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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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. … Continued
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 … 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
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