Job Opening-Education Team Member, Appalachian Transition Fellowship Program and Seeds of Fire Youth Program
Overview of Position and Highlander’s Program Work This person will be a member of Highlander’s Education Team. This team works together to plan, carry out and evaluate the educational work of the Highlander Center. Fundamentally, Highlander is an intersectional resource for the U.S. South, a place where leaders, networks, and movement strands come together to […]
Year-End Message from your friends at Highlander
Dear friend, Recently we came across the following in a 1991 New York Times editorial by Peter Applebome about the passing of Highlander founder Myles Horton: “[Myles Horton] left behind an institution that is not only alive but also remains one of the most stubbornly tenacious instruments for social change in the nation.” “Stubbornly tenacious […]
October 2013 Highlander Executive Summary
Check out our Executive Summary from the good people at Highlander.
We Shall Overcome Strategy Sessions 2014 in Raleigh,NC, Jackson,MS, and Knoxville,TN.
Click here to participate in the WSOC Strategy Sessions for 2014 in Raleigh, NC(Jan. 31-Feb.2, 2014), Jackson, MS(Feb. 14-16, 2014), and Knoxville, TN (Jan. 10-12, 2014). Registrations for Jackson, MS are open. The Jackson Unity Mixer (Feb. 15 at 7PM CST) is one of three historical Regional Strategy Sessions being held in New Market TN, […]
Appalachian Transition Fellowship Fellows Webinar Monday Dec. 16 5-6pm EST
Join our webinar on Monday, December 16 at 5 – 6 pm EST for an overview of the program and how to apply. AppFellows are a select group of emerging leaders from across the region that are committed to finding innovative solutions to foster a just and sustainable Appalachian economy starting June, 2014! […]
John Egerton, Who Lent Spice to Social Justice, Dies at 78
Highlander celebrates the life of John Egerton who passed away on Nov. 21. He wrote on the Civil Rights Movement, Southern food, and the history of the South. His book “Speak Now Against the Day: The Generation before the Civil Rights Movement in the South”, told an account of Highlander’s early days. Two columns have […]
Host Community Interest Applications for Appalachian Transition Fellowship are due Wednesday, November 27
Interest Applications for Host Communities who would like to become a part of the Appalachian Transition Fellowship are due Wednesday, November 27! Host Communities will be made up of 2 or 3 institutions or a network of 3 or more institut…ions working to strengthen economic transition in the Appalachian region through projects in health, local […]
What's Next? for the Movement to end Mountaintop Removal Webinar Dec. 9th. 11am EST/8am PST
JOIN THE ALLIANCE FOR APPALACHIA FOR AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION Register Now Click here to register for the Webinar. The work to end mountaintop removal stripmining is evolving and The Alliance for Appalachia would like to invite you to be a part of a conversation about what we’ve learned and where our movement is headed next. […]
What’s Next? for the Movement to end Mountaintop Removal Webinar Dec. 9th. 11am EST/8am PST
JOIN THE ALLIANCE FOR APPALACHIA FOR AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION Register Now Click here to register for the Webinar. The work to end mountaintop removal stripmining is evolving and The Alliance for Appalachia would like to invite you to be a part of a conversation about what we’ve learned and where our movement is headed next. […]
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE THIRD CLASS OF THE GREENSBORO JUSTICE FUND FELLOWSHIP Deadline Dec. 9 2013
Click here for more information for the Greensboro Justice Fellows Program. Sunday, November 3 2013 marked the 34th anniversary of the deaths of César Cauce, Mike Nathan, Bill Sampson, Sandy Smith and Jim Waller, five community organizers who were murdered in Greensboro, NC on November 3, 1979 by the Ku Klux Klan and Nazis. In their […]