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21st Anniversary Scrapbook

Project South: Institute for the Elimination of Poverty & Genocide Volume 16, Issue 1, Spring 2008

1 Anniversary Sponsors Board Leadership Team Friends & Family Eshanda Fennell, community SouthWest Organizing Project activist, , NY SPARK- Reproductive Justice Now! Rose Brewer, scholar & activist Southerners On New Ground (SONG) African-American & African Studies, University of Minnesota Amnesty International – Southern Region Abbie Illenberger, community & labor Southern Center for Human Rights organizer, UNITE-HERE, New York NY Z Magazine Shields Scott, community activist Agnes Scott College Project South, Atlanta Spelman - Women’s Research & Resource Center Rita Valenti, health justice organizer Georgians for a Common Sense Health Plan, Labor Community Strategy Center Atlanta Safe Streets Strong Communities Full Board of Directors Vicki LegioN Tomas Encarnacion, scholar & activist Anne Olson Project South, Washington DC Georgians for a Common Sense Health Plan Genaro Lopez-Rendon, community organizer Southwest Workers Union, San Antonio MUGABEE Southern Partners Fund Andrea Cristina Mercado, community organizer Mujeres Unidas y Activas, San Francisco Alternate ROOTS John O'Neal, community & cultural organizer Sister Song People's Hurricane Relief Fund & Oversight Coalition., Atlanta Diamond Lounge Creative Nanyamka Shukura, student & activist Young Peoples Project Savannah State, Savannah Tiger Heart Acupuncture Stella Williams, labor organizer Helen Kim Florida Healthcare Union SEIU Community Justice Network for Youth Tameka Wynn, grassroots leader Georgia Human Rights Union, Atlanta Friends & Families of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children Walda Katz-Fishman, scholar activist Dismantling Racism Works Howard University, Washington DC USSF –National Planning Committee Lisa Albrecht, scholar & activist School of Social Work, Univ. of Minnesota American Univ - Dept of Sociology Kindred: Southern Healing Justice collab. Executive Leadership Team Junebug Productions Christi Ketchum, Program Director US Human Rights Network [email protected] Handle Your Business, Inc. Emery Wright, Program Director [email protected] Gov. Council on Developmental Disabilities Georgia Employee Federation Stephanie Guilloud, Program Director [email protected] Generation Five Jerome Scott, Advisor to the ELT Women Watch Africa, INc. [email protected] Frontline Troublemakers Highlander Research & Education Center As the South Goes... Southwest Workers Union is a periodical published by Project South: Georgia Citizens’ Coalition on Hunger Institute for the Eimination of Poverty & Peoples Institute for Survival & Beyond Genocide Grassroots Global Justice Alliance Editor & Layout: Stephanie Guilloud Partners

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2 table of contents section i - the people of project south The Project South Board 4 The Leadership Teams 5 Partners, Allies, & Friends 7 The Shoulders We Stand On 8 section II - Living Our Legacy We begin by telling our stories 12 21 Pillars - The Root System of Project South 14 Youth Rize Up! 18 section III - The way forward The Historical Moment 23 Our Work Today 24 Program Directions 25 New Voice 26 I am Against Volunteering 27 resources for our movements Project South Publications 30 Supporters & Appreciations 38

Thanks to all the contributors

Corina McCarthy-Fadel, Fredando Jackson, Sandra enos, Sandra robertson, Abbie illenberger, jerome scott, walda katz-fishman, Christi Ketchum, Nakeisa Brown, Seyoum Lewis, Carolyn Morris, Eshanda Fennell, Albert Sykes, ruben solis, emery wright, & stephanie guilloud.

3 All of us, yes, all of us, have made it happen.

On the 21st anniversary, grassroots activists, scholar activists, revolutionaries, board and visionaries bring us to this incredible moment. We celebrate 21 years of movement building.

in struggle for the elimination of poverty and genocide - ready for the next 21. Project South Board Members& Friends Eshanda Fennell Stella Williams Abbie Illenberger Andrew Arsham Rita Valenti Sonja Kuftinec Shields Scott Patricia Murphy Rose Brewer Carolyn Lindsey Walda Katz-Fishman Clotera Morgan Tomas Encarnacion Blanch Norwood Lisa Albrecht Fido Ebba Genaro Lopez-Rendon Sundiata Brewer-Griffin Andrea Cristina Mercado Wilhelmina Anyanwu John O’Neal NeNe Anyanwu Nanyamka Shukura Merrill Fennell Tameka Wynn

4 who is project south? Project south leadership

The Executive Leadership Team

Emery Wright Stephanie Guilloud Christi Ketchum

Facilitation Team Cara Page, Najma Nazyat, Jemar Raheem

Advisor to the team Jerome Scott US Social Forum Team Jules Dykes, Jonathan Wolf, Julia Allen, Kate Shapiro, Carolyn Cooley, EW, CK, WC, and Heather Milton-Lighning (missing: will cordery Fredando Jackson, Stephen Figuero, & the Boston DS4Si Crew) Not in the office but still in the family! We wish Will all the best in his new endeavors as Major Gift Officer for Amnesty Interna- tional-South. His commitment to Project South and the movements shines in every- thing he does. We’ll miss you, but we know you won’t stay away for long!

Can’t stop won’t stop Team Tameka Wynn-Sesay, WC, Anne Olson, Angie Winfrey, Jerome Scott, Walsa Katz-Fishman, Alice Lovelace, EW, Audrey Jean-Jacques 5 Building on the legacy of twenty-one years of popular education, book clubs, BAM’s and more! Anchoring and surviving the challenge of the first US Social Forum! Now transitioning to a Happy 21st Anniversary new form of leadership in staff, board and Project South! volunteers that uses a collective model. It also builds on the challenges learned at the US Social Forum of the importance of local Wishing you a great year and infrastructure and grassroots involvement to many more to come! create new strategic visions for a people’s movement in the . Thanks for your dynamic vision The executive team is awesome, audacious and leadership in the South and and talented, constantly supporting each other beyond! Our movement is lucky and the folks who work with them. to have you. Jerome, you will be missed as you move on to different work. Love,

WillWill, you mentored me well. It has been great and you are not leaving Atlanta! SPARK I am beyond sad to miss May 16-17 and the well deserved celebration of Project South. Reproductive Justice Now Anne Olson

6 partners, allies, & friends

Project South is a local, regional, and national organization based in Atlanta. We are a political home to many across the Southeast. We are made up of members, staff, volunteers, organizational part- ners, grassroots communities, scholars, students, young people, activists, educators, and organizers. We are proud to be connected to so many people. We are inspired by the determination and commitment in the work of our partners and friends.

Paulina Hernandez, SONG; SG; Seyoum Lewis, People’s Institute; Susan Williams, Highlander; WC; Angela Winfrey, People’s Institute; Suzanne Pharr, SONG; CK.

The Southeast Social Forum in Durham, NC in 2006.

7 the Shoulders we Stand On Our Lost Soldiers: Presente!

Nayo Watkins Nayo Watkins’s work over the last three decades established her as author, playwright, writer, fundraiser, community activist, social revolutionary. More than anything she enacted change. People could not be introduced to NAYO and not be struck with a need to do some personal inventory. She published her first work in 1968 entitled “I want me a Home.” Moving to Jackson Mississippi she was an intrinsic mover and shaker of the Mississippi Cultural Arts Coalition. She served for a period as Directress of Clara Muhammad University in Jackson, Mississippi where her love for children andCel- her passion for education merged to become her mission. Her network expands to the Highlander Center, the Hayti Center, Alternate ROOTS and Southern Regional Development Institute, SpiritHouse NC, among just a few. Herebrating life’s journey reached a climactic purpose with the death of her youngest son, Nyamekye Akil Malcolm. NAYO’s healing from one death gave birth to a new mis- sion that immediately drove her into her destiny as founder of the Mekye Fund and Ourthe eventual establishment of the “Mekye Center” where she served as Executive Director. Still for those of us who call her mother, grandmother, Mama Nayo, sister, aunt, wife, friend, and co-laborer in the movement she was so, so much more. On FallenJanuary 20, 2008 at 4:30 pm NAYO answered purpose of a Higher Call. For those who love her, respect her, supported her, believed in her, and called her Mama NAYO, she now belongs to the ancestors whom have gone before her. - Heroesfrom a longer piece written in tribute by Carolyn Morris

Greetings Clark, How quickly time slips by us. It was just yesterday that I-we Clark McKnight remember… Sharing walks through Columbia Heights, Video series, book forums and PELDI, I-we remember . . . taking back Trinity Towers! Heartfelt conversations at St. Steven’s Church. How can I-we forget the long talks with your spirit warrior, your metaphysical being . . . Adrianne and Aquila, your goddaughter, and O, we can’t forget your heart, Joyce. Sweet, Joyce… I can hear you now say “yes, Joyce…” She was your rock and your soft spot. I remember . . . you - reminiscing the old Clark, The Clark that walked miles and . . . How can I-we forget the places, people, and things you saw along your journey. You were blessed and never hesitant to make it known… You were thankful for those that the Higher Spirit allowed you to cross paths with. Clark, you will forever be our brother, spirit warrior, and comrade. On this day of celebrating Project South’s 21 years of making movement happen, we celebrate you. Without you, the 21 years would not have been what they were. We shared highs, lows, good times and bad, said encouraging things and hurtful comments. More importantly we LOVED. We loved each other for who and what we are. The love was unconditional. More importantly the love was unstoppable! We celebrate you … because of your Love, time, patience, dedication, and commitment to make change happen for the People. The “revolution will not be televised” but the power you gave to the People is fiery and fully aflame! Loving you from a new place, peace be with you ~ Project South Board & Staff (written by Eshanda Fennell)

8 Chris Adagbonyin On Friday, September 14th 2007, Chris Adagbonyin, or “Big Bun” as we knew and loved him, was mur- dered. Chris, among many things, was a proud fa- ther and beautiful person who will be missed dearly by his family, his friends, and the many people around the country who he has touched through his work. Chris was a 12-year veteran of the Young People’s Project and a pillar of peace and humane treatment for all people. Chris was a thinker, who felt deeply for the struggles of everyday folk, who wanted to create movement in his community and in his life, who heeded the call to respond to the aftermath of Katrina by helping to organize the Finding Our Folk Tour; who had begun to plan to develop creative outlets for young people in Jackson, building on his years of experience with YPP and with the tour. Chris participated in the first BAM Institute, and he inspired a legacy of commitment and passion. ~ written by Albert Sykes, Young People’s Project

don allen Don Allen made his transition last year. Don was a dear friend of Project South and lived as a fierce supporter of workers’ rights. He founded the Georgia Employee’s Federation to provide advocacy, representation, and information to Georgia workers. His enchanting song tHeresa scott remains in our hearts. Behind every strong Black man Ebon Dooley there is an even stronger Black woman. Leo Thomas Hale (Ebon Dooley) will be missed. Being an active member of the Atlanta Arts Community since Theresa Scott wife of Project South founder Jerome Scott, 1969, Ebon deomonstrated an unyielding commitment mother of board member Shields Scott, and grandmother to community. Ebon was a longtime member and sup- of Youth Council Founder & Alumnae, Nakeisa Brown was porter of WRFG, Atlanta’s community radio station, an a strong supporter of Project South. When the organization activist who always provided a voice for the voiceless, first began she was an active volunteer and contributor of Ebon was the cause and effect of many of the openings funds for Project South. All her work was very beneficial and for Black artistic expressions found in Atlanta today. We she did all she could until her last days. Theresa Scott was laid will miss his “big smile,” his “soothing voice” and his to rest in July 1998, due to cancer. unconditional love. Ebon was my big brother, a light in - wrtitten by her granddaughter Nakeisa Brown the dark, someone you could depend on, a real friend. ~ written by Mwalimu Seyoum

Presente! Reverend James Orange . . . Dr. Asa Hillard . . . Dr. Gerald Gill . . . Brenda Scott . . . Charles “Jikki” Riley . . . Jim Hayes . . many more friends & family over the years.

9 Jerome and Walda, Why we love you: Your determination, passion, kindness and thinking big.

Gratitude for leading us to unity in the struggle to end white supremacy and create a new

society.

Mickey Ellinger Vicki Legion Sharon Martinas

10 living our legacy 1986-2007

From the early days of Project South, we have strived to connect to, reflect, and lift up the historical conditions and root causes of injustice. We have also worked to lift up the resilience of people struggling in their communities in the South, the US, and across the globe. Our legacy is a timeline of stories that begins in the struggle to maintain voting rights in West Alabama and continues through Georgia statewide organizing, popular education institutes, and the launch of the Youth Council. In the following pages we celebrate the legacy of Project South by sharing several first-hand narratives of our work, and by describing 21 essential pillars for movement building – Project South style.

11 we begin by telling our stories

Street Heat was just what the name implied: Hot, Vocal and Loud! It was a written document filled with words of truth, voices of the poor, and written retaliations from the weak, the meek, and 1990 people feeling disenfranchised by the political leaders of the times. Street Heat News was originally designed as a newsletter for organizers from the Georgia Citizens Coalition on Hunger (GCCH) St. Heat: A and the Up & Out of Poverty Now! Campaign so that they could have their voices heard. What collaboration resulted at the magazine’s first printing was a culmination of political and grassroots commentary between igniting the fuse that would champion the talents of local, regional, and national citizens, along with Project South grassroots organizers who began describing the political and economic atrocities being experienced at the time. & GCCH The year was 1990 and the US had experienced eight years of Reagan and one term of Bush Senior. by Sandra Enos & The American people were faced with a bad economy, high unemployment, the downsizing of Sandra Robertson jobs, and jobs moving South and East (Mexico, India, and China), particularly manufacturing jobs. Discussions of homelessness, labor pool reform, and job and wage compensations created a back- drop of economic devastation and outlandish job layoffs. At the end of 1988, the Georgia Citizens’ Coalition on Hunger emergency service program, the “Hunger Hotline,” began to overflow with people needing assistance. Men working out of labor pools were coming in with horrific tales of employee abuse. Men working full 8-hour days to earn only $20 plus dollars a day, but at the end of the day being paid $5. Employers were deducting the cost of equipment, transportation, and lunch cost from their daily pay checks. The Hunger Coalition, at the time, was housed at the OIC building in Atlanta, Georgia. The office was a one-room/two-table and 10 volunteers “tight” experience. From there the coalition expanded, moving into the Georgia Hill building with five to six rooms and many more volunteers. During that particular organizing season, discussions began to arise concerning two very pertinent issues; the first was in the area of pure economics, and the other was in dealing with the issue of media coverage. When it came to economics, the question was asked: In what ways could homeless men and women earn money legally? In reference to the

A gathering of learners, educators, concerned youth, scholars grassroots and community activists 1997 1) What was Going On: Project South was about ten years old. There was a lot going on. Bill Clinton had been President 1st Southern for five years. Things were supposed to be getting better for low-income communities. But they Institute for weren’t. Popular • Welfare Reform first hit in Georgia, then hit across the country. This “reform” eliminated the Education support programs that provided families with monthly income. These programs forced women to work for their welfare assistance checks, for much less than minimum wage. At the same time, by Abbie Illenberger many families lost their homes (especially those who were living in public housing). These women and families fought back – many of them joined the Welfare Rights Movement, including the Georgia Human Rights Union. Our communities were changing: trade agreements like NAFTA were making it impossible for farmers and factory workers in many countries (including Mexico) to make a living in their home countries. So during the 1990s, many people began to immigrate from Central America and Mexico to our Southern states. In many cases, they were taken advantage of and treated very badly by the people that they worked for here in the United States. Movement Challenges: • So many fights to fight: for better schools, against police brutality, for better jobs, for affordable housing, for health care, for real help for struggling families. And there were not enough people involved in all of these fights. • We were divided. We let our differences keep us separate from each other. • We were not winning all of our fights. People were getting discouraged and needed a reason to believe that we could win if we kept working together. 2) What Happened? We gathered together 60 community leaders, organizers, activists, and cultural workers from all over the country (and Mexico). We spent four days together sharing our stories, making connections between our fights and our communities, and creating new tools to help each of our communities meet the challenges above. The Institute was built on the idea that movement building requires a constant process of developing consciousness to comprehend and counter the myths and ideologies that keep us confused and divided. Indigenous leaders from Hawaii, California, Mexico, and Georgia taught and reminded the participants of the importance of 12 St. Heat continued . . . which people needing to express their anger and the rage media, the question of the day was: How could we create a they were feeling about their lives could be heard. media vehicle where the stories we needed to tell could be cov- The number of issues published on average ranged from ered. As a result of the creative collaboration of many commu- 5,000-10,000 per printing. Barry Weinstock was our printer nity organizers and volunteers, Street Heat News was born! for many years. The Special Olympic Issue outdistanced all The concept of Street Heat was a simple and much needed eco- expectations with the printing of 15,000 copies selling for nomic and media outlet. Homeless men and women from $3 an issue. Street Heat News, the economic and media throughout the city of Atlanta could come to the office of the salvation of the times, was truly designed with the needs GCCH, pick up bundles of Street Heat News to sell for $1/ and voices of the people in mind!. each and then return to the GCCH with a 50-50 split from money Collaborations between GCCH & Project South earned. The initial design for the publication was for a 12-page It was through the collaborative efforts of Sandra Robertson publication, front and back. Before long, the publication grew (Executive Director of GCCH), and Jerome Scott (Execu- to a whopping 32 pages, with the largest publication being a full tive Director of Project South), that Street Heat News be- 51 pages for the Olympic Issue. The Olympic issue covered the came a tool of the Up and Out of Poverty Now move- Atlanta Olympic Committee, City Hall Government, and the ment. The Hunger Coalition published and financed City’s homeless population. The the production and staffing of Street Heat, main issues of interest affecting the City These stories describe but its phenomenal success was the in- and its homeless population included: volvement of many people and organi- 1) The harsh treatment of the city’s the origins of the zations that were part of the Up and Out homeless population by local police, 2) fundamental principles Poverty Now Coalition. This Coalition The harsh legislation being imple- of Project South: has been a collaborative endeavor of the mented to target the city’s homeless dynamic duo of the Hunger Coalition and population, and 3) The repression of Historical conditions, Project South. Jerome Scott served as the city’s homeless in an effort to one of the editors of Street Heat News. rid downtown Atlanta of its homeless popular education, intergnerational work, Sandra Robertson was also an editor. population during the Olympics. Sandra Enos, a volunteer with the Hun- Street Heat News came to fruition at a leadership development ger Coalition, was the first managing edi- very crucial time in the political climate & collaborative tor of Street Heat News Magazine. of America. Street Heat News created strategies. This relationship strengthened the work revenue for homeless men and women, of Project South and enhanced the work provided information and interaction of the Hunger Coalition because their for the community at large, and helped to develop grassroots models proved to be effective. The entire Hunger Coalition writers desiring to perfect their craft. Contributing writers at the staff has participated in learning curriculum development, time included: Javan Brothers Jr., Bob Darby, John & Gloria popular education models, popular research techniques, and Slaughter, Al Williams, Ron Hamilton, Tom Ferguson, Sandra “how-to-do-it” training sessions. Project South has been a Enos, Jerome Scott, Sandra Robertson, Njere Alghanee, Debbie committed partner with the Hunger Coalition since 1990. Walter, Dr. Alfred, along with countless other talented writers. Our work is woven together like a fine quilt. Street Heat News also provided a vehicle of expression through

first institute Continued . . . We also learned that popular education could be a power- preserving history, language, culture, and traditions of resis- ful tool. Popular education (to us) means that we partici- tance. Representatives from the Zapatista movement in Mexico pate in a learning process that is based in our lived experi- shared the important work that they were building. The leader- ences, that builds our ability to analyze our situation and ship of our Indigenous brothers and sisters during the Institute plan our strategies for change, and that develops more also reminded us that we must be prepared to have a long- leaders (including all of us) to move our freedom struggle term strategy (many of their communities had been working forward. We also learned that people were hungry for more for liberation for 500 years!). ways to reach people and get them involved – not only We also held an intergenerational circle – to begin and continue getting them to come to rallies and meetings, but to get the important and sometimes difficult conversations between them involved in learning, thinking, and planning. elders and young people in the movement. We use different Beyond the 1st Southern Institute: language, we have different struggles, we lead in different ways, we march to different music! But our struggles are intertwined Project South published its first Popular Education for and we need each other to survive and thrive. Movement Building Workbook – the first of many work- books and popular education toolkits. Project South be- In the process of the Institute, we learned a few things: gan developing popular education workshops for many • We have to learn more about each other’s communities. community-based organizations throughout the Southeast • We have to learn how to disagree and still work together. on a variety of topics from welfare reform to police bru- tality to immigration to state budgets. As we went along, • Our different issues are more connected than we think. we deepened our understanding that Popular Education is • We are part of a long tradition of fighting for freedom. We a critical strategy – for developing leadership, analysis, and must continue that fight, and keep building it broader to include strengthening our ability to work together across our dif- more people, more communities and more leaders. ferences toward our common visions.

13 21 Pillars: the root system of Project South There are many stories to tell. These pages include 21 glimpses into our full history. Some ‘pillars’ represent an area of work during a particular time period. Other ‘pillars’ represent our guiding principles and unique approach. Each root in our system grows from our understanding of the larger political climate and the needs of our movements. 1986-88 It ain’t just about a vote Leading Civil Rights Workers were federally charged with vote fraud in 1986 for registering Black absentee voters in West Alabama. The government went so far as to apprehend 100 elderly people in the middle of the night to question and harrass. Several organizations came together to organize a national campaign called “I’ll Vote On” to fight the charges and ensure voting rights for Black communities. Project South emerged from these struggles.

1991 & 1992 199o Southern Resistance St.Heat: In our Own Words Project South participated in the two Southern Survival Street Heat News came to fruition at a very crucial Summits organized by Up & Out of Poverty Now! time in the political climate of America. The Coalition. Held in Savannah, GA and Montgomery, AL newsletter created revenue for homeless men and the Summits brought together low-income and poor women, provided information and interaction folks to build racial and economic justice and to connect for the community at large, and helped to to national welfare rights organizing. The Georgia develop grassroots writers desiring to perfect Citizens’ Coalition on Hunger & Project South continue their craft. to partner in one of the few remaining Up & Out of Poverty Now! coalitions.

1992 Confronting Genocide: Black & Red Power 500 Years of Resistance: The Columbus Legacy and the African, Searching for the Truth … Fighting for the Future: An International Gathering. For us, the conference was about how the struggles of African peoples and other oppressed peoples converged with Indigenous peoples. Over centuries our communities had experienced genocide, enslavement, and the most violent expressions of white supremacy. 1,500 students came to the gathering on Friday. Another 1,000 local, national and international activists from many fronts of struggle facilitated and participated in rich dialogues and workshops on Saturday and Sunday. the beginnings 14 What is Popular Education? All the Knowledge is in the Room Popular Education is an essential strategy to develop leadership to build mass-based efforts towards a bottom- up movement for fundamental socail, racial, and economic justice. We are all experts of our own experience.

People Fight, People Win History-centered Learning: In all our work, the history of struggle is central. We believe that the strongest lessons to guide our organizing work lie in the stories of our people. From themilitant resistance of Robert Williams in NC to the Freedom Schools of SNCC and Ella Baker, we draw from history to act in the current moment.

Learning to organize for power Southern Institutes for Popular Education 1st-1997 ~ 2nd-1999 ~ 3rd-2001 Over 200 people from many communities gathered over the Connecting art,vision, & collaboration three Institutes to share stories and strategies, build popular at The Midnite School, 2004 education tools, and to integrate long-term vision for change into their ongoing work. The first and third Institutes produced the Popular Education Resource Guides Volumes I & II.

Teachings by & for the People

Developing Curriculum: Starting with Working Papers devel- oped by scholar and grassroots activists, Project South published its first workbook after the first Institute with three timelines and co-created workshop agendas and exercises. Many board mem- bers and most staff have contributed to producing three work- books, five toolkits, and over 20 pamphlets ranging from collec- tions of oral histories of tenant organizing in Columbia Heights, DC to explorations of state violence, the prison industrial com- plex, and globalization.

Grounding ourTheories A huge lesson we learned from the 500 Years conference that shaped who we are today was about the deep contradictions and tensions between academic institutions and the working class community. The hostility to the practice of equality be- tween scholars and working class activists, rooted historically in ongoing anti-communism of the McCarthy era is continu- ally reproduced. We began intentional efforts to connect scholar- activists to grassroots action research efforts. popular education 15 21 Pillars: the root system of Project South

Solidarity on the Frontlines

Organizational Partnerships: Movement building work is never done by a singular organization in isolation. In order for us to accomplish social transformation, we must all work on many fronts but in conjunction and coordination.Our organizational partnerships are longstanding and essential to the success of all of Project South participated in the Gulf our work. Coast Justice & Solidarity Tour in November 2005 with the Southwest Workers Union. 2000 Southern Strategies Community Investment for In partnership with the Highlander Center, we worked with Southern-based organizers and thinkers Financial Independence to develop relevant Southern Strategies in the new Grassroots fundraising is not an unpleasant chore, moment. The partnership facilitated an Emergency it is a key component of strong organizing. We Meeting in December after 9-11 to build analysis build our organizational infrastructure by generat- and plan actions. The project culminated in a retreat ing income beyond foundations, and we are proud that addressed White supremacy in the South from to have over 42% of our budget funded by part- the region’s multiracial and resilient history. ners, members, and the community.

Ties that Bind Relationship Building: Project South believes that relationship building is critical to organizing. Our relationships are like family: Can’t Do it Without Y’all sacred, honest, and long-tern.

Membership: Project South has always been a membership-based organization with a majority of our 500 members in the South and Georgia. Spanning across the country, we build with folks who are committed to long-term vision and movement building strategies. Commitment & Generosity The financial independence of Project South can be tied to the commitment of people who have believed in our work enough to contribute consistently and generously. Our major donors include professors, union organizers, artists, and activists. collaboration 16 2002-2008 bam Building A Movement Together

Since September 2002, Project South has facilitated over 25 Building A Movement BAM Popular Education Skills Retreats. The BAM started as a two-day immersion in popular education that introduces key principles of move- Lake Charles BAM, Friends & Families of ment building and creates a space for participants to for- Louisiana’s Incarcerateed Children, 2007 mulate and practice their own tools. In 2006 we launched the BAM Institute, a series of sessions that allows a group of organizers to work and develop over 5-8 months. It takes all of us

Intergenerational Work: Gwen Patton, a Project South founder and veteran of Alabama SNCC, consistently makes the strategic 2004 argument to develop strong youth leaders who are connected to our true histories and to the people who built those histories. Her vision Crafting Vision for Liberation of intergenerational work guides Project South through its own transformation. The Midnite School: The Midnite School’s name was derived from the midnight literacy gatherings of enslaved Africans preparing themselves for escape to the North. To honor their work, we dedicated time to prepare for our own liberation. 65 community organizers and educators came together in 2004 to Staff Leadership craft long-term vision and learn tools to do vision work in the midst of urgent times. Since the first staff members, Jerome Scott and Abbie Illenberger, the staff of Project South have always held a high level of integrity and commitment to the work. We strive towards collective process and shared leadership, and we welcome the challenge of developing innovative staff structures to match our visions and principles.

Convergence of Global Struggles

As a founding member of the Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, Project South has worked to connect local struggles to global movement building. This work culminated in 2007 when Project South participated as the anchor to the first US Social Forum. We look forward to building from the lessons of that process and moving forward to design and implement powerful convergence spaces across the South. US Social Forum Opening March: June 27, 2007

moving forward 17 youth on the rize! By Christi Ketchum, Youth Council Coordinator Leadership Development as a core program area. Project South transforms how communities organize with young In 2001, the Project South Youth Council was founded pri- people. It is not about short-term youth organizing projects, marily by 7 youth - Nakeisa Brown, Jerlisha Gross, Bassey which are often time-specific and unsustainable because of Etuk, Tendayi Kuumba, Amenia Irons, Darlene Etuk, Naomi age and youth identity. It is about long-term community orga- Robinson, and many other youth leaders, parents, and allied nizing and transformation led by young people. Project South supporters. Each of these young people represented a con- is committed to holding our community accountable by work- tinuation of their parents’ work in the social, economic, and ing with organizations to make space and decision-making political justice struggles of Atlanta. Popular and Political Edu- positions available for emerging youth leadership. cation was all around them, but this was the first time an inten- tional open and safe space was created to hear their voices and Today’s Youth will Change the world and Project South will ideas about their world. Since 2001, many youth have devel- support, educate, uplift, and maximize that potential to have oped as key leaders who create curriculum, travel the country powerful youth leadership that is educated, prepared, con- facilitating workshops, build relationships, and make personal scious, strategic, and visionary! transformations in their lives. 2002 As a key program of Project South, we have provided leader- ship development for youth ages 13-18 and political educa- tion that examines social, economic, and historical paradigms that give greater context for the conditions of their homes, schools, and communities. Understanding how and why move- ments have contributed to their lives allows them to create more effective strategies to counter the issues they face everyday. We have seen first-hand how youth become leaders when they are given all the information and the opportunity to build on and create solutions to make decisions and actively participate in the betterment of their lives and others’. Today Project South has renewed its commitment to Youth 2003

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The Women’s Research and Resource Center & Toni Cade Bambara Scholars/Writers/ Activists Program at Spelman College

Commend and Congratulate Project South on its first 21 Years of Consciousness- Raising and Movement Building!

The Struggle Continues… South West Organizing Project

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19 Congratulations to Project South for 21 Years of Movement Building.

Thank you for contributing to and enriching student learning in the “Atlanta Semester Program” and “Human Rights & the Bible” at

Agnes Scott College.

20 the way forward 2008 -2010

Forged in the fire of our work with communities, Project South is moving in new directions that build on our legacy, reflect the historical moment, and advance local, regional, and national movement building. We are expanding successful programs like the BAM Building A Movement Institute for Southern Leadership, launching new programs like the Septima Clark Community Power Institute for Atlanta young people, and practicing innovative organizing methods through intentional and connected convergence spaces like the Social Forum and the People’s Movement Assembly.

In the following pages we include a glimpse of the historical moment in the context of the last 100 years and then we lay out our program directions and work.

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Another World is Possible, Another US is Necessary! Thanks to Project South board, members, and especially the staff, in your role of anchoring the 1st historic US Social Forum. Let’s continue building the road from Atlanta to US Social Forum 2010... Congratulations from the National Planning Committee! “Happy Birthday Project South from your friends at Amnesty International. Keep up the important work for justice and social transformation!” 22 historical moment The chart below is part of a Situational Analysis developed by Ruben Solis of the Southwest Workers Union for the 2007-08 Strategic Planning of the Grassroots Global Justice Alliance. It sketches out general patterns within the last three periods of neoliberal globalization and social movements. Period One: 1945-65 Systems Movements Cold War (US vs USSR) WWII ends International Monetary Fund & World Bank established UN established Bracero (Guest worker) Program Miners strike (Salt of the Earth) Operation Wetback Puerto Rican Independence movement McCarthyism Revolution in , 1959 (ended colonial US domination) Korean War & Vietnam War Desegregation in the US South General agreements on Trades & Tariff (GATT) Civil Rights Movement (incl: Student Non-violent Coordinating Santo Domingo invasion Committee) Panamá Canal established Campesinos (Filipino/Mexicanos) Union Playa Girón Anti-war movement (incl: Students for Democratic Society) Guatemala (President Arbenz is assassinated) Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement - Detroit wildcat strikes KKK violence campaign / Black leaders assassinated Operation Dixie - union drive in the South Taft-Hartley Act Period Two: 1965-95 Systems Movements Vietnam War continues Anti War movement Tlatelolco massacre, 1968 (Mexico) Poor Peoples’ Campaign COINTELPRO Democratic National Convention, Chicago 1968 Plant closures (offshore production) National liberation movements: Twin Plant-Maquila Raza Unida Party Border Industrialization Program (BIP) at US-Mexico border American Indian Movement NAFTA, 1994 (US-Mex-Can) World Trade Organization (WTO) established Chicano Moratorium Central America Wars (Reagan wars) Southwest Network on Environmental & Economic Justice 70’s economic crisis (gas war) League of Revolutionary Black Workers Coup in Chile & dirty war, 1973 Fuerza Unida Che killed in Bolivia Jackson State massacre South Africa EZLN(Chiapas), FSLN (Nicaragua), FMLN (El Salvador) Angola African Liberation movements Mozambique Nelson Mandela freed and takes presidency of South Africa Puerto Rico - Five political prisoners freed Rodney King police assault / spontaneous uprising in cities 500 Years of Resistance Conference Up & Out of Poverty Now Survival Summits Period Three: 1995-(2015) Systems Movements NAFTA + Battle of Seattle, 1999 September 11th, 2001 Bi national border protests (2001-2006) USA PATRIOT Act Encuentros Sin Fronteras (US-Mexico Border) War on Migrants Environmental Justice Summit I-II War on Katrina-Rita survivors Miami Root Cause, 2003 War on Artic circle (oil) Cancun WTO protests, 2003 War on Queer, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgendered people Independent worker centers/Living wage movement War on I & II Official US labor congress divided FTAA-Miami Grassroots Global Justice Alliance established WTO Ministerial-Cancun May 1st General strike, 2006 Central American Free Trade Agreement Massive Immigrant mobilizations Plan Puebla Panama & Plan Colombia SE Social Forum, 2006 Military bases - Torture/illegal jails/detentions Foro Social Fronterizo, 2006 Border Wall - Military on US-Mexico border Foro Social Puerto Rico, 2006 US Social Forum I, Atlanta 2007 Foro Social de las Americas, 2008 Anti war marches/movement 23 Project South’s Work Today

Our Legacy: Project South is a leadership-development organization based in the South that prioritizes developing leaders within communi- ties affected by oppression and working for systemic change. By providing spaces to develop bottom-up grassroots models, Project South shifts Southern-based organizing from reactive battles to visionary and strategic movement building for social and economic justice. We provide grassroots organizations with the resources to develop stronger analysis skills, leadership capacity, and sustainable strategic plans. We do this by working directly with communities at the local/regional, national, and international levels. Project South is committed to strengthening both the South’s role in building national movements and to advancing cross- regional alliances on the ground-level of community-based organizing efforts.

Our Work Today: Based on the lessons learned through the ongoing Gulf Coast political and human disaster in our region and the past two years of organizing on the local, regional, and national level towards the US Social Forum, Project South is evolving its program directions to match the needs of our movements in this historical moment. The urgency is great, and the opportunities are many. The need for long-term sustained movement infrastructure is clear as well as the need to develop and practice innovative methods to transform our communities.

Bringing our Movements to Scale: Throughout the US Social Forum planning process, many were surprised that a movement-wide organizing effort so large could be led with so few resources on the local and national level. The planning process highlighted the strengths, weaknesses, and possibilities of nation and region-wide collaborations. A critical question remains how Project South’s and the broader movement’s resources and capacity will be able to engage and sustain movement infrastructure at such a large scale. One step we have committed to taking is to continue to build the Peoples Movement Assembly as a process that converges people at any and all levels to develop resolutions and coordinated action plans. We will work to build strong, mobilized power blocs of low-income families in Georgia, including Metro Atlanta and rural communities. The unprecedented national election in 2008 offers a critical opportunity to build educated voting blocs in communities of color; to develop an effective mandate of priority issues from Georgia; and to expand a statewide communication structure. Our other efforts reflect the need for leadership development spaces to connect organizing skills to movement building practice. Our institutes and collaborations offer those spaces for Southern-based leadership, both inside organizations and with leadership outside of formal structures. Our focus on community safety reflects the massive numbers of communities affected by state and intimate violence. Our work prioritizes long-term efforts to eliminate violence and confront the prison industrial complex and its many configurations of social and economic control. Our programs consistently include developing youth leadership for community organizing, and we will continue to create spaces for young people to move with pride. The chart on the facing page outlines the specific program work that Project South is launching and expanding this year and the next few years.

US social forum report As the anchor organization of the first US Social Forum, Project South is releasing a comprehensive report this Summer that describes the vision and the organizing process, analyzes the movement opportunities, and recommends directions and methods to build upon as we move forward from this historic turning point. “We didn’t organize a conference. We organized a process to participate in and sharpen movements for racial, social, economic, and gender justice in the US and to stand shoulder to shoulder with global struggles. The Social Forum process drew together 15,000 people from a wide variety of communities. Predominantly attended by people of color and grassroots communities, the Forum, as a process and as a five-day convergence, shows us exactly where our movements are positioned and indicates the pressing need to shift our practices to match the overwhelming momentum of the current moment.” The Report will include a comprehensive discussion of the vision of the Forum as well as analysis about specific spaces including the Opening March, the People’s Family Reunion, and the Youth Tent. All members will receive a report. 24 program directions Southeast Strengthen Leadership Community Community Development Capacity Organizing Building towards youth development regional movement eliminating & statewide base- infrastructure building violence & challenging The Septima Clark Community The Building-A-Movement (BAM) social Control Power Institute is a 4-week In- Organizing Institute increases the stitute for 10-14 young people ages number of skilled leaders and orga- nizers with the capacity for cross-issue Atlanta Transformative Justice 13-22, integrating the experience Collaborative Study into Action and curriculum of the Building-A- organizing efforts, root cause political analysis, and popular education strate- Jointly partnered with Generation5, Movement (BAM) Institute, Youth SPARK: Reproductive Justice, Council popular education, and gies. By working with organizers over a sustained and consistent period, in- Kindred, and other community organizing models from partner members, Project South is working communities. The Institute will crease the likelihood of a Southern- based social justice infrastructure. to build the capacity of diverse provide critical space for youth communities and networks to community members to develop Establish a diverse group of trained develop, adapt, and eventually pilot skills and practice organizing. The leaders, facilitators, and organizers Transformative Justice (TJ) models Community Power Institute will ad- working to promote effective organiz- for intervention, prevention, dress the weaknesses of public (and ing and systems change strategies in collective healing, and accountability. private) school systems by engag- local communities throughout the state. Connecting social control ing young people with relevant his- mechanisms like prison, police, and tory and community organizing Blackbelt Community Safety courts to domestic and intimate skills, developing a new generation Through intentional organizational violence engages people in deeply of leadership prepared for active partnerships, strengthen and develop examining the politics, principles, and participation in their communities ongoing strategy and political educa- practices of transformative justice. and in organizations to bridge the tion programs for grassroots orga- The work in 2008 includes assessing generation gap. nizing efforts on the frontlines of and adapting the relevance of prison work in the South, particularly existing models and evolving them Georgia Peoples Ballot will con- on the Gulf Coast. toward application within a nect the momentum of the na- Southern context. tional elections to long-term sus- Build coordinated strategies amongst tained power blocs in Georgia. and between organizations and Through the Peoples Movement groups to advance broader goals of Assembly process and the People’s eliminating violence, poverty, and Ballot, connect to over 1,500 com- white supremacy. munity members to develop a Develop, print, and distribute new comprehensive mandate. published curricula, Black Radical Tra- ditions in the US South as a political education and mobilization tool.

Grassroots South by Global Justice SoutWest Peoples Movement Collaboration Alliance Through partnerships, we Assembly Project South is an active have developed capacity and member of the Alliance and relationships to begin build- will co-lead the Social Forum ing a cross-regional power Standing Committee as it base, hold peoples’ movement US Social Forum moves forward with assemblies & neighborhood Planning organizing plans towards the social forums, and to advance next USSF in 2010. key local strategies. Process

25 fredando jackson: New Voices Fellow 2008

Fredando Jackson & Project South applied for and received one of 12 New Voices Fellowships to begin in May 2008. Having worked with Project South on the US Social Forum as well as the Poor People’s Caravan & Movement Assembly in January, we are excited to welcome portation Man- him more permanently to the Project South team. Thanks to everyone ager. The open who helped make this fellowship possible. Printed here is his final essay forum process that introduces you to his experience, persepective, and vision. called to me. I am a product of my environment - the dirt roads in rural Rather than being Georgia. My grandmother actually named some of the roads leader-driven or in my community, one of the proudest moments of her life. leader-centered, it As a native of Americus/Plains, GA, the birthplace of Presi- was a collective dent Jimmy Carter, I watched my family sitting next to the process that pro- former president and his family on Sunday mornings at Leba- vided space for non Baptist Church. Being raised in the Southern Baptist all the drive and Church with a strong community of living examples instilled passions of regu- in me the spirit that you can be from any town in the country lar people. This and achieve anything as long as you see the community first. position provided The community raised me, if I was hungry there was some- on-site learning in bottom-up grassroots movement building. thing to eat, if it was freezing, I had somewhere to go. This It gave me behind the scenes experience of the work and genuine respect and love for people combined with an un- resources that were needed to bring together over 15,000 derstanding of history and exposure to community building people representing over 1,000 progressive minded organiza- processes over the last year, allows me to contribute to this tions, for one purpose in one city. This open forum allowed specific moment in time and lay foundation for generations people to speak freely with their peers in conversations about to come. My community shaped me. I was born into a single- their issues and ways of addressing them in the US. I was able family home so I traveled a lot growing up. Different envi- to truly see the power of the people and their desire for social ronments and my mother’s love for history exposed me to change. The USSF showed the potential to organize mass the literature of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, amounts of people under one umbrella. Marcus Garvey, and Fredrick Douglas. Since I didn’t meet Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said in his book Where Do Go From my father until I was 25 years old, these individuals became Here: Chaos or Community that we have all of the resources we my father figures. They were the men who helped me under- need to change the world. My goal through this fellowship is stand the impact of my African-American heritage interna- to be one of the new voices of our generation by using mod- tionally. My leadership development process includes the ern technology, leadership development training, and bottom- importance of history and education. My grandparents’ en- up grassroots organizing to help in movement building. We trepreneurship shaped my understanding of becoming a so- can build relationships with organizations and networks across cial entrepreneur. My grandfather owned a convenient store, the US and global South to communicate work and engage in Jackson’s Snack. My grandmother ran a bakery and published bottom-up movement building for social and economic jus- her own cookbook, Ruth Jackson’s Soulfood Cookbook. tice. She fed President Carter a couple of times, too. My grand- parents use their businesses to improve the community and There has to be a new way of maintaining membership for help others. My background in the entertainment field in- years rather than days. There has to be a way to take dialogue spired me to think about moving people on larger scales. I’ve and turn it into action. Through this fellowship, I will do the seen 10,000 people fill concert stadiums – How can we make ground work to strengthen alliances across organizations and it possible to have as many people excited about making across all communities: homeless, rich, gay, straight, famous, positive change? The success of the media tools used in the and unknown. Through this fellowship, I hope to learn the entertainment field are accessible and available to organize necessary skills to become a more effective leader in grassroots people for community purposes. mobilization. Through partnering with Project South, I will magnify our voices for social change in the US and lay the I became involved with First United States Social Forum foundation for creating the country I want to live in. (USSF) in the position of Internal Information and Trans-

Fredando will be working on building communication infrastructures for grassroots organizations in the Southeast as well as organizing Peoples Movement Assemblies across Georgia. Keep in touch by emailing: [email protected]

26 I am against volunteering. Today it seems like volunteering your services is the new fad. activity and warrants Po- Jobs, schools, organizations, internships, faith groups, and lice brutality. Young movements are all about volunteering. But, I am not. I am a people are being sent off Youth Organizer who is against volunteering, and the whole to war and die overseas. idea around “giving up” your time to help others. Not only We are being fed more because I believe it creates division but it is hurting the youth prescription drugs than movement as well. fruits or veggies. Young There is a saying I was taught in third grade by my teacher people are faced with Judy Richards, “If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part these problems, and yet of the problem.” Nine years later as a rising college freshman, we struggle to see the I understand the truth that statement holds. unity that must be built to change our society. Youth See, volunteerism implies that the problem, the cause you are today are divided, we are “selflessly giving your time and work” into, is not your prob- Corina is a community and youth or- often stuck in our coun- lem, and not your cause. But this is wrong. We are all part of try, our region, our city, the same planet, and although we all live in our own worlds ganizer from Boston/Cambridge, Mass., who believes in the power of even down to our block. and have our own lives, our problems, and our celebrations We “rep” where we are intersect, and connect us to each other. Volunteering is defined the people. She wants to continue or- ganizing and to use her education to from, without seeing the by Webster.com as “the act expressing willingness to under- united struggles that cross take a service.” See, when you volunteer, you are only helping, work as a high school teacher. She is part of Hip Hop Media Lab city lines and national bor- not solving the problem. When you feed the homeless a meal, ders. tomorrow they need another one, and so on and on; the prob- (H2ML), an intern at Project South lem of hunger and homelessness is not addressed, and the and part of The U.S. Human Rights Youth organizers and the homeless are left to depend on the “kind service” of others Network, United Youth and Youth Youth Movement are who are “better off.” Volunteering also creates division be- Workers of Boston (UYYWB), Bos- working to unite people tween the helpers and the ones who are being helped. The ton-area Youth Organizing Project to struggle together. We helpers are “selfless,” and the ones being helped are “needy.” (BYOP) and Oglethorpe University are working to build com- Voices of Inspiration. munity workers who are We must learn not to volunteer our time for any cause or able to cross city lines and problem, but rather work to build up our global community. look outside their own struggle to work to build up the youth In January, I went to New Orleans to work with Hands On, community. The movement doesn’t need volunteers but work- and I worked on a construction project to fix Mrs. Evelyn’s ers. As youth we are the ones who are going to continue the house. This house had no water damage or storm damage, struggle and pass on the movement for change to our chil- but was tore up due to poverty and the lack of resources dren. We are the ones who will be left to fix wounds that needed to keep a house up. Because Mrs. Evelyn and I shared volunteers have placed a bandage on, and we will be working no bloodline, and were not close, I was volunteering to build together. her house back up. But if it had been my aunt’s house in the very same condition, my carpentry work would no longer be The Youth Movement today is one that is working towards considered volunteering, but rather being a responsible mem- crossing borders and uniting youth to fight for their lives. I ber of my family. believe what pushes the youth movement is the fact that so many youth today are dying before they are able to reach adult- The Youth Movement today is challenged not only by the wave hood. As youth, we are fighting not only for our tomorrow of volunteerism, but also by division. See, youth around the but for our lives each day. The movement has become one country, all youth whether they are from the inner city or smaller that is more about fighting for power and life than about any towns are struggling. Youth today are at war with the govern- one issue. When a young person is able to be respected and ment. In schools, Police rule over any teacher or headmaster, cared for by the government and society we live in, we will and punishment is no longer detention, but incarceration. In have reached one of our goals. Until then La Lucha the community, “hangin’ out” with friends is labeled as gang Sigue…the struggle continues.

27 Congratulations to Project South on the last 20 years well done.

Your work exemplifies the commitment to social transformation that each one of you brings to every organization that you have touched.

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Keep up the good work!!!

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28 resources for our movements

Starting with Working Papers developed by scholar and grassroots activists, Project South published its first workbook after the First Southern Institute for Popular Education with three timelines and co-created workshop agendas and exercises. Many board members and most staff have contributed to producing three workbooks and five toolkits and over 20 pamphlets ranging from collections of oral histories of tenant organizing in Columbia Heights, DC to explorations of state violence, the prison industrial complex, and globalization. Our publications are used in educational programs, universities, and high schools across the country. The following pages includes descriptions of our publications and additional resources that Project South staff, board, and family have contributed to the thinking and practice of our work.

29 putting the fire in our hands Popular Education One of our newest toolkits, The Critical Classroom is based in the struggle to link Resources our classrooms and our com- munities in the larger struggle for freedom. Included are Just in time for the 2008 essays about the history of elections! People are excited the academy and radical com- and hungry for conversation munity-based pedagogies, about what is happening on plus socio-political history the national landscape. This and examples of political toolkit provides organizers practice. and educators with exercises to critically examine the electoral process, to learn lessons from historical voting rights struggles, and to create a grassroots definition of We know the devastat- democracy. ing effects of global- ization, but how do we fight against it? This fast-paced curriculum, This toolkit examines the with multiple timelines historical development of and essays on the globalization and its current Zapatista movement’s incarnations. The exercises growth & experience encourage participants to helps students and ac- identify the local effects of tivists study a move- globalization and offer ment from the Global perspectives from other South and apply the parts of the world. Our most lessons learned to their popular toolkit, Today’s own struggles. Globalization is used in a variety of high schools, universities, and progressive community organizations. The events of September 11 began a new era. How have One of our most compre- our movements engaged (and hensive publications on won) under increased state popular education methods, repression? The Second the Resource Guide is a valu- Edition of this workbook able tool for new educators addresses these questions using or seasoned veterans. The the history of people’s workbook includes three movements. Popular education complete workshops (with exercises explore the definition timelines) on Work & Wages, of “terrorism” in addition to Public Education & Move- narrative analysis on gender and ment Building. The guide fea- state violence, Puerto Rican tures facilitation tips, group resistance, and organizing guidelines, detailed history during McCarthyism. references, and bibliogra- phies. 30 black radical traditionS in the us south

A new toolkit from Project south: The book includes new exercises, new timelines, and narratives on critical memory & Black radical Traditions in Popular Education, Movement Building, and Leadership Development. AVAILABLE now

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35 21 Years and all grown up!

On behalf of the Community Justice Network for Youth family Congratulations! Can’t Wait to see what the next 21 years will bring! a luta continua!

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37 Thanks to all our Members & contributors

A. Cinque Hicks, Aaron Lamar, Abbie Illenberger, Abby Kiesa, Abby MacPhail, Adrienne Lauby, Adrienne Maree Brown, Aileen Haggerty, Aishah Sales, Ajike Olabisi, Alan Fisher, Alan Hill, Alberta G. Maged, Alejandro Blu Cantagallo, Aletha Strong, Alex Bonick, Alex M White, Alice Lovelace, Alicia Fraser, Alicia Murphy, Alison Bowens, Allan Lummus, Allison Palmer, Allyn Steele, Amanda Garces, Amanda Salzman, Amber Martin, Ana Mercado, Andrea Cristina Mercado, Andrea Lee, Andrew Payne, Andrew Ryan, Andy Shie Kee Wong, Angel Torres, Angelita Manzano, Anita White & Marie McDaniel, Ann Mahoney & Fred Rossini, Ann Redmond, Anna Shelton, Anne Fischel, Anne Olson, Ann-Safie Sahlin, Anthonette A. Gibson, Antoine Banks, Anupama Vishwamitra, Aqiyla Edwards, Ariel Zaslav, Asia Russell, Asmara Ruth Afework, Aspen Branch-Moore, Autumn Marie Griffin, Barbara Barnes, Barbara Meyer, Becca Shepard & Clint Hill, Becky D. Rafter, Beth Blick, Beth Ransom, Bette Dickerson, Bettina Judd, Betty Robinson, Bill (William) Chambliss, Bill Glover, Bill Jenkins, Blanca Norwood, Bob Cummings, Bob Hall, Bobbie Paul, Bobbie Wrenn Banks, Bonita & Hassan Adeeb, Bonnie Winfield, Brahim Aoude, Bree Carlson, Brenda Ballwin & Elizabeth Scott, Brenda Randolph, Brian Sherman, Brian Wisniewski, Bridgette Burge, Brigette M. Rouson, Caitlin Breedlove, Candice Holmes, Cara Page, Cari Courtenay-Quirk, Carl W. Wright, Carlos Alicea, Carlton Turner, Carol Brown, Carol Dwyer, Carol Jones, Carolyn Clark, Caron Atlas, Cassie Watters, Catherine Berrey, Catherine Rion, Cathy Caruth, Cathy Howell, Cecily Mbaka, Celine-Marie Pascale, Cha Cha Jones, Chaka Uzondu, Charles Donegan, Charles Spring, Cheri Johnson- Mitchell, Cheryl Odeleye, Chirag Mehta, Chris Carroll, Chris Dixon, Chris Hamilton, Chris Haskell, Chris Lamm, Chrisse M. Jones, Christi Ketchum, Christina Alvarez, Christine Greer, Christine Sleeter, Chuck Turner, Cindy Yeh & Mark Chien, Cita Cook, Clarietha Allen, Cloreta Morgan, Connie Curry, Constancia “Dinky” Romilly, Cornelius Moore, Craig Stehle & Jennifer Hirsch, D. BryAnn Chen, Dalisai Nisperos, Damon Bowman, Dan Bassichis, Dan Horowitz de Garcia, Dan Leahy, Dana L. Walters, Dana Wright, Daniel Berger, Daniel Wolff, Danielle Doughman, Danielle Kurzweil, Danny Bryant, Dara Silverman, Dave Marsh, Dave Ransom, David Billings & Margery Freeman, David Cruz, David Owens, David Ray, David Schwartzman, David Smokler, David Tell, Dawn Alford, Dean Spade, Debbie Perkins, Deborah Nicklett, Deepali Gokhale, Denise McMahon, DeQuan Mack, Derek & Lori Price, Donald Clelland & Wilma Dunaway, Donelda Petty-Benton, Donna Nevel, Dot Buck, Douglas Hartmann, Douglas Taylor, Dr. Charles E. Jones, Dr. Jenice L. View, Dr. Shirley Jones, Duane Tinong Fon, Duane Whitlock, Ed Martin, Eddie Burch, Eden Flynn, Edwan Fon, Elaine H. Kim, Eldora Blandin-Lougheide, Eleanor Kenyon, Elisabeth Shields, Elizabeth Corrie, Elizabeth Higginbotham, Elizabeth Maloney, Elizabeth Samuels, Elizabeth Schott, Ellen Gurzinsky, Ellen Leary, Emery Wright, Emily L. Thuma, Emma Blouse, Eric Shih & Hai Binh Nguyen, Erika Robers, Erin Mahoney & Alex Leader, Eshanda Fennell, Esther N. Chow, Eugene Duffey, Eva Liana Molina, Eve Weinbaum, Everette Catilla, F. Albert & Karen Skellie, Fahima Patricia Seck, Faisal Alam, Felice Yeskel & Felicia Mednick, Fleur Larsen, Frances Kunreuther, Frank McVeigh, Frederica Barrow, Gabriel Olga Sayegh, Gail Harris, Gail Milliken, Gar Alperovitz, Gavin Leonard, Genaro Lopez-Rendon, Gerald LeMelle, Ginny Howard, Gloria & John Slaughter, Gloria Gayles, Grace Bauer, Grace Cox, Greg Loughlin, Gregory Tewksbury, Greta Counts, Gwen McKinney, Gwen Patton, Hannah Sin, Harry Greenberg, Heba Nimr, Heiderose Kober, Helen Helfer, Helen Kim, Henry Kahn, Md, Hermina Glass Avery, Holmes Hummel, Howard Ehrman, Howard Zinn, Hyun Lee, Ian & Yael Fletcher, Ife Modupe, Irving Beinin, Irving Penso, Isa D. Williams, Isabell Moore, Ivan E. Corpeno- Chavez, Ivy Leichman, J’von Holly, Jack Ohly, Jackie Davis, Jackie Smith, Jacoby Ballard, Jairus Ramos, James (Wesley) Cordery, James Murrell, James V. Fenelon, Jamie Bissonnette, Jan Lanier, Janet Ferguson, Janet Frieswyk, Janice Brassil, Jared Feuer, Jay Kim, Jean Eberhardt, Jeff Graham, Jennica Born, continued on page 40 . . . 38 & Project South staff over 21 years

Abbie Illenberger + Aishah Rashied + Dan Horowitz de Garcia + Melissa Pittman + Brandon Stokes + Josh Reynolds + Becca Shepard + Katherine Mallory + Carolyn Pittman + Tomas On both pages: Former staff, partners, friends, & board members. Encarnacion + Stephanie Suggs + Susan Hagood + Dwayne Edwards + Amber Titus-Love + Tameka Wynn-Sesay + Andrew Payne + Stacy Epps + Stan Mosley + Clark McKnight + Eshanda Fennell + Shella Fon + Alicia Fraser + Gary Watson + Malika Redmond + (We apologize for any omission.) Veronica Jenkins + Will Cordery . . .

And a Special Thank You To Jerome Scott & Walda Katz-Fishman

For countless hours of work to build Project South, expand the reach of popular education, & to invite all of us into a dynamic and evolving vision. Your legacy lives in our work & we celebrate the history - you made it happen! with Respect & Solidarity the executive leadership team

39 Contributors, members & Friends continued from page 38 Jennifer Calderon, Jennifer Efting, Jennifer Gurecki, Jerome Scott, Jerry Atkin, Jerry Gentry & Tina Pippin, Jerry Lembcke, Jessica Gordon Nembhard, Jessica Shiller, Jewell Fennell-Manigualt, Jigna Desai, Jill Hopke, Jill M. Weiler, Jim Fite, JoAnn Chase, Joann Gorrell, Joanna Gaughan, Jody Green, John & Bertha O’Neal, John A. Trimble, John B. McClatchey, John C . Leggett, John Foran, John Robertson, John W & Constance O’Brien, Jojo Geronimo, Jonathan Scolnik, Jonathan Warner, Jonathan Wolf, Jordan Davis, Josef Osterneck, Josephine Buescher, Josh Connor, Josh Lerner, Josh Raisler Cohn, Joshua Noblitt, Joyce Mills, Joyce Moody Edwards, Jozan Powell, Juan Allende, Juan Carlos Velzquez, Judi Clark, Judith A. Smith, Judith Blau, Judith Coode, Judith Rollins, Judith Winfrey & Joe Reynolds, Judy Root Aulette, Julia Allen, Julia Burgess, Julia Hill, June Rostan, Jurg K. 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Congratulations for 21 years of consciousness, visions, & strategy.

Department of Sociology - American University

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