The Work Behind The Work: What An Intermediary Organization Does
It’s the work you don’t see, but every movement needs. It’s not an easy or catchy story to tell – the story of the fiscal sponsor, the intermediary, the behind-the-scenes arterial highways and bus stops that scaffold and support the tactile and tangible and...
Breaking the Scarcity Trap: A New Way to Fundraise
Scarcity mindset, turf guarding, asset hoarding, and gate-keeping are frequently used vocabulary in traditional philanthropic fundraising. For many grassroots social justice organizations, fundraising for their organizations is often a stressful and anxiety-inducing...
A Warm Welcome to New SVA Team Members
We are so excited to welcome these folks to the Southern Vision Alliance team. Please join us in congratulating these amazing people on their new roles, and feel free to send them a little note to welcome them! addison evans (Pronouns: they/them/theirs) I'm addison a....
From Voiceless to Volumes
In 1986, I lost my voice following a tragic incident that required seven operations. Four years later, in 1990, I founded Emotions Organization to empower youth through emotional development. From early childhood to career preparation, I have advocated for and...
Updates from Southern Vision Alliance’s Queer Mobilization Fund!
In 2025, QMF journeyed through a leadership transition, focusing on internal visioning, strategizing, and priority setting with the new team, and hit the ground running again at the close of 2025 and opening of 2026. QMF is a program of Southern Vision Alliance, a...
Rapid Response & Icebergs
Ninety percent of an iceberg is below the waterline. Amazing, right? Organizations working to better their communities with rapid response initiatives are sometimes like icebergs. We see the surface of their work, but we may miss the dedication that goes on behind the...
We are Ready to Build Power Together!
On a wet wintery weekend in February, 34 organizers from the mountains to the coast of North Carolina came together for a three-day Organizing Bootcamp led by the Center for Third World Organizing, part of the Southern Vision Alliance and Blueprint NC Power Building...
Beyond the Walls: The Lending Library as an Off-Campus Resource
Outside of being an event space that hosts hundreds of events each year, another major operation of People’s Solidarity Hub is the Lending Library. Touting important direct action and rally resources like megaphones, speakers, walkie talkies, canopy tents, chairs,...
NCDRRN Launches Comprehensive Rapid Response Plan for 2026
As the North Carolina Disaster Response and Resilience Network (NCDRRN) reflects on the devastating impacts of recent disasters across North Carolina—from Hurricane Helene's destruction in Western NC to Tropical Storm Chantal, and all unprecedented flooding events—one...
Southern Vision Alliance’s 2025 Report
2025 started with overlapping crises across our communities. The new administration escalated attacks on Black, Brown, immigrant and refugee, LGBTQIA+, and other targeted communities. In this moment, Southern Vision Alliance deepened our commitment to grassroots...
