Celebrate Highlander’s 80th Anniversary: Rosa Parks & Septima Clark auction item, Bay Area 80th Anniversary house party
If you’ve ever wanted to own a piece of Highlander and civil rights history, now is your chance. As part of Highlander’s 80th Anniversary, we are auctioning a poster containing the original signatures of both Septima Clark and Rosa Parks. Septima Clark first came to Highlander as a workshop participant and soon after became the […]
Celebrate Highlander’s 80th Anniversary: Rosa Parks & Septima Clark auction item, Bay Area 80th Anniversary house party
If you’ve ever wanted to own a piece of Highlander and civil rights history, now is your chance. As part of Highlander’s 80th Anniversary, we are auctioning a poster containing the original signatures of both Septima Clark and Rosa Parks. Septima Clark first came to Highlander as a workshop participant and soon after became the […]
Inspiring new books – Available online from the Highlander Bookstore
Living Social Justice in Appalachia by Helen M. Lewis, Edited by Patricia D. Beaver and Judith Jennings, University of Kentucky Press Often referred to as the leader of inspiration in Appalachian studies, Helen Matthews Lewis linked scholarship with activism and encouraged deeper analysis of the region. Lewis shaped the field of Appalachian studies by emphasizing […]
Highlander Workshop Develops New Tools for Understanding Race and Globalization
Developing popular education tools that help communities talk about the intersection of race, migration and globalization is critically important, especially in the U.S. South. A predominantly Black and white region still unresolved around race, the South has experienced dramatic demographic change due to immigration in the past twenty years, contributing to cross-race tensions and challenges. […]
For Teachers Interested in Social Change
Teachers interested in social change – Buy your new “Education for Liberation” planner book today! Designed to help teachers translate their vision of a just education into concrete classroom activities. Order your copy from the Highlander Bookstore.
New Books on Economics and Teaching at the Highlander Bookstore
Highlander is happy to announce two new books for sale through our bookstore for activists, popular educators, and others concerned with social justice. ECONOMICS FOR EVERYONE: A SHORT GUIDE TO THE ECONOMICS OF CAPITALISM by Jim Stanford, Economist for the Canadian Auto Workers; $25.00 Wondering about how the economy works – or doesn’t? This book […]
New Articles about Appalachia
Check out these two new articles about Appalachia: “ A President Breaks Hearts in Appalachia” by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (Washington Post) explores the impact of mountaintop removal on Appalachia and challenges the Obama administration to take action to stop it. In Kennedy’s words, Mountaintop removal coal mining is the worst environmental tragedy in American […]
Rockwood Institute's "Art of Leadership for Southern Leaders" Returning to Highlander: October 4-7, 2009
Highlander is proud to announce that we are once again collaborating with the Rockwood Leadership Institute to bring Rockwood’s widely praised “Art of Leadership” training to the South on October 4-7, 2009. This is a special invitation to join a select community of social change leaders in creating and sustaining compelling visions for their organizations, […]
Rockwood Institute’s “Art of Leadership for Southern Leaders” Returning to Highlander: October 4-7, 2009
Highlander is proud to announce that we are once again collaborating with the Rockwood Leadership Institute to bring Rockwood’s widely praised “Art of Leadership” training to the South on October 4-7, 2009. This is a special invitation to join a select community of social change leaders in creating and sustaining compelling visions for their organizations, […]
"Building Immigrant Leaders in the South" – Highlander's Immigrant Leadership Institute
Highlander is pleased to announce the publication of “Building Immigrant Leaders in the South: INDELI 2004-06,” the final report of our immigrant leadership institute. From October 2004 to October 2006, Highlander implemented the Institute for Immigrant Leadership Development (Instituto para el Desarrollo del Liderazgo Inmigrante, or INDELI, in Spanish) to promote and support the effort […]