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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Since establishing the organization in early 2025, our collective members have been working to slowly and intentionally bring the vision of our work to life. A little bit about us: Abolitionist Education Collective (AEC) is a resource hub for educators to learn,...
Leilani DowellJosh VincentWesley MorrisThis interview was conducted at the Blueprint NC/Southern Vision Alliance Convergence in Asheville, NC on November 12, 2025. Southern Vision Alliance (SVA) leaders reflect on how we started this year prepared for this exact...
Southern Vision Alliance is the largest social justice intermediary in the South. Social justice organizations from Virginia to Texas have attended our annual gatherings and reached out to SVA for fiscal sponsorship, rapid response/seed grants, and other forms of...
We got so lucky with our open house this past October – our people came and the sun shined. Thank you for joining us, whether in person or in spirit, in “Solidarity Through Time,” where we danced to dynamic beats, ate scrumptious food, and participated in various...
