by Nada Merghani | May 23, 2023 | Movement Building, Toppling Racism, Uncategorized
Movement Journalism: The Journalism We Need For Liberation The journalism that is written today shapes tomorrow. Journalism is remembered in our history books as vital to many progressions society has made in the modern era. Journalists play an important role in...
by Asher Skeen | Apr 27, 2023 | Call to Action, Movement Building, Uncategorized
Queer Mobilization Fund: $100,000 for Queer Liberation The Queer Mobilization Fund has exciting news – and an urgent appeal for your support! To meet the needs of southern LGBTQ+ organizing, we need to raise an additional $100,000 by June 2023. Donate Here Since...
by Asher Skeen | Apr 24, 2023 | Annual Reports, Call to Action, Movement Building, Statement
The Queer Mobilization Fund needs your support! The Queer Mobilization Fund steadily grew our program in 2022! We were able to increase our grantmaking by over $30k for a total of $125,470 in small grants to 23 QTBIPOC grantees across 9 states. That makes our total...
by Manzoor Cheema | Apr 20, 2023 | Movement Building, Toppling Racism
Organizing Against White Supremacy and Fascism On December 3rd, 2022, white supremacists attacked an electric grid station in Moore County, NC in response to a drag show in the county. This drag show featured performers from the Durham, NC based House of Coxx, who...
by Nada Merghani and Blue Miller | Mar 29, 2023 | Movement Building, Uncategorized
Op-Ed: All Weapons Are Lethal in the Hands of the Police Darryl Williams, 32, was tased to death by Raleigh police on January 18 while unarmed and attempting to flee. Lovingly referred to as “Boo Boo,” Williams is one of more than 1,000 people who have been killed by...
by Joshua Vincent | Feb 26, 2023 | Movement Building, Thought Leadership
Black History Month reflections: How can our Southern grassroots movements create lasting structural change? Originally published in Scalawag. In the U.S. South, race is one of the most significant hurdles to our social political progress. Racialized geographies haunt...