Victory for the Disaster Recovery Community
by Elena Everett | Mar 1, 2024 | Movement Building
The NC disaster recovery community secured a big win this year when the Real Estate Commission accepted a petition to the regulatory body to adopt significantly stronger disclosures around previously flooded properties. Prospective homebuyers will now be able to make...
A Reflection: Beloved Community Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Moving Forward
by Wesley Morris | Feb 13, 2024 | Movement Building
Sometimes, after an event or special convening is over, there is a great deal of energy and fervor for sustaining the commitment made in the moment that ebbs away as time goes on. This is not the case for the 2nd annual Statewide Summit on Truth, Justice, and...
NoCap 2023 Kick-Off
by Southern Vision Alliance | Nov 21, 2023 | Call to Action, Movement Building, Political Education
Each year the NoCap program hosts a paid fellowship to provide the next generation of organizers with the tools to create change and build power on their campus and within their community. In October 2023, we had the opportunity to welcome 16 fellows from eight...
NC People’s Power Agenda Coalition Organizes NC Activists To Build Sociopolitical Power
by Elena Everett | Nov 3, 2023 | Movement Building
Greensboro, N.C. - On October 28, 2023 the NC People’s Power Agenda Coalition hosted representatives from 14 organizations at the Beloved Community Center in Greensboro, NC to assess the statewide political and social landscape, put forward ideas, and make...
Ending Occupation, From Raleigh to Palestine
by Manzoor Cheema | Nov 3, 2023 | Movement Building
October 2023 witnessed dramatic increase in hostility and violence in Palestine/Israel. Seventy-five years of the Israeli occupation led to a build-up of anger and frustration that erupted like a volcano in early October. The entire population of Gaza was further...
SVA Stands With Jamie Marsicano and all ‘Stop Cop City’ Protestors
by Nada Merghani and Blue Miller | Oct 16, 2023 | Movement Building, Political Education
As the state of Georgia continues to push for the construction of a massive police training facility in the Weelaunee Forest in Atlanta, its tactics are becoming increasingly oppressive. On August 29, the Georgia Attorney Generalcharged 61 people associated with the...
Brighter Future Institute launches inaugural Organize NC Fellowship
by Blue Miller | Aug 23, 2023 | Movement Building
This August, Brighter Future Institute, with their project Organize NC, launched a community organizing fellowship in partnership with seventeen change-making organizations across North Carolina. Brighter Future Institute aims to create synergy between grassroots...
tilde hosts Interpreting for Social Justice convening
by Blue Miller | Aug 10, 2023 | Movement Building
On July 1st and 2nd, tilde Education Fund (tEF) hosted an “Interpreting for Social Justice” workshop in which twenty-one participants from across North Carolina built their skills and analysis around interpreting from a language justice lens. Most participants came...
Black Social-Emotional Learning Freedom School hosted by Dangers of the Mind Education Fund
by Blue Miller | Aug 10, 2023 | Movement Building
Photo by Aniyah LoweIn July, Dangers of the Mind Education Fund, a sponsored project of Southern Vision Alliance, hosted a four-day Freedom School for Black youth in order to provide them with tools and frameworks for social- emotional learning. Through her project...
Have a Heart: Durham Beyond Policing’s successful campaign to expand unarmed crisis response in Durham
by Blue Miller | Aug 1, 2023 | Movement Building
In March 2023, Durham Beyond Policing launched the Have a HEART campaign to call for the expansion of Durham Community Safety Department’s HEART Program. The HEART (Holistic Empathetic Assistance Response Team) Program, launched in June 2022, is a community response,...