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...
A Network of Responses in the Midst of NC ICE Raids
Warm wishes to all of you in the PSH community, Many members of our community are finding each other at the intersection of grief and fiery hope. Our comrades across the state are reckoning with the knowledge that a few weeks ago, hundreds of people in North Carolina...
From Theory To Practice: How Return To The Source Is Building the Conditions for Transformative Change in the South
We envision a future where Black and working-class communities are self-sustaining, politically conscious, and actively dismantling oppressive systems while constructing cooperative, sovereign, and liberated alternatives. Return To The Source (RTS) is a worker-owned...
Block & Build Rapid Response Fund: Accomplishments & Insights in 2025
Who put ‘Build’ in the Block & Build fund? We did, of course! With a lot of heart, dedication, and care, the powerbuilding team at SVA launched the Block & Build Rapid Response Fund in April of 2025! After our robust regranting efforts this year, we’ve seen...
