Southerners on New Ground

Nashville, TN Chapter Meeting
2021-07-26 20:00 - 22:00, 2021-08-02 20:00 - 22:00, 2021-08-09 20:00 - 22:00, 2021-08-16 20:00 - 22:00, 2021-08-23 20:00 - 22:00, 2021-08-30 20:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York)
Join the SONG Nashville chapter for weekly Monday meetings from 7-9pm CT.
Contact: Rome@southernersonnewground.org

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

SONG Cunty Country Fair Regional Membership Call
2021-09-27 18:00 - 20:00
Hot Queer Summer is coming to an end and as mornings get chillier and pumpkins scents fill the air, we invite you to join us on Monday, September 27th, 6-8pm ET/5-7pm CT for our SONG Regional Membership Call: Cunty Country Fair. Cum one, cum all!
The SONG Cuntry fair is in town for all SONG members, longtime and new. This call will be a time to connect with SONG’s rowdy, queer Southern members and our Forever SONG fam. As a region we will take time to skill up together, and dig into our political histories to shape our future. We’ll be mapping our political landscape with the lens of where we are in the South. During the call we will have various “carnival rides”(breakout groups) where we will dig into some different topics such as: our campaign assessment, conflict transformation, and base building. Hope to see you at the Cunty Country fair!
Register Here!

SONG closed - fall break
2023-11-23 08:00 - 2023-11-24 17:00

SONG Closed Winter Break
2023-12-19 - 2024-01-09

SONG New Member Orientation
2024-08-14 18:00 - 20:00
Join us for SONG’s New Member Orientation on Wednesday, August 14th, from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST / 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM CST!
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.

Register at https://songsouth.info/AugustNMO

SONG Nashville Black Queer August Squad Up
2024-08-27 18:00 - 20:00
Write to our LGBTQ political kin in South Central and show CoreCivic that they have community and eyes on the outside + learn about our emerging campaign efforts to protect our kindred under attack.

Register for zoom @ bit.ly/3STrBnI

SONG Richmond August Full Bawdy Meeting
2024-08-27 18:30 - 20:00
This month’s meeting will include a zine-making workshop and a discussion of Black August’s history. We’ll also share updates on the local work happening as part of SONG’s Free From Fear cohort, our application for Richmond zine fest, and more!
6:30-8 pm
RSVP: https://songsouth.info/rvafullbawdy

Gaycation 2024
2024-09-05 08:00 - 2024-09-08 17:00
Gaycation 2024 is Coming!
Finally, summer is here! That means it’s time for SONG’s Gaycation! Gaycation 2024 is our 8th wild, fabulous, and very queer annual membership gathering. This year, we will come together from September 5th – September 8th in southern Georgia.

APPLY NOW now until August 19th.

September Free From Fear Call
2024-09-24 18:00 - 20:00
Eager to connect with Queer and Trans Southern freedom fighters that are committed to meeting the political moment with courageous, fierce organizing for the liberation of our people? Join SONG for a Free From Fear Call happening Tuesday, September 24th 6-8pm central // 7-9pm eastern. The call will serve as a regional planning space to focus on re-igniting SONG’s Free From Fear campaign by experimenting with a Week of Action. Our emerging campaigns center on three developing regional pillars: 1) Housing + Land Liberation, 2) Protect and Defend Queer and Trans Kindred, and 3) Confront Criminalization and Cop Cities. We call on our LGBTQ+ family to join us in creating action plans for how we move powerfully together across the region to build a South free from fear.

All SONG members, supporters, partner organizations, and beloveds are welcome to join this call.

The call will be held in English. Closed captioning will be provided via zoom.

Regional Membership Call - Cast a Radical Love Spell
2024-10-20 14:00 - 16:00
Root in the knowledge of how we have ALWAYS held each other through disaster, plagues, and famine

— join SONG’s Regional Membership Call on Sunday, October 20th from 1-3 PM CT / 2-4 PM ET.

Come Cast a Radical Love Spell

We take care of ourselves.

We take care of each other.

We take care of our people.

Connect with our people about the devastation in Western NC, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.

What are we seeing on the ground? What stories are not being told of this moment? Come make meaning, share your talents, and crew up to care for one another!

See you Sunday, October 20th 1-3 PM CT / 2-4 PM ET!

October Free From Fear Call 2024
2024-10-22 18:00 - 20:00
Eager to connect with Queer and Trans Southern freedom fighters that are committed to meeting the political moment with courageous, fierce organizing for the liberation of our people?

Join SONG for a Free From Fear Call happening Tuesday, October 24nd 6-8pm central // 7-9pm eastern. The call will serve as a regional planning space to focus on re-igniting SONG’s Free From Fear campaign by experimenting with a Week of Action. Our emerging campaigns center on three developing regional pillars: 1) Housing + Land Liberation, 2) Protect and Defend Queer and Trans Kindred, and 3) Confront Criminalization and Cop Cities. We call on our LGBTQ+ family to join us in creating action plans for how we move powerfully together across the region to build a South free from fear.

All SONG members, supporters, partner organizations, and beloveds are welcome to join this call.

SONG New Member Orientation
2024-11-13 17:00 - 19:00
Join us for SONG’s New Member Orientation on Wednesday, November 13th, 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.

Regional Member Meeting - Where you go, I will go, Beloved
2024-11-18 19:00 - 21:00
Join us on Monday, November 18th from 6-8 pm Central / 7-9pm Eastern for a membership-wide call. We will gather for spiritual sustenance, to hear from our elders, and to orient to the terrain where we find ourselves post-election.

November Free From Fear Call 2024
2024-11-26 19:00 - 21:00
Join SONG for our last Free From Fear call of the year.

November Free From Fear Call

Tuesday, November 26th, 2024

6-8pm central // 7-9pm eastern

Eager to connect with Queer and Trans Southern freedom fighters that are committed to meeting the political moment with courageous, fierce organizing for the liberation of our people? Join SONG for a Free From Fear Call happening Tuesday, November 26th 6-8pm central // 7-9pm eastern. Our emerging campaigns center on three developing regional pillars: 1) Housing + Land Liberation, 2) Protect and Defend Queer and Trans Kindred, and 3) Confront Criminalization and Cop Cities. We call on our LGBTQ+ family to join us in creating action plans for how we move powerfully together across the region to build a South free from fear.

All SONG members, supporters, partner organizations, and beloveds are welcome to join this call.

The call will be held in English. Closed captioning will be provided via zoom.

Won't You Be My Gaybor? Launch Call
2025-03-11 19:00 - 21:00
Join us on Tuesday, March 11th at 7 pm EST/ 6 pm CST as we launch a regional effort Knocking Our Blocks across the South, starting with your very own neighborhood, country road, or holler.

March 2025 SONG New Member Orientation
2025-03-26 18:00 - 20:00
Join us for SONG’s New Member Orientation on Wednesday, March 26th, from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST / 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM CST!

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.

Won't You Be My Gaybor? Launch Call 2.0
2025-04-22 19:00 - 20:00
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.

Missed 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.

Register now, recruit 3-5 friends to the launch call, and SONG will provide you with all the materials, swag, and support you’ll need!

April Firekeepers’ Regional Practice Space
2025-04-24 18:00 - 20:00
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.”

May 2025 Regional Membership Call/Llamada de Membresía Regional
2025-05-13 19:00 - 21:00
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We’re gathering on May 13th for our Regional Membership Call, and we want you in the room.

Across the South, we’re in a season of rebuilding and recommitment, sharpening our focus, reconnecting with each other, and grounding in the work ahead.

We’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.

Let’s gather, get grounded, and move together.

Tuesday, May 13, 20257–9 PM ET / 6–8 PM CT

Nos reuniremos el 13 de mayo para celebrar nuestra llamada de membresía regional, y queremos que estés allí.

En 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.

Ofreceremos 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.

Reunámonos, pongamos los pies en la tierra y movámonos juntxs.Martes, 13 de mayo de 2025

May 2025 SONG New Member Orientation
2025-05-14 18:00 - 20:00
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.

Firekeepers’ May Regional Practice Space
2025-05-22 18:00 - 20:00
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.”

Do 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.

Dispatches from the Ground: Richmond Organizing Victories, Lessons, and Losses
2025-07-11 17:00 - 19:00
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.

Dinner will be provided.

Richmond location upon registration.

Childcare provided upon request.
