‘Put the People First; Rally, Parade and Community BBQ’ in Knoxville May 1st: 6PM
When: Thursday May 1st, 6pm – 8pm Where: Market Square, Knoxville; parade to Harriet Tubman Park Event Agenda 6:00pm – Rally at Market Square w/ Rev. Butler of the NAACP 6:30pm – Parade from Market Square to Harriet Tubman Park 7:00pm – Community BBQ w/ Speakers and Performers, Harriet Tubman Park, 300 Harriet Tubman Street […]
'Put the People First; Rally, Parade and Community BBQ' in Knoxville May 1st: 6PM
When: Thursday May 1st, 6pm – 8pm Where: Market Square, Knoxville; parade to Harriet Tubman Park Event Agenda 6:00pm – Rally at Market Square w/ Rev. Butler of the NAACP 6:30pm – Parade from Market Square to Harriet Tubman Park 7:00pm – Community BBQ w/ Speakers and Performers, Harriet Tubman Park, 300 Harriet Tubman Street […]
Sustainable Sourcing Strategic Convening-April 5, 2014
Dear Local Prodcuer, Greetings from the Highlander hill, we hope this finds you all warm and rested. As we gear up for one of the busiest summers yet at the Workshop Center, we are planning and preparing to serve a couple thousand meals. We are doing a lot of thinking and strategizing to make […]
Highlander Homecoming Schedule
Friday, September 20: Opening Activities 1:30 – 5:30 pm: Highlander Leadership Program Cross-Class Learning Exchange 7:00 – 9:00 pm: Screening of American Revolutionary, the award-winning documentary about Grace Lee Boggs, at the East Tennessee History Center. Co-sponsored by the Knox Public Library. Saturday, September 21 10:00 am – 9:00 pm Main Tent Workshop Center Library/Resource […]
Annual Gathering Kickoff with Free Screening of Grace Lee Bogg’s Documentary
East Tennessee friends! Please join us at 7:00 pm on Friday, September 20, to kick off our Homecoming activities with a free screening of American Revolutionary, the award-winning new documentary about Grace Boggs, at the East Tennessee History Center! East Tennessee History Center is located at: 601 South Gay Street PO Box 1629 Knoxville, TN […]
Annual Gathering Kickoff with Free Screening of Grace Lee Bogg's Documentary
East Tennessee friends! Please join us at 7:00 pm on Friday, September 20, to kick off our Homecoming activities with a free screening of American Revolutionary, the award-winning new documentary about Grace Boggs, at the East Tennessee History Center! East Tennessee History Center is located at: 601 South Gay Street PO Box 1629 Knoxville, TN […]
80th Anniversary in New York
The celebrations of Highlander’s 80th Anniversary year wrap up in September, and we are honored to celebrate with New York area friends on Sept 26-27th. Events include a presentation and fundraising reception with Civil Rights movement leader Dr. Dorothy Cotton, on Thursday evening, Sept. 26th, 6-8 pm, and a day long popular education training by […]
Come to Highlander Sept 21-22 for the 2013 Homecoming-From the Civil Rights Movement to the Rebuilding of our Communities and the Next American Revolution
Plan to be on the Hill for Highlander’s annual gathering, this September 21 and 22! We’re honored that Grace Lee Boggs, longtime author and activist who just turned 98, will be joining us as the guest of honor to explore this year’s theme: Resistance and Alternatives to the Economic Clock of the World. The weekend […]
Highlander House Party in Silver Spring, MD
Join Highlander Board member Roz Pelles this Sunday for a house party to help Highlander continue its work! As Roz says, “Support the Highlander Center! Come spend a Sunday afternoon with folks who support social and economic justice, and who put their money where their hearts and mouths are.”For address and directions, please RSVP to […]
Southern Jam
In March, Highlander hosted the Southern Jam in collaboration with the Emerging ChangeMakers Network, YES!, Grassroots Democracy, and Southern Partners Fund. The Jam brought together 30 activists, organizers, leaders, and thinkers ages 20 to 43 from across the South to strategize about the best ways to work together for progressive change in the region. The gathering centered […]