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, … 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
Contact New Orleans fellows Toni and Ra for information about the meetings!
In the spirit of movement work and revolution, we invite you to our August South Carolina SONG membership call! We are in precarious times as we navigate the pandemic and figure out the best ways to support and be in solidarity with the uprisings. We know this time calls for steady and respectful organizing, community-based … Continued
Join the monthly Small Town & Rural Working Group calls! The Small Town & Rural Working Group comes from a long legacy in SONG to fight isolation and build power with our queer and trans folks across the South. We understand that the South is primarily rural and many of our folks are systematically ignored … Continued
Contact New Orleans fellows Toni and Ra for information about the meetings!
As uprisings sparked by the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis continue, we see that this moment of rebellion has fed into the rekindling of the global movement for Black liberation. After centuries of abolitionist organizing, the call to defund the police, invest in communities, and redefine public safety is a topic of household conversations. … Continued
The Arts & Culture Working Group is a space for members across the region to support SONG organizationally to use art as an essential political education tool that can create deep connection with our communities. With the help of AgitArte, a community-based grassroots arts organization, members learn how to develop an Arts & Culture crew locally, … Continued
Join the Atlanta Chapter on August 15th from 2-4 pm ET, for a workshop on building a new world! As abolitionists, we must consistently imagine new worlds where our people are free. RSVP Here
Join SONG members from all around the Commonwealth for a chance to build relationships with Southern freedom fighters, share resources like plant medicine knowledge, and get plugged in with the work of queer and trans liberation! Please register to receive Zoom dial-in information. Contact Rebecca Keel (rebecca@songsouth.org) for more information. RSVP Here
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, … 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
Contact New Orleans fellows Toni and Ra for information about the meetings!
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
Join the monthly DigiCommz Working Group calls! The DigiCommz Working Group is a space for members across the region to help build capacity for SONG regionally and for our chapters and crews moving active campaign work. DigiCommz aims to identify members who are moving communications or digital work in our membership and support their leadership … 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)
Join SONG for a three-part Black Queer August Political Education series from 6-8pm EST on August 14th (closed session), August 21st, and August 31st. Together we will study the histories, traditions, and themes of Black August from a Black Queer and Trans abolitionist lens. We will cover topics including George Jackson and the origins of … Continued
RSVP today for our first Virginia based Race Traitor call, happening this Saturday, August 22nd, 4:30-6 PM on Zoom. Virginia Race Traitors is a series of calls focused on SONGs white membership in Virginia and open to all members across race. We will focus on white SONG members' role in antiracist and abolitionist freedom struggles. … Continued
If you are a new member of SONG, join our New Member Orientation call! This call is a chance to be in community with other new members as we visit the history of our founders, the methods in which we organize in the South, and an orientation to the infrastructure of this organization. This is … Continued
Contact New Orleans fellows Toni and Ra for information about the meetings!
Join SONG Virginia members from all around the Commonwealth for a chance to build relationships with Southern freedom fighters, learn about the practice of abolition, share resources like plant medicine knowledge, and get plugged in with the work for queer and trans liberation! This virtual meet up will happen every other Saturday 4-6PM EST via … Continued
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, … Continued
Join SONG Lynchburg, VA on Sunday, August 30th at 6:00 PM ET to discuss local issues, statewide actions we can support, and spend time bringing our knowledge to the table on the topics of police and prison abolition. This meeting will happen every other Sunday on Zoom. Register here
SONG full-time and part-time staff will be off work from August 31st-September 6th.
Join SONG for a three-part Black Queer August Political Education series from 6-8pm EST on August 14th (closed session), August 21st, and August 31st. Together we will study the histories, traditions, and themes of Black August from a Black Queer and Trans abolitionist lens. We will cover topics including George Jackson and the origins of … Continued
Join the Nashville chapter of Southerners on New Ground for an open membership meeting Monday, August 31st at 7PM CT. This virtual zoom meet-up will be a chance to build relationships with Southern freedom fighters, learn about the practice of abolition, share resources, and get plugged in with the work for Queer and Trans liberation! … Continued
Every Tuesday, 6-8pm CT. Contact New Orleans fellows Toni and Ra for information about the meetings!
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 … Continued
RSVP today for our first Virginia based Race Traitor call, happening this Saturday, September 5th, 4:30-6 PM on Zoom. Virginia Race Traitors is a series of calls focused on SONGs white membership in Virginia and open to all members across race. We will focus on white SONG members’ role in antiracist and abolitionist freedom struggles. … 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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