SVA’s New Rapid Response Fund is Going Strong!
by Anuradha Gandhi | Jul 14, 2025 | Movement Building
In April of 2025, Southern Vision Alliance launched a new Block & Build Rapid Response Fund. This fund was established to support grassroot organizations in responding rapidly in their communities. This means that when a new policy or issue arises, organizations...
Southern Vision Alliance Expands Power Building to Defend Democracy
by Roxane Richer and Manzoor Chema | Jul 9, 2025 | Movement Building
We are currently witnessing a crisis of constitution and democracy that has not been seen by many people in their lifetime. Attacks on immigrants and refugees, denial of freedom of speech, re-establishment of Muslim Ban/Travel Ban, attacks on DEI policies, attacks on...
Exciting Updates to PSH Campus Creates New Opportunities for Organizer Gatherings
by Jae S | Jun 16, 2025 | Capacity Building, Movement Building
Event attendees and organizers at PSH are asking “what is going on at the back of People’s Solidarity Hub?” The PSH team members answer excitedly, “A pavilion is coming!” Amongst the mounds of clay and construction equipment at the back of the PSH campus,...
Queer Mobilization Fund Announces Exciting Updates
by Asher Skeen | Jun 12, 2025 | Movement Building
As we look toward our 25/26 grant cycle, the Queer Mobilization Fund is excited to announce some changes to our program! QMF has worked diligently to adjust our program to reflect the needs of our community since our inception, and this year is no different. This...
CTWO Visit to PSH Creates Space for Reflection and Collaboration
by Jae S | May 30, 2025 | Capacity Building, Movement Building
In May, People's Solidarity Hub had the privilege of being a one-day host site for the 40th Movement Activist Apprenticeship Program (MAAP) cohort. Organized by the Center for Third World Organizing, this cohort "is a paid summer intensive training program that...
SVA’s Digital Team Host Digital Defense Workshop
by Nada Merghani | May 23, 2025 | Capacity Building, Movement Building
On May 14, SVA’s digital team came together to host a digital defense workshop for sponsored projects, staff members, and SVA grantees. The topics ranged from password management, multi-factor authentication, how to find out if your passwords or your accounts have...
Wave Launches its First Peer To Peer Fundraiser!
by Wave, Language Liberation Hub | May 21, 2025 | Movement Building, SP
Wave, A Language Liberation Hub is a fiscally sponsored project of SVA, and has grown by leaps and bounds in the past year and a half. In addition to expanding our programs across the US South and nationwide (bringing language workers together with grassroots...
“The people who work the land make it holy:” Farmworkers and community volunteers break ground on new worker-owned land project in eastern North Carolina
by Lori Khamala | May 5, 2025 | Movement Building, SP
El Futuro es Nuestro (or It’s Our Future, IOF), one of the fiscally sponsored projects of Southern Vision Alliance, is a worker-led initiative organizing H2A and immigrant farmworkers in North Carolina. We confront exploitative working and living conditions by...
Students Organizing the South: Conversations and Community
by Nea Richard | Apr 30, 2025 | Movement Building
There’s something sacred about a good conversation—the kind that meanders, lingers, and leaves you a little lighter, or maybe a little more thoughtful. In community, conversation isn’t just how we pass the time; it’s how we pass the torch. It’s how we build trust,...
Meet Kel Sheridan, PSH’s New Associate
by Nada Merghani | Apr 1, 2025 | Movement Building
Where are you from? I'm originally from western Massachusetts, and I moved to Atlanta from there about 10 years. Then I landed in North Carolina. What communities are you a part of? In North Carolina, a lot of my community here is more, like, rural farm...