Events for February 10, 2021 - February 23, 2021
Squad Up, Skill Up, Slay: Street Fighter Series w/ HEARD
Over the last few months of our Squad Up, Skill Up, Slay: Street Fighter Series, we have learned basic organizing skills! We deepened our understanding of Southern, queer, direct action organizing and base-building work. For our last skill-up, we will lean into language justice and disability justice. We believe abolition cannot happen without … Continued
SONG Power Post Election Regional Membership Call
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 … Continued
Polls to Power: SONG Power Georgia Statewide Membership Call
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 … Continued
Atlanta, GA Chapter Meeting
The SONG Atlanta members are looking for new members to join their chapter! Over the past few months, they have done a lot of work to liberate our people and fight injustice. They have joined In Defense of Black Lives coalition to defund APD. They have led multiple actions against the state such as our … Continued
Make It Rain Working Group Call
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 … Continued
Spokescouncil Call
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 … Continued
Language Justice Working Group Call
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 … Continued
Political Education Working Group Call
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)
Transgender Day of Remembrance
On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, we reflect on the legacies of our trans ancestors and recommit to continuing their struggles for self-determination, liberation and abolition. Trans and gender non-conforming folks have always lead us to a world beyond binaries, restrictive categories and cages. A world not threatened by the infinity of our existence. Let's … Continued
Freedom Knows Our Names: A Black August Haiku Reading & Conversation
Join the SONG Haiku Crew on November 20th at 7pm CST for "Freedom Knows Our Names", the follow-up event to their 2020 Black August group haiku practice. Building on the legacy of Black August haiku writing created by Mama Nia of Spirit House, Deborah Lilton, Ron Ragin, FreeQuency, Ra Imhotep, and Cherizar Crippen will read … Continued
SONG Atlanta Presents: Gaycation Staycation
You are warmly invited to attend SONG Atlanta’s Gaycation Staycation: Movie Night! Saturday, November 21st: Dinner and a Starlight Drive-In Double Feature (5PM – Until Late) You will receive a pre-packed, catered dinner as well as PPE (personal protective equipment) and have the chance to paint your vehicle as gay as you want before driving over … Continued
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