Poetics For Liberation
February 28, 2007 at 7:14 pm (Poetics)
“I am a revolutionary feminist because I want me to be free. And it is critically important to me that you who are here, that your commitment to revolution is based on the fact that you want revolution for yourself.” Pat Parker (from Revolution: It’s Not Pretty, Easy or Quick)Suzanne Pharr’s Article: “From Welfare Queens to Gay Marriage”
February 28, 2007 at 7:10 pm (Politics, Tools)
This article looks at the connections between the rightwing’s attacks on LGBTQ folks and all low-income women of color and the “gay marriage agenda”.
from-welfare-queens-to-gay-marriage-the-path-to-compulsory-heterosexual-marriage.pdf
Suzanne Pharr’s Article: “Inside/Out: Democratic Participation and Economic Justice In Our Own Organizations”
February 28, 2007 at 6:56 pm (Politics, Tools)
“Inside/Out” is an excellent article written by one of SONG’s founders. It can be used as a tool for groups and organizations to ask ourselves questions about how we are doing our work, and what our methods and processes mean for the work of building a movement.
inside-out-dem-participation-and-econ-justice-in-our-own-orgs.pdf
HOW WE RELATE: The Relationships Between Different Forms Of Oppression
February 22, 2007 at 8:45 pm (Tools)
new-relationship-between-forms-of-oppression.doc
Ever had a hard time talkin’ to folks you know about the relationships between different forms of oppression? We have! So we doctored up this tool that we use in workshops to help us. Check it out, and if you are facilitating for a group, it has possible discussion questions at the end!
SONG Love Extravaganza in Durham
February 22, 2007 at 4:20 pm (Poetics, SONG)
Greetings Family!
As part of SONG’s new programs, and our re-connection with our hometown of Durham, NC, we hosted a Love Extravaganza a few days after Valentine’s Day. We really want to create spaces where folks who share the Vision and Dream of SONG (a world free of all kinds of oppression) can gather together to support and strengthen each other through a politic of love. Our newest board member, Jurina, hosted a beautiful and love-filled evening of sweet foods, love note writing, games, community education about SONG, hand massages and washing, and general community love. To see more pics, check out the page on ‘Family Pictures: Love Extravaganza’.
WONDERFUL SONG VOLUNTEER SHANNON ROGERS made this beautiful video of the SONG Love Extravaganza event: please check it out!–> (You might have to cut and paste this link in order to get to it!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVPf_syhY6Q
Love, SONG
PS-Special Thanks To Lexi for all her loving hosting too!!!!
Letter From An Inter-Generational South
February 21, 2007 at 5:44 pm (On Organizing)
This is a report/letter from a gathering that happened in the Summer of 2006 about Inter-generational organizing in the South. It was held at the Highlander Center in New Market, TN and was a project of the Highlander Centerletter-to-an-inter-generational-south.doc. It contains: visioning about an inter-generational community, ideas for how to build such a community, bios of all involved, and discussion questions at the end for using the letter as a tool to talk with groups about inter-generational work.
On Organizing
February 21, 2007 at 5:19 pm (On Organizing)
we-live-here.docSome thoughts on Organizing in and out of 501c3 models, and the affects on the work, ourselves, and our communities
February 21, 2007 at 4:09 pm (On Being An Ally)
Some Thoughts From SONG On Being An Ally
Here are some of the ever-evolving ideas that SONG uses when we talk about how to be an ally to folks who are surviving oppressions different from the ones we face, and when we talk about moving genuinely across difference to organize
