Funding the frontlines: A Southern strategy for freedom, justice, and human dignity
At Southern Vision Alliance, it’s part of our mission to direct resources to innovative, bold grassroots efforts led by directly impacted communities across the US South. Through our “frontline funds,” we provide small grants to help groups scale-up their efforts,...
Asian Hate Crime Bill Statement
Last week, Present Biden signed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act into law in order to address increasing rates of anti-Asian violence during the coronavirus pandemic. The new legislation will increase support for local and state law enforcement agencies who are responding...
CYPF Fall 2020 Grantee Highlights
YourVoteYourVoice Trista Brodie, President and Founder of True Care Solutions Durham, NC For Trista Brodie, voting is important not just for the wellbeing of her community, but also for her clients as a social worker. Her YourVoteYourVoice campaign was founded out...
A Conviction isn’t Justice
As we reflect on Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict, we’re grounded in the reality that’s fueled the Movement for Black Lives from the very beginning: the whole system is guilty. The conviction of one police officer does not admonish the system that criminalized and...
Where racial equity training meets accountability: The rural North Carolina model
Following last year’s uprising for Black lives, institutions of all kinds—government bodies, schools, health systems, companies, nonprofits, and more—have sought out trainings on racial equity. For racial justice organizers, this historic level of interest raises some...
“The only way to survive is by taking care of one another.” -Grace Lee Boggs
On March 16th, eight people were killed at three separate spas in Georgia. Six of the people were Asian and all but one were women. This incident is one of many anti-Asian hate crimes and attacks that continue to persist and become more prevalent across the nation in...
Meet NoCap, the youth movement igniting the South
Voters under 40 are now 40% of North Carolina’s electorate—and the most racially diverse bloc. Enter: NoCap, a region-wide, youth-led organization working to get young voters organized and advance new visions for justice. NoCap organizes Black students on college...
Meet SVA’s new interim ED, Joshua Vincent
On February 1, SVA welcomed a new interim Executive Director, Joshua Vincent. We couldn’t be more excited for Josh’s leadership. Josh has served as a Board Chair since SVA’s inception and is deeply committed to our values and strategy. He brings two decades of...
Why I’m transitioning as ED: A love letter to the movement
Over the past decade, the Southern movement landscape has shifted dramatically. In 2014, the year Southern Vision Alliance (SVA) was founded, the global movement for Black lives was just taking off. We were only a few years removed from Occupy Wall Street, and still a...
Reflection on Leadership and Organizations
It is difficult, tedious, and sometimes boring work to build organization, but it is worth it.