(Un)Popular Economics Training of Trainers – Student Debt Curriculum-Postponed for March

  The Training will be postponed to a later date. For those interested, email Susan Williams at Susan@highlandercenter.org. Student debt is now the second largest form of consumer debt in the U.S., totaling $1.3 trillion dollars. The vast majority of college graduates, more than 43 million, are leaving campus in debt from education expenses. Tuitions […]

Get involved! Beautiful Solutions: Toolbox for the Future

      http://bit.ly/beautifulsolutions Help create the Beautiful Solutions project with hundreds of people around the globe. Beautiful Solutions is collecting stories to spotlight the most powerful strategies for creating the world we want. The focus is on visionary groups of people from around the globe who are driving the shift to a democratic, just […]

Petition to stop raids against Central American families

Join us in calling on President Obama to immediately cease raids against Central American families fleeing violence in their home countries . Check it out and sign the petition. https://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/tell-president-obama-to-call-off-raids-against-immigrant-families Tell President Obama to ‪#‎StopTheRaids‬. Sign & share this petition: http://j.mp/CallOffRaids ‪#‎Not1More‬ Dile al Presidente Obama ALTO a las redadas. Firma y comparte esta petición […]

Media Justice Salon Jan. 20 at 3pm est

Don’t miss out on the next Media Justice Salon by the Media Action Grassroots Network featuring Million Hoodies Movement for Justice, Stop LAPD Spying Coalition, and Upturn. If you’re working on criminal justice, police accountability, or surveillance – or just have curiosity – this salon is for you. Local city councils have begun to roll-out […]

Applications for Greensboro Justice Fellowship 2016 due Jan. 31, 2016

ACTIVITIES AND BENEFITS OF THE FELLOWSHIP The Greensboro Justice Fund Fellowship at Highlander is a learning and relationship building fellowship. The fellowship will provide multiple opportunities and ways for learning for community action, and is meant to enhance team building among fellows to increase their perspective on community initiatives in which they are involved.   […]

Winter Solstice & Holiday Party December with Mike Garant 18th from 5:30 – 8 PM

    Garant graces Highlander bearing never before heard stories of his great uncle, Myles Horton. He has been teaching at Helsinki, Finland since 1996 and travels as a visiting professor at institutions all over the world.   Highlander will provide organic free range meat and non-alcoholic beverages. Please bring sides or desserts, and any […]

Winter Solstice & Holiday Party December with Mike Garant 18th from 5:30 – 8 PM

    Garant graces Highlander bearing never before heard stories of his great uncle, Myles Horton. He has been teaching at Helsinki, Finland since 1996 and travels as a visiting professor at institutions all over the world.   Highlander will provide organic free range meat and non-alcoholic beverages. Please bring sides or desserts, and any […]

Seeds of Fire Advisory Committee Applications due January 30, 2016

We are looking for Southern and Appalachian youth, young adult and adult ally leaders to join the Seeds of Fire Advisory Committee, an intergenerational advisory committee to Highlander’s Seeds of Fire program. The Advisory Committee aims to increase the input and direction of youth and young adults in the Seeds of Fire programs and the […]

Applications now open for We Shall Overcome Fund! Deadline: Jan. 20, 2016

Applications now open for We Shall Overcome Fund!   Deadline: Jan. 20, 2016 Click here to download the application form for the We Shall Overcome Fund. The We Shall Overcome Fund supports projects in the U.S. South that use arts, culture and community activism to organize for social, economic, and political justice to the benefit of […]