National Gathering on Criminalization of Youth
On November 17-19, three Highlander staff members participated in the 1st National Convention of The Gathering for Justice, founded two years ago by Harry Belafonte. Over 800 youth and adults travelled to Oakland, CA, for the Gathering, which focused on organizing and training young people to challenge the criminalization of youth and the school-to-prison pipeline. […]
Highlander at International Social Justice Forum
Tufara Waller Muhammad and the Minister of Culture from Ecuador at FILVEN 2007. On November 9-17, 2007, cultural organizer Tufara Waller Muhammad represented the Highlander Center at the 2007 Venezuelan International Book Fair (FILVEN 2007) in Caracas. Highlander was invited as a special guest to the Book Fair following the participation of Roraima Albornoz, Press […]
Highlander Supports Social Justice Festival
On October 4-6, Tufara Waller Muhammad, Highlander’s cultural organizer, helped facilitate a workshop on cultural organizing at the fourth annual State of the Nation Art and Performance Festival in Jackson, MS. This powerful gathering brought together artists, activists, and community residents from across Appalachia and the South for performances, workshops, and dialogue that explored the […]
“Which Side Are You On?”
Guy Carawan’s recording of “Which Side Are You On” by Florence Reece is the song of the month on the Labor Notes website. To hear the song and to see background information and pictures about its origin in the bitter coal-mine strikes in Harlan County, KY, in the 1930s, click here.
"Which Side Are You On?"
Guy Carawan’s recording of “Which Side Are You On” by Florence Reece is the song of the month on the Labor Notes website. To hear the song and to see background information and pictures about its origin in the bitter coal-mine strikes in Harlan County, KY, in the 1930s, click here.
Articles about Highlander
The Fall 2007 issue of Race, Poverty, & the Environment, entitled “Educating for Equity,” contains several articles that will be interesting to friends of Highlander: An interview with Mónica Hernández (coordinator of Highlander’s Pueblos de Latinoamérica Program) about popular education and Highlander’s support for immigrant organizing. An interview with Pancho Arguelles (Colectivo Flatlander) about the […]
Highlander Photos @ the Wisconsin Historial Society
The majority of the Highlander archives from 1917 through 1987 — as well as the papers of Myles Horton, Frank Adams, Septima Clark, and others associated with Highlander — are housed at the Wisconsin Historical Society. A portion of the Society’s collection of Highlander photographs is now available online. Click here to view these photographs.
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Check out Pete Seeger: The Power of Song, a new film about Pete Seeger, a long-time friend and supporter of Highlander. For a description by the film’s director, Jim Brown, click here
Highlander Installs an Anemometer Tower
On 9/21/07, staff and volunteers from the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE), with help from Highlander staff, installed an anemometer tower at Highlander to measure whether we get enough wind to install a windmill to generate electricity. For information about the anemometer tower, visit www.test.highlandercenter.org/n-anemometer.asp. To see pictures of the installation, visit www.test.highlandercenter.org/photo-gallery-anemometer.asp