Author: ProjectSouth Admin
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Member Update : September 2014
Enough is Enough: WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER! The Southern Movement Assembly, held in Atlanta on August 22-23 Greetings Project South family, 300+ participants & 50 delegations from every state in the U.S South. 6 frontline assemblies.1 Southern Movement Assembly IV! And…. It ain’t over! We are STILL stronger together! The work of the Southern Movement Assembly and the many organizations and communities…
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Member Update : August 2014
Greetings Project South family, When the youth of the Septima Clark Community Power Institute discussed why we organize, we talked about making connections. We made connections between the children being held in military detention on the border, the youth and children being killed mercilessly in Gaza, the murder of Trayvon Martin, and the case of Marissa…
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Member Update: July 2014
“I think people’s attitude was the most interesting thing about the Youth Movement Assembly. They were more hype than we [the Facilitation Team] were. They were so positive. They were ready and wanted it. They were facilitating and organizing themselves, basically. One thing I learned was how to facilitate a huge group. I’ve facilitated large groups…
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November Update: Change is in the air
November 2013 Member Update Greetings Project South family, As seasons change, we can feel the ground moving underneath us. Significant shifts are happening at every level of people’s lives and on key frontlines around the country. It is a good time to take…
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Member Update – June 2014
“The ability to see where we are requires knowledge of our history. We see ourselves as connected to a long legacy of movement in the South. Social movements are always around, they may be organized or fragmented, but they are always around. How do we regenerate a strong Southern Freedom Movement today? Regardless of what…
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YOUTH SUMMIT 2014!
Activating Youth & Students to Build Youth Power! Saturday, May 31st from 10AM-4PM Project South: 9 Gammon Ave Atlanta, GA Georgia Citizens Coalition on Hunger Community Room It is our privilege to cordially invite you to Youth Summit 2014! The Youth Summit is designed to activate youth through community building with young people in South Atlanta and surrounding communities in Georgia. The Summit will include youth-led workshops on the National Student…
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Member Update : May 2014
Greetings Project South family, In 2014 – 50 years after Freedom Summer – the South remains a critical battleground. In the streets, schools, homes, and lands of the South our communities are experiencing an upsurge in attacks on Black people, LGBTQ people, youth, women, immigrants, workers, rural communities, and the ecology. At the same time,…
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Confronting Hostility : Why Southern Movements will Converge in Jacksonville Florida
By Stephanie Guilloud, Co-Director Within 24 hours of George Zimmerman’s acquittal for the murder of Trayvon Martin, people all over the country responded. The leadership of the Southern Movement Assembly made a call to action – a rapid response campaign to walk from Jacksonville to Sanford with two demands: to fire Angela Corey and to…
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Roots of Liberation : Peoples Assemblies at the Crossroads of History
By Emery Wright, Project South Co-Director Edited from the transcript of a talk Emery gave at the Black Left Unity Network Meeting in December 2013. The talk was originally published in the Black Activist Journal, found at www.jblun.org Regardless of our different eras, Project South has maintained a strategic emphasis and focus on the South.…