. The series is for brand new organizers and folks wanting to refresh their skills alike. To gain insight on how to squad up through base-building, direct action planning and more join us as we skill-up and prepare to slay in our respective communities! Each module is intended to strengthen our disability justice and language justice politic and practice. Starting August 2nd, join us every other Sunday 1-3 pm ET/12-2 pm CT! We’ll have interpretation between Spanish, English and ASL.
RSVP HERE

Free from Fear Campaign Call
2020-10-06 19:00 - 20:30
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 happen on the 1st Tuesday.

Contact: SONG Statewide Organizers: Rebecca Keel (rebecca@songsouth.org), Angela Henderson (angela@songsouth.org) and Jill Cartwright (jill@songsouth.org)

National Coming Out Day
2020-10-11
[English Below]
¡Feliz Día Nacional de la Salida del Closet! a sea estes fuera contigo mismx, con tus seres queridxs o no, te valoramos y apoyamos dónde te encuentres en este camino de descubrimiento. Tú eres la medida, avanza a tu ritmo y sé que eres amadx.
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Happy National Coming Out Day! Whether you are out to yourself, your loved ones or not, we value you and hold where you are on this journey of discovery. You are the measure, move at your pace and know you are loved. #ComingOutDay

Squad Up, Skill Up, Slay: Street Fighter Series - Healing Justice
2020-10-25 13:00 - 15:00
We are living through and calling for transformation as protests against the system of policing have kindled fires of rage and solidarity globally. Our abolitionist vision is being embraced and grows with each person fed up, activated, fired up, and ready to fight for queer liberation.
In order to win our fights, we must work, move and build in formation! We must lean into our collective power and learn from the wisdom of our movement leaders and ancestors. The mandate calls us to work strategically to strengthen our power and birth the world we’re dreaming. To see our people free of shackles and cages with an abundance of Black joy and queer and trans liberation is the charge!
Join us every other Sunday for our bi-monthly Squad Up, Skill Up, Slay: Street Fighter Series to learn community organizing and direct action planning fundamentals. The series is for brand new organizers and folks wanting to refresh their skills alike. To gain insight on how to squad up through base-building, direct action planning and more join us as we skill-up and prepare to slay in our respective communities! Each module is intended to strengthen our disability justice and language justice politic and practice. We’ll have interpretation between Spanish, English and ASL.
RSVP HERE

SONG Power Post Election Regional Membership Call
2020-11-09 19:00 - 21:00
Join SONG Power on November 9th from 6-8pm CT/7- 9pm ET for our SONG & SONG Power November Regional Member Call to reflect on the electoral process, reground in our political commitment, and share with one another what opportunities there are to be harvested in this moment. On this call we will create and enter third-space, rooted in creation, invention, innovation, and re-birth together. Members will give updates on this year’s election cycle and our abolitionist movement building work. This call is for us to name and celebrate our wins and grieve our losses.
We are calling ALL members, new and seasoned, because we do not fight alone! This call is for each of us who need space to reflect on what this political and spiritual moment is bringing to bear. We hope to strategize, connect, and be together because we know that where there’s great challenge, there is equally great opportunity and together we hold the dreams and visions to manifest liberation in our lifetime. We do this while recognizing that we take care of each other.
RSVP Here

Polls to Power: SONG Power Georgia Statewide Membership Call
2020-11-10 18:30 - 20:00
Join SONG Power Georgia on Tuesday, November 10 at 6:30 pm ET for our SONG Georgia Statewide Movement Building Meeting where we will introduce our Black November fellows and the work they’re doing to transition the energy around this election into local abolitionist campaigns. Join the call and you, too, will learn about the steps you can take to End Cash Bail, Melt ICE, close the cages and help lead your Georgia community from the polls to power!
RSVP here

Make It Rain Working Group Call
2020-11-16 19:00 - 20:30
Join the monthly Make It Rain Working Group calls!
The Make It Rain Working Group is a space for members across the region to help SONG fundraise and skill up their development skills! Fundraising is so important to help our organization have campaigns, convenings, and have a strong regional reach queer and trans people across the South deserve. Contact: Britney Nesbit (britney@songsouth.org)
RSVP Here

Spokescouncil Call
2020-11-17 19:00 - 20:30
The SONG Spokescouncil is a longtime dream of the organization. It consists of member leader representatives from each chapter, working group, board, current fellowship cohort, and ForeverSONG family. The Spokescouncil is designed to be a member-led formation for making decisions, sharpening our collective tactics, actions, and work across the region.
To Learn More Contact: Carlin Rushing (carlin@songsouth.org)

Language Justice Working Group Call
2020-11-18 07:00 - 21:00
The Language Justice Working Group is a space for members across the region, bilingual or monolingual, to help SONG strategize, build and fortify our values around creating authentic communication across race, culture, and difference. This is imperative for movement building. Language justice as a framework allows us to explicitly name the grief associated with the loss of our ancestral languages, as a result of colonization and imperialism as well as heal and advocate for our inherent right to communicate in our most authentic form.
Contact: Monse Ramirez (monse@songsouth.org) and Naushaba Patel (naushaba@songsouth.org)
RSVP Here

Political Education Working Group Call
2020-11-19 18:30 - 20:00
The Political Education Working Group is a space for SONG staff, SONG members and Forever SONG family to identify the current political education needs for our membership. We know that grassroots organizing work requires intense study in rigor, and this space will help us continually provide tools and curricula for our membership.
Contact: Angela Henderson (angela@songsouth.org)

Free from Fear Campaign Call
2020-11-24 19:00 - 21:00
These once a 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 happen on the 1st Tuesday of each month.
Contact: Jade Brooks (jade@songsouth.org).

Staff Off - Winter Break
2020-12-14 - 2021-01-12

Nashville, TN Chapter Meeting
2021-06-07 20:00 - 22:00, 2021-06-14 20:00 - 22:00, 2021-06-21 20:00 - 22:00, 2021-06-28 20:00 - 22:00, 2021-07-05 20:00 - 22:00, 2021-07-12 20:00 - 22:00, 2021-07-19 20:00 - 22:00, 2021-07-26 20:00 - 22:00 and 5 more dates
Join the SONG Nashville chapter for weekly Monday meetings from 7-9pm CT.
Contact: Rome@southernersonnewground.org

SONG Staff Summer Break
2021-06-14 - 2021-06-21

Squad Up, Skill Up, Slay Organizing School - Knoxville, TN
2021-07-22 - 2021-07-24

Richmond, VA Chapter Meeting
2021-07-27 18:30 - 20:00
Join SONG Richmond’s crew for their July open monthly meeting on July 27th from 6:30-8pm ET. This meeting will be a virtual/in-person hybrid so RSVP below to let us know how you want to participate!
RSVP Here

White People & Money in the Movement for Abolition - Nashville, TN
2021-07-28 19:00 - 20:30
The SONG Nashville Race Traitors discussion group about white people and money is meeting on Zoom on Wednesday, July 28th from 6-7:30 pm CT. They’ll be talking about embodied giving vs giving out of guilt. This space is designed for white people but is open and accountable to BIPOC. This call is open to all SONG Nahsbulle members and supporters!
Register Here

Squad Up, Skill Up, Slay Organizing School - Richmond, VA
2021-07-29 - 2021-07-31
