Books on the Civil Rights Movement by Charles Cobb and Guy and Candie Carawan
On the Road to Freedom: A Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail by Charles E. Cobb Jr. Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill. $18.95 SNCC veteran Charley Cobb has written a comprehensive guide to travel in the South if you wish to learn about how people have challenged and changed racial discrimination beginning long before the […]
Tribute to Lewis Sinclair – Longtime Highlander Friend and Board Member
To make an online gift to Highlander in memory of Lewis Sinclair, click here. Highlander’s staff and Board celebrate the life and mourn the passing of Lewis Sinclair, a tireless advocate for social justice and human rights whose work with Highlander spanned more than 50 years. In 1956, Lewis, his wife, and son stopped at […]
Stimulate the Economy – and Justice!
President Bush wants you to use your economic stimulus check to go shopping. Give it to social change instead! As someone who reads View from the Hill, you know that Highlander is supporting cutting-edge organizing for social, economic, racial, and environmental justice throughout Appalachia and the South. We’re working with community groups on issues like […]
Highlander Holds a Singing and Song-Sharing Workshop
On April 11-13, Highlander held a Singing and Song-Sharing Workshop to enable participants to share libration songs and learn new songs to incorporate into their social justice work. A diverse group of 22 activists and cultural workers from ten communities in six states (GA, MA, ME, MS, TN, and TX,) attended the gathering. The workshop […]
Teachers as Change Agents – Building a Stronger Education System
6/18/08 – This workshop has been postponed and will be rescheduled. For information, contact Susan Williams: swilliams (at) test.highlandercenter.org. Should teachers play a role in social reform? Should teachers have more of a voice in how to improve our educational system? How significant should their role be? Should we be concerned with the role teacher’s […]
Highlander Launches THREADS: A Leadership and Organizing School
On May 2-4, Highlander held the first session of THREADS: A Leadership and Organizing School, our new multi-racial, intergenerational leadership training institute. The session was the first in an 18-month training program that will include three additional sessions at Highlander and two in local communities, as well as follow-up support and technical assistance for the […]
Pictures from Transitions: A Young Adult Leadership Gathering
Pictures from Transitions: A Young Adult Leadership Gathering are now online. Transitions brought 33 activists and organizers, ranging in age from 18 to 34, to Highlander on February 15-17, 2008, to discuss leadership transition issues in Appalachia and the South. To view the pictures, click here.To read a report about the gathering, click here.
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 […]