Recent legislative attacks on immigrants and LGBTQ+ people and the rise of hate rhetoric across the state are heartbreaking, but not surprising. Our decision to convene in Florida this year …
Resourcing Community as a Path to Gun Violence Prevention
In the time between publishing our last newsletter and this one, there have been at least 54 mass shootings across the South. Shootings in Texas, Tennessee, and Kentucky have made it …
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The South is Queer and Trans, Our Funding Must Be Too
Anti-LGBTQ legislation is creeping its way across the South. From banning drag shows and gender-affirming healthcare to restricting transgender athletes’ participation on sports teams and pushing homophobic “Don’t Say Gay” …
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Agency, Not Apartheid: A Call to Action for Mississippi
The past couple of weeks in Jackson, Mississippi have been hard to say the least. On top of continuing water system failures that have been plaguing residents for years, …
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The Right to Dignity and Respect: What Funders Can Learn from Rural, Immigrant Community Organizers
While some progressive funders acknowledge the power imbalance between funders and practitioners, naming the problem is only the first step towards fixing it. Instead, funders can learn from organizers by …