Project South: We All Count, We Will Not be Erased

Category: 2005 Winter

  • Together We Will Win: Reflections on COMPA Gathering

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    By Jozan Powell & Emery Wright Never before have we had such a smooth customs experience. Our first of many gracious hosts, Pedro, walks us through customs at the Venezuelan airport and we sat in a large room for delegates of the World Youth Festival. We were in Venezuela’s capitol city, Caracas, as Project South…

  • Liberating the South: Voices from the Frontline

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    Written and Compiled by Will Cordery, Christi Ketchum, and Rita Valenti The crisis in the watery soul of the South didn’t start when the levees broke in New Orleans. This particular crisis does, however, brutally unmask a system unfit to lead, organize, or make any decisions about our country’s future. Needs must be met today.…

  • Tribute to our Beacon in the Scout

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    By Abbie Illenberger After 19 years of service, Dr. Gwen Patton is stepping down from the Project South Board. She is a co-founder and leader in this organization. We thank her for her many contributions and recognize her lifetime of gifts to Project South. Gwen Patton committed her first act of resistance at age 9.…

  • Another World is Necessary

    Another World is Necessary

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    Another World is Necessary How a Hurricane Taught us how to Organize for the US Social Forum By Stephanie Guilloud When Project South heard that Atlanta had been chosen as the site for the first-ever United States Social Forum, we knew it would change our lives and our work for the next year (and more).…