About Us

HIGHLANDER’S MISSION AND WORK Highlander serves as a catalyst for grassroots organizing and movement building in Appalachia and the U.S. South. Through popular education, participatory research, and cultural work, we help to create spaces — at Highlander and in local communities — where people gain knowledge, hope and courage, expanding their ideas of what is […]

Generations to Come

To support the future of Highlander’s critical work we have launched the $3.2 Million Generations to Come Capital Campaign.

About Us

About Us

HIGHLANDER’S MISSION AND WORK Highlander serves as a catalyst for grassroots organizing and movement building in Appalachia and the U.S. South. Through popular education, participatory research, and cultural work, we help to create spaces — at Highlander and in local communities — where people gain knowledge, hope and courage, expanding their ideas of what is […]

Programs

Highlander Programs

We Believe …in the power of people to change the world. …that people most affected have the answers and should lead. …in the importance of bringing people together to learn from each other. …in developing leadership and organizing skill for the long haul. …in connecting people and groups across identities, geography and perspectives builds collective […]