New Articles about Appalachia
Check out these two new articles about Appalachia: “ A President Breaks Hearts in Appalachia” by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (Washington Post) explores the impact of mountaintop removal on Appalachia and challenges the Obama administration to take action to stop it. In Kennedy’s words, Mountaintop removal coal mining is the worst environmental tragedy in American […]
Rockwood Institute's "Art of Leadership for Southern Leaders" Returning to Highlander: October 4-7, 2009
Highlander is proud to announce that we are once again collaborating with the Rockwood Leadership Institute to bring Rockwood’s widely praised “Art of Leadership” training to the South on October 4-7, 2009. This is a special invitation to join a select community of social change leaders in creating and sustaining compelling visions for their organizations, […]
Rockwood Institute’s “Art of Leadership for Southern Leaders” Returning to Highlander: October 4-7, 2009
Highlander is proud to announce that we are once again collaborating with the Rockwood Leadership Institute to bring Rockwood’s widely praised “Art of Leadership” training to the South on October 4-7, 2009. This is a special invitation to join a select community of social change leaders in creating and sustaining compelling visions for their organizations, […]
Highlander Farm Internship Available
Update – 9/19/09 – This position has been filled. Please check this site or Highlander’s website for future job and internship postings at Highlander. Highlander has an opening for a farm intern, to work on our 180-acre farm in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee. The internship needs to run from […]
The New Freedom Schools: Literacy and Social Change
The New Freedom Schools Literacy and Social Change August 7-9, 2009 Highlander Research and Education Center New Market, Tennessee On August 7-9, Highlander will help host a gathering of people who want to talk about literacy work (broadly defined) and social change. This gathering will bring together people working in literacy, ESL and popular education […]
“Building Immigrant Leaders in the South” – Highlander’s Immigrant Leadership Institute
Highlander is pleased to announce the publication of “Building Immigrant Leaders in the South: INDELI 2004-06,” the final report of our immigrant leadership institute. From October 2004 to October 2006, Highlander implemented the Institute for Immigrant Leadership Development (Instituto para el Desarrollo del Liderazgo Inmigrante, or INDELI, in Spanish) to promote and support the effort […]
"Building Immigrant Leaders in the South" – Highlander's Immigrant Leadership Institute
Highlander is pleased to announce the publication of “Building Immigrant Leaders in the South: INDELI 2004-06,” the final report of our immigrant leadership institute. From October 2004 to October 2006, Highlander implemented the Institute for Immigrant Leadership Development (Instituto para el Desarrollo del Liderazgo Inmigrante, or INDELI, in Spanish) to promote and support the effort […]
Highlander Staff Member Facilitates Globalization Class in Western North Carolina
On March 12, 2009, Highlander staff member Susan Williams travelled to Asheville, NC, to facilitate a class on globalization. The class, held in a multi-racial neighborhood, was the second in a series of gatherings to talk about the economy. Participants included Ukrainians, Latin Americans, and African Americans, requiring three-way interpretation in Russian, Spanish, and English. […]
Highlander Staff Member Keynotes California Popular Education Conference
Highlander staff member Susan Williams – coordinator of our Education Team and our Library/Resource Center – was one of the keynote speakers at the eighth annual California Association of Freirean Educators (CAFE) conference in Los Angeles on May 9th. In addition to the keynote address, Susan presented Highlander’s 75th anniversary DVD, talked about popular education, […]
United States Solidarity Economy Network Meeting – Amherst, MA
In March, people from across the United States and the world gathered in Massachusetts to expand the work and vision of the United States Solidarity Economy Network (USSEN). This umbrella organization started at the U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta in 2007, inspired by solidarity economy work in other countries and an international network, RIPESS, that […]