Highlander Supports El Foro Latino 2008
On March 7-8, 2008, Highlander staff members Mónica Hernández and Elandria Williams facilitated workshops at El Foro Latino and Foro Juvenil, the annual statewide immigrant leadership gatherings for adults and young people in North Carolina sponsored by El Pueblo. The two gatherings were held at the YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly in Black Mountain, NC, and […]
Volunteer Gardening Day at Highlander; 4/12/08
Please join us at Highlander on April 12th from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. to help prepare our gardens for the spring. Members of the Good Karma Gardening Circle and other friends of Highlander will be here, working on the gardens at the office, the Horton House, and possibly the library. We will have lunch […]
Data from Highlander's Anemometer Tower
Data from Highlander’s anemometer tower for January and February 2008 is now online. If we had a windmill, we would have generated 787 kWh in January and 1,423 kWh in February, worth a total of $331.45 at current rates. Since we installed the anemometer tower in late September 2007, we would have made $612.70. To […]
Data from Highlander’s Anemometer Tower
Data from Highlander’s anemometer tower for January and February 2008 is now online. If we had a windmill, we would have generated 787 kWh in January and 1,423 kWh in February, worth a total of $331.45 at current rates. Since we installed the anemometer tower in late September 2007, we would have made $612.70. To […]
Interpreter Training Workshop; March 2008
On March 13-15, Highlander held its 8th multilingual capacity building workshop, focused on training interpreters to work in a social justice context. It was the largest interpreter-training workshop so far, with thirty-six participants from North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Alabama, Florida, and Washington, DC. Among the organizations represented were Student Action with Farmworkers, Miami Worker’s […]
5th Annual Walter Rodney Symposium
The 5th Annual Walter Rodney Symposium will be held this Friday, March 21st, at Atlanta University Center. Venezuelan Activist Jesus “Chucho” Garcia will provide the keynote address: “Walter Rodney’s Pan-Africanism and Its Meaning in the 21st Century.” One of Venezuela’s foremost experts on the Afro-Venezuelan community and a life-long activist against racism, Garcia is a […]
Carawan Family Concert; March 22nd
Celebrate the coming of Spring with a fun concert at the Laurel Theater! One Saturday, March 22 at 8 PM, the Carawan family will share an evening with three of the best voices in Knoxville — Dan Gammon, Steve Horton, and George Reynolds. These three, all accomplished musicians, joined up to sing southern gospel songs […]
The Black Panthers Come to Highlander
Join Highlander for an open dialogue with members of the Black Panther Party on Wednesday, April 2, 2008; 9:00–11:00 AM. Speakers will include Mr. David Hilliard, Ms. Fedricka Newton, and Mr. James Calhoun. For more information, click here.
Rev. James Lawson Visits Highlander
On February 22-24, Highlander hosted a weekend retreat by a group of about 30 undergraduate and graduate students from Nashville area colleges: American Baptist College, Fisk University, Tennessee State University and Vanderbilt. The group was led by Rev. James Lawson, Distinguished University Professor at Vanderbilt who taught non-violence to the members of the Nashville sit-in […]
Coal River Mountain Watch on Highlander's 75th Anniversary Gathering
Check out “Highlander 75th Anniversary” — an article by Bobby Mitchell that appears in the Winter 2007 issue of the Coal River Mountain Watch Messenger. Here are some excerpts from the story: A few of us folks working for justice here in southern West Virginia attended the anniversary looking to share experiences, strategize and build […]