Video of Highlander's 25th Anniversary Gathering – "Integrated in All Respects"
Stills from the Highlander Videos Two short videos of Highlander’s 25th anniversary gathering in 1957 have recently been put online by the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies at the University of Georgia as part of a collection entitled “Integrated in All Respects: Ed Friend’s Highlander Folk School Films and the Politics […]
Show What You Know Festival 2008; 10/7-11/08
Carpetbag Theater presents the Show What You Know Festival 2008. The Show What You Know Festival is a celebration of community knowledge and expertise through the arts. Participants may experience a full week of community-based arts events including Spoken Word, community song- building, performances and workshops. Events of the Festival: Tuesday, 10/07/08: Discussion and Excerpts […]
Highlander Exhibit and Program Series at the University of Georgia
Highlander’s 75-year history of working for social, economic, and racial justice are the focus of “Highlander Center: Weaving Threads of Justice Exhibit and Program Series” at the Richard B. Russell Library Library for Political Research and Studies at the University of Georgia. The exibit includes Highlander’s 75th-anniversary timeline, photographs from Highlander’s archives, historic film footage […]
Highlander’s Homecoming Becomes an Apple Festival This Year!
On August 31, the Sunday of Labor Day weekend, participants in Highlander’s annual Homecoming celebration had a new opportunity – to ride over to the farm next door and pick apples. This farm borders on Highlander’s current site, and we are purchasing it as part of the 75th Anniversary Capital Campaign to strengthen Highlander’s work […]
Highlander's Homecoming Becomes an Apple Festival This Year!
On August 31, the Sunday of Labor Day weekend, participants in Highlander’s annual Homecoming celebration had a new opportunity – to ride over to the farm next door and pick apples. This farm borders on Highlander’s current site, and we are purchasing it as part of the 75th Anniversary Capital Campaign to strengthen Highlander’s work […]
Highlander Social Change Workshop on Popular Education and Organizing
Join us on December 5-7, 2008, for a Social Change Workshop on Popular Education and Organizing. Highlander’s vision includes building a movement for justice that reaches across the South and Appalachia and connects to the world. And it starts with people working together. So we want to explore some key things: What helps people come […]
Highlander on Community Organizing
We’re sure you heard about Sarah Palin’s comments at the Republican convention mocking community organizers as part of her effort to divert attention from her own inexperience. “I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer,” she said, “except that you have actual responsibilities.” As outrageous as that is, unfortunately, she isn’t […]
Seeds of Fire Youth Leadership Camp; July 20-26, 2008
On July 20-26, 2008, twenty young people age 13-19 and six adult allies from nine organizations across the region came to Highlander for the ninth annual Seeds of Fire Youth Leadership Camp. This year’s camp built on Highlander’s ongoing work on education and juvenile justice issues and was co-sponsored by Highlander, the Gathering for Justice, […]
Highlander in the Chronicle of Philanthropy
In the September 4th issue of the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Pablo Eisenberg praises Highlander for its long history of cutting-edge work for social justice, and issues a ringing call for donors and foundations to support Highlander’s work. Eisenberg, long-time director of the Center for Community Change, is now a senior fellow at the Georgetown University […]
Highlander’s 75th in California
On August 17-22, 2008, Highlander friends and supporters in California held a series of events to celebrate Highlander’s 75 years on the cutting edge of social justice organizing and to draw lessons from this experience to nurture and inspire current and future organizing efforts in their local areas. On August 17th, over 100 Highlander friends […]