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 […]
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 […]
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.
Guy and Candie Carawan at the Ash Grove Reunion
Guy and Candie Carawan – musicians, activists, and long-time Highlander staff members – will be among the featured performers at the 50th anniversary celebration for the historic Ash Grove night club in Los Angeles on April 18-20, 2008. Founded in 1958, the Ash Grove was a vital center for culture and politics, presenting music from […]
Workshops on Youth and Intergenerational Organizing
Highlander and the Appalshop Appalachian Media Institute are planning several sessions at the March 28-30 Appalachian Studies Conference at Marshall University in West Virginia, to raise the voices of youth and young adults and to help us all think about ways to do better intergenerational work. The following sessions are being planned: Friday, March 28 […]
Fisk Jubilee Singers in Knoxville; Friday, 2/15/08
The National Endowment for the Arts American Masterpieces Initiative and the Tennessee Arts Commission presen THE FISK JUBILEE SINGERS: SINGING OUR SONG Friday, February 15, 8:00 p.m. at the Historic Tennessee Theatre 604 Gay Street – Knoxville, TN Also featuring performances by The Carpetbag Theatre; Praise, Honour and Glory; and the Austin-East Performing Arts & […]
Highlander Social Change Workshop
Come to Highlander June 6-8, 2008, for a Social Change Workshop. Join a diverse group of activists from around the country to learn about Highlander and share ideas and strategies for social change. The workshop will include sessions on: Popular education, participatory research and cultural work Highlander’s history and current educational strategies Cultural sharing Nuts […]
Young Adult Leadership Gathering
TRANSITIONS: Young Adult Leaders Gathering – For young adult leaders in Appalachia and the South, age 18-35 – February 15-17, 2008 @ Highlander. Gather with your fellow young adult community leaders and organizers in the South and Appalachia. Share, Learn and Stratagize For more information and an online application, click here.