Southerners On New Ground

Southerners on New Ground
Founded 1993
Type Nonprofit organization
Location
Key people
 Paulina Helm-Hernandez & Caitlin Breedlove, Co-Directors
Revenue
 $428 thousand (FY 2012)[1]
Employees
 8
Mission Develops models of organizing that connect race, class, culture, gender and sexual identity across the south.
Website southernersonnewground.org

Southerners on New Ground (SONG) is a social justice, advocacy and capacity building organization serving and supporting queer[2] and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, uniquely focusing its work in the southern United States through community organizing for economic and racial justice.[3][4]

History

SONG was founded at the National LGBTQ Task Force's 1993 Creating Change conference with the goal of building progressive movements across the American South by six women, including Mandy Carter[5] and Mab Segrest.[6]

The organization was asked by the 40th Anniversary Steering Committee for the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom to mobilize LGBT participation at the rally.[7]

Programs

Southerners on New Ground's programs include community trainings and policy advocacy at the intersection of race, class, culture, gender and sexual identity across the south.[8]

Igniting the Kindred

"Igniting the Kindred," SONG's project and motto, refers to gathering people who have similar experiences in the context of racism, transphobia, homophobia, ableism, sexism, nationalism, and exploitation in the American South.[9]

Immigration

In July 2014, Southerners on New Ground partnered with Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement to conduct a sit-in by LGBT and immigration activists at the office of Congressman Mark Takano,[10] prompting the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus to draft a statement to President Barack Obama on the needs of undocumented LGBT people.[11][12]

Coalitions

Southerners on New Ground has partnered with organizations at the intersection of racial and economic justice, including:

Funders

Southerners on New Ground receives its funding from individual donors and foundations, including:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "GuideStar Exchange Reports for SOUTHERNERS ON NEW GROUND". GuideStar. GuideStar. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Steele, Sarah (May 2011). "Queering Intersectionality: Practical Politics and Southerners on New Ground" (PDF). p. 79. Retrieved 20 January 2015. SONG is a distinctly queer organization and is known and referred to by its members as a queer organization.
  3. ↑ Van Deven, Mandy. "A Conversation about Southerners on New Ground: Transformation, Legacy and Movement Building in the U.S. South". The Scholar & Feminist Online (Summer 2010). Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Saunders, Patrick (14 March 2014). "Left out in the south: National funding foundations leaving southern LGBT nonprofits high and dry". Georgia Voice. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  5. ↑ Robinson, H. Alexander (2 February 2008). "Black History LGBT Profiles: Mandy Carter". Bilerico. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  6. ↑ Flanders, Laura (19 August 2014). "Activist Mab Segrest Discusses Civil Rights, History of Structural Racism in the US". TruthOut. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  7. ↑ Robinson, H. Alexander (2 February 2008). "Black History LGBT Profiles: Mandy Carter". Bilerico. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "GuideStar Exchange Reports for SOUTHERNERS ON NEW GROUND". GuideStar. GuideStar. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  9. ↑ Van Deven, Mandy. "A Conversation about Southerners on New Ground: Transformation, Legacy and Movement Building in the U.S. South". The Scholar & Feminist Online (Summer 2010). Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  10. ↑ Rodriguez-Jimenez, Jorge (1 August 2014). "LGBT Immigration Activists Make A Deal With Congressional Equality Caucus". Advocate.com. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  11. ↑ Riley, John (1 August 2014). "Immigration reform protest sparks action by LGBT Equality Caucus". Metro Weekly. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  12. ↑ Roubein, Rachel (25 November 2014). "In Immigration Action, the LGBT Community Once Again Feels Left Behind". The National Journal. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  13. ↑ "Southern Movement Alliance". Project South. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  14. ↑ Saunders, Patrick (14 March 2014). "Left out in the south: National funding foundations leaving southern LGBT nonprofits high and dry". Georgia Voice. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  15. ↑ Saunders, Patrick (14 March 2014). "Left out in the south: National funding foundations leaving southern LGBT nonprofits high and dry". Georgia Voice. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  16. ↑ "Southerners on New Ground « Foundation for a Just Society". Foundation for a Just Society. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  17. ↑ "Southerners on New Ground / Grants / Ford Foundation". Ford Foundation. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  18. ↑ "Queer Youth Fund 2013-2014 Grantees". Liberty Hill. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

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