Highlander Multilingual Capacity Building Workshop in Durham, NC

On October 24-26, 2008, twenty-two activists and community members from across North Carolina gathered in Durham for Highlander’s 10th multilingual capacity building (MLCB) workshop, which provides training for interpreters working in social justice settings. The participants ranged in age from 16 to the mid-50s and represented a wide range of organizations, including Student Action with […]

Popular Education & Organizing Workshop

Popular Education & Organizing Workshop December 5-7, 2008 New Market, Tennessee Limited Space Still Available!!!!!!!!!!!!! Apply Online Today! www.test.highlandercenter.org/n-sc-workshop2008-12.asp Come to the beautiful Highlander Center and participate in this year’s Social Change workshop focused on using Popular Education in your work. This workshop is for popular educators of ALL skill levels, including those who are […]

Popular Education & Organizing Workshop

Popular Education & Organizing Workshop December 5-7, 2008 New Market, Tennessee Limited Space Still Available!!!!!!!!!!!!! Apply Online Today! www.highlandercenter.org/n-sc-workshop2008-12.asp Come to the beautiful Highlander Center and participate in this year’s Social Change workshop focused on using Popular Education in your work. This workshop is for popular educators of ALL skill levels, including those who are […]

Video of Highlander’s 25th Anniversary Gathering – “Integrated in All Respects”

Stills from the Highlander Videos Two short videos of Highlander’s 25th anniversary gathering in 1957 have recently been put online by the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies at the University of Georgia as part of a collection entitled “Integrated in All Respects: Ed Friend’s Highlander Folk School Films and the Politics […]

Video of Highlander's 25th Anniversary Gathering – "Integrated in All Respects"

Stills from the Highlander Videos Two short videos of Highlander’s 25th anniversary gathering in 1957 have recently been put online by the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies at the University of Georgia as part of a collection entitled “Integrated in All Respects: Ed Friend’s Highlander Folk School Films and the Politics […]

Robert Ben Garant Appearing in Knoxville to Support Highlander

11/20/08 – Read “‘Reno’ star reflects on local cause,” an interview with Ben Garant about Myles Horton and Highlander, in today’s Knoxville News Sentinel here. ——- Ben Garant speaking at Highlander’s 75th Anniversary Party in Los Angeles, 8/17/08 On Saturday, November 22nd, Robert Ben Garant, co-creator, writer and star of Comedy Central’s hit show, Reno […]

Kingian Nonviolence Training – Little Rock, AR; Nov, 14-16, 2008

WHAT KIND OF TRAINING IS THIS AND WHY? The training approach for the participants will use a modular learning idea based on the Kingian Leadership Training Program. It will provide assistance in developing methods and techniques to address conflict nonviolently. The curriculum embodies the philosophy of nonviolent social change as applied to a broad spectrum […]

New Books, Videos, & CD’s in the Highlander Bookstore!

GREAT FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS!! Check out these new materials, and more, and the Highlander Bookstore. UPSET THE SET UP: CJNY’S TOOLKIT TO JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM ACCOUNTABILITY From the Community Justice Network for Youth Many communities are working to stop the growth of the criminalization of youth, especially youth of color who are tracked mercilessly into […]

New Books, Videos, & CD's in the Highlander Bookstore!

GREAT FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS!! Check out these new materials, and more, and the Highlander Bookstore. UPSET THE SET UP: CJNY’S TOOLKIT TO JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM ACCOUNTABILITY From the Community Justice Network for Youth Many communities are working to stop the growth of the criminalization of youth, especially youth of color who are tracked mercilessly into […]