The Highlander Folk School: A Photographic History
The Robert W. Woodruff Library at Emory University has recently posted “The Highlander Folk School: A Photographic History” on its website at www.metascholar.org/highlander/SPT–Home.php. The collection contains several hundred photographs from Highlander’s archives, which were scanned at Highlander by a student from Emory as part of the Woodruff Library’s MetaScholar program. The photographs can be accessed […]
Seeds of Fire Youth Leadership Camp; July 20-26
Highlander’s Seeds of Fire Youth Leadership Camp will be held on July 20-26, 2008. The camp is for southern youth age 13-19 involved in local organizing efforts, and their adult allies. The Seeds of Fire camp is a multiracial, multi-issue space committed to examining the world we live in and generating a new vision for […]
We Shall Overcome Fund Deadline – June 1, 2008
The next deadline for applications to the We Shall Overcome Fund is June 1, 2008. The We Shall Overcome Fund supports projects in the South that use arts, culture and community activism to organize for social, economic, and political justice to the benefit of African American communities. The fund is supported by the commercial royalties […]
Resist Newsletter on Youth Organizing
For an excellent introduction to youth organizing, check out Resist’s March-April 2008 newsletter, “Youth Organizing Today.” Articles include “Youth Building Movements for Change,” “Youth Fight Displacement — and Win!,” “Building the Future by Shaping the Present: Why Youth Organizing Is Critical for Positive Social Change,” and “Youth Activism Victories in 2007.” The issue also features […]
Pictures of the Black Panthers at Highlander
On April 2, 2008, three former members of the Black Panther Party — David Hilliard, Fredricka Newton, and James Calhoun — visited Highlander for a dialogue on civil rights lessons from the past for the present and the future. Over 50 friends, colleagues, and members of the Highlander staff attended the gathering. To see pictures […]
Transitions: A Young Adult Leadership Gathering
On February 15-17, 2008, thirty-three young activists and organizers ranging in age from 18 to 34 came to Highlander for Transitions: A Young Adult Leadership Gathering, which focused on leadership transition issues in Appalachia and the South. Participants explored the question of transition on three related levels: Individual transitions – including the many personal and […]
National Organizers Alliance Gathering – Registration and Scholarships
The National Organizers Alliance Gathering VI will be held June 29-July 2 at the National Labor College in Silver Spring, Maryland. Community and labor organizers from many spectrums of the movement around the country will come together in the NOA tradition of sharing and learning, strategizing and building community. We will be looking back through […]
Dorothy Cotton on Citizenship Education and the Civil Rights Movement
On April 3rd, Tavis Smiley interviewed Dorothy Cotton, a long-time friend and colleague of Highlander and former Education Director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), where she worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In the interview, Ms. Cotton emphasized the importance of the SCLC’s citizenship education program, which began at Highlander in […]
Bilingual Resources from Highlander's Bookstore
“Bilingual Resources From Highlander’s Bookstore” featured in The Popular Education News (No. 57; April 2008). The article highlights Across Races and Nations: Building New Communities In The U.S. South / A traves de Razas y Naciones: Construyendo Communidades en el Nuevo Sur de EEUU – a bilingual report on the impact of immigration and the […]
Bilingual Resources from Highlander’s Bookstore
“Bilingual Resources From Highlander’s Bookstore” featured in The Popular Education News (No. 57; April 2008). The article highlights Across Races and Nations: Building New Communities In The U.S. South / A traves de Razas y Naciones: Construyendo Communidades en el Nuevo Sur de EEUU – a bilingual report on the impact of immigration and the […]