Pink & Purple Weekend and Creating Change with NGLTF
Highlander is honored to be a part of the National Gay and LesbianTask Force’s Pink & Purple Weekendon May 3-5. The Task Force is celebrating its 40th year with a weekend full of events, parties, and fundraisers, and the Pink & Purple Recognition Awards brunch on Sunday, May 5 is its premier annual gala, which […]
Pink & Purple Weekend and Creating Change with NGLTF
Highlander is honored to be a part of the National Gay and LesbianTask Force’s Pink & Purple Weekendon May 3-5. The Task Force is celebrating its 40th year with a weekend full of events, parties, and fundraisers, and the Pink & Purple Recognition Awards brunch on Sunday, May 5 is its premier annual gala, which […]
Now Accepting Applications for the Zilphia Horton Cultural Organizing Institute
Highlander continues to use art and culture to empower marginalized communities across the South and Appalachia with the Zilphia Horton Cultural Organizing Project. The endeavor is named for Zilphia Horton, a musician, organizer, and wife of Highlander’s founder Myles Horton. It was Zilphia who showed Myles the power of culture to unite, inspire, and organize […]
Tennessee Human Rights Commission Honors Highlander
We’re excited to announce that this February, the Tennessee Human Rights Commission will honor Highlander Research and Education Center as one of its 50th Anniversary Civil Rights Advocate award recipients. This recognition is being given to individuals and organizations who have made powerful impacts on their local communities and the state of Tennessee. The honor […]
Wild & Wacky, Witty and Wonderful Workshop Work Week—Take 5! May 28 ‐ June 1, 2013
Come to the mountains of east Tennessee and spend one of the best starts to your summer ever with Highlander staff and people from around the country at W‐7.5, our 5th Wild and Wonderful, Witty and Wacky Workshop Work Week, May 28 – June 1, 2013.
Wild & Wacky, Witty and Wonderful Workshop Work Week—Take 5! May 28 ‐ June 1, 2013
Come to the mountains of east Tennessee and spend one of the best starts to your summer ever with Highlander staff and people from around the country at W‐7.5, our 5th Wild and Wonderful, Witty and Wacky Workshop Work Week, May 28 – June 1, 2013.
Announcement: Zilphia Johnson Horton Cultural Organizing Residencies
Highlander is thrilled to announce the Cultural Organizers and Community Partners of the Zilphia Johnson Horton Cultural Organizing Project 2012-2013 Residencies. The project is named for Myles Horton’s wife Zilphia, who infused Highlander’s work with culture during the Labor Movement, steeling the resolve of striking workers through song. It brings together community organizations engaged in […]
A Holiday Message from the Director
As this calendar year comes to a close and we reflect on its struggles and victories, here at Highlander we are struck, more than anything, by reflection, gratitude and excitement. We send thoughts to our friends in New York, New Jersey, West Virginia, and all along the east coast who are struggling still to recover […]
Welcoming new staff members: Matt Griffin and André Canty!
Highlander is excited to welcome André Canty to the Development and Communication Team and Matt Griffin in the newly established position of Special Assistant to the Director. André is a native of Knoxville and a graduate of South Doyle High School. He began his undergraduate work at Middle Tennessee State University and later transferred to […]
We Shall Overcome Fund Deadline Approaching
The next funding cycle deadline for applications to the We Shall Overcome Fund is January 15, 2013. Created to nurture grassroots efforts within African American communities to use art and activism for justice, the We Shall Overcome Fund supports organizing in the South that is at the nexus of culture and social change. Started in […]