Facing South @facingsouth
Online magazine of the Institute for Southern Studies. Voice for a changing South. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://t.co/zQCGXLZB7n facingsouth.org Durham, NC Joined April 2009-
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Check out this interview from @facingsouth spotlighting our partner Andrea Mercado, Executive Director of @FLRising, and her efforts to secure abortion rights in Florida. This November abortion rights will be on the ballot and the people will decide. facingsouth.org/2024/04/andrea…
Gonna thread some work from the Southern Exposure (@facingsouth) archive that speaks to the moment and may be of use to organizers thinking about movement strategy and how the military-industrial complex implicates our campuses and communities. facingsouth.org/southern-expos…
On the same day the Florida Supreme Court upheld new abortion restrictions, it also cleared the way for a ballot measure that would enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution. @chriskromm spoke with @DREAMERcado of @FLRising to learn more. facingsouth.org/2024/04/andrea…
digitizing a Southern Exposure piece on SNCC activists meeting with '80s student organizers, some incredible photos like this of Charles Sherrod holding the mic for then-student Barbara Ransby facingsouth.org/southern-expos…
On a panel at the Southern Exposure 50th anniversary event last spring, Sue Thrasher, Leah Wise, and Bob Hall talked about launching the Institute for Southern Studies and Southern Exposure magazine in the 1970s. facingsouth.org/2023/11/why-we…
This article from 1982 originally appeared in Southern Exposure, Vol. 10 No. 6, "Waging Peace." You can Find more from that issue here. facingsouth.org/1982/11/ballot…
Speaking of Southern communities, @oliviacpaschal interviewed archivist Marc Miller for @facingsouth on his project digitizing the magazine Southern Exposure & more: facingsouth.org/2024/04/five-q…
Check out @Ben_Barber_ in @SCquarterly!
Check out @Ben_Barber_ in @SCquarterly!
Make sure to read @oliviacpaschal's short interview with Marc Miller, a former Southern Exposure editor, published by @facingsouth!
Make sure to read @oliviacpaschal's short interview with Marc Miller, a former Southern Exposure editor, published by @facingsouth!
The former Southern Exposure editor and Institute for Southern Studies staffer reflects on his work on the Southern Exposure digital archives project over the last two years and his career at the Institute. facingsouth.org/2024/04/five-q…
What happens when we forget? A 2018 photo essay by documentarian Lance Warren about the sites of 19th- and 20th-century lynchings as they appear today facingsouth.org/2018/05/what-h… #Racism #RacialViolence #WhiteSupremacy #Lynching #Remember
John Lewis and other SNCC members believed that every person has a role to play in securing democracy. Every person, created equally, should have equal civic standing and the ability to shape public life. It's an expansive vision of democracy. facingsouth.org/2024/03/honori…
"Books is contraband," said a prison warden. When asked what happened to confiscated books, he went on to say that some were put in the prison's library, while others were burned in a nearby field. Outstanding article by @bshelburne in @facingsouth: facingsouth.org/2022/03/voices…
On this day in 2020, Louisville police officers shot and killed 26-year-old Breonna Taylor during a no-knock raid in the middle of the night. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…
This month marks the 59th anniversary of Selma, Alabama's Bloody Sunday. Read this reflection on the life and legacy of civil rights icon John Lewis and the importance of sustaining the fight to expand voting rights across the South. facingsouth.org/2024/03/honori…
#Onthisday in 1965, police brutally attacked hundreds of civil rights activists during a march for voting rights in Selma, Alabama, now known as Bloody Sunday. Read @walktrey's powerful reflection on the 59th anniversary of that day. facingsouth.org/2024/03/honori…
"John Lewis and other movement leaders believed that every person has a role to play in securing democracy. Every person, created equally, should have equal civic standing and the ability to shape public life. It's an expansive vision of democracy." facingsouth.org/2024/03/honori…
heya Southern folks at the intersection of organizing/academia/research (this is lots of you): @facingsouth is hiring a Director of Programs that you could be a fit for! salary range is $95k-$105k, based in Durham: eostransitions.applicantpool.com/jobs/1061128
Some meditations from me here on Congressman Lewis, and how we might honor our ancestors through our political commitments.
Some meditations from me here on Congressman Lewis, and how we might honor our ancestors through our political commitments.
This month marks the 59th anniversary of Selma Alabama's Bloody Sunday. Democracy advocate @walktrey reflects on the life and legacy of civil rights icon John Lewis and the importance of sustaining the fight to expand voting rights across the South. facingsouth.org/2024/03/honori…
Olivia Paschal @oliviacpaschal
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Molly Minta 🐟 @mintamolly
4K Followers 3K Following @mstodaynews higher ed reporter with @opencampusmedia. reach me at [email protected]Check out this interview from @facingsouth spotlighting our partner Andrea Mercado, Executive Director of @FLRising, and her efforts to secure abortion rights in Florida. This November abortion rights will be on the ballot and the people will decide. facingsouth.org/2024/04/andrea…
Speaking of Southern communities, @oliviacpaschal interviewed archivist Marc Miller for @facingsouth on his project digitizing the magazine Southern Exposure & more: facingsouth.org/2024/04/five-q…
Glad to contribute to the Spring 2024 issue of @SCquarterly! Check it out here: southerncultures.org/issues/the-vot…
Make sure to read @oliviacpaschal's short interview with Marc Miller, a former Southern Exposure editor, published by @facingsouth!
Five questions with Marc Miller—early Southern Exposure editor, Institute staffer, longtime editor, has been holding down the back end of the archive digitization process: facingsouth.org/2024/04/five-q…
"Books is contraband," said a prison warden. When asked what happened to confiscated books, he went on to say that some were put in the prison's library, while others were burned in a nearby field. Outstanding article by @bshelburne in @facingsouth: facingsouth.org/2022/03/voices…
On this day in 2020, Louisville police officers shot and killed 26-year-old Breonna Taylor during a no-knock raid in the middle of the night. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…
heya Southern folks at the intersection of organizing/academia/research (this is lots of you): @facingsouth is hiring a Director of Programs that you could be a fit for! salary range is $95k-$105k, based in Durham: eostransitions.applicantpool.com/jobs/1061128
Some meditations from me here on Congressman Lewis, and how we might honor our ancestors through our political commitments.
This month marks the 59th anniversary of Selma Alabama's Bloody Sunday. Democracy advocate @walktrey reflects on the life and legacy of civil rights icon John Lewis and the importance of sustaining the fight to expand voting rights across the South. facingsouth.org/2024/03/honori…
4/5 @facingsouth, the online magazine of the Institute for Southern Studies published an interview with John Lewis (he was a founding board member) in which he recalls his role in helping to organize the #NashvilleSitIns. facingsouth.org/2020/07/rememb… #BlackHistoryMonth
"Ancestral wisdom is guiding communities in eastern North Carolina as they eye new funding from President Biden’s Justice40 Initiative." Uprooter @caminunderland for @AtmosMag buff.ly/4b6BdmF
WE'RE HIRING! The Institute for Southern Studies, publisher of @facingsouth, is hiring for a Director of Programs. This is an exciting leadership position at a critical moment for change in the South. Job details and information about how to apply here: eostransitions.applicantpool.com/jobs/1061128
#tdih 1966, Georgia State House refused to seat Julian Bond despite his election (82% of vote) as a state rep, because of his endorsement of SNCC statement against U.S. in Vietnam. They denied Bond & the voters their rights. #VoterSuppression Read ⬇️ 🧵 zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/geor…
if you haven’t checked out the Southern Exposure archive at @facingsouth in a while, you should! PDFs of all issues through 1989 are now available to download, plus a few more. ft. lots of your favorite theorists, journalists, activists, poets, writers: facingsouth.org/southern-expos…
@facingsouth Thank you for the link. Honestly, I enjoyed this story so much and see many of my family in it.
Election disruptions and barriers in Southern states point to challenges for 2024 facingsouth.org/2023/11/electi…
"Tonight's ruling upends almost 60 years of precedent in which civil rights groups have enforced Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act to make sure that our country has a democracy that is free from racial discrimination." - LDF President and Director-Counsel, Janai Nelson
‼️New episode ‼️ Sue Thrasher, Leah Wise, and Bob Hall on the founding and work of the Institute for Southern Studies and Southern Exposure, at a panel recorded live in March. In partnership with @facingsouth: open.spotify.com/episode/1ZrqXm…
I'm speaking on a @InnovationRJI repro reporting panel tomorrow with some incredible journalists! Join us at 12 pm ET for good chat: bit.ly/RJIReproPanel
By building on the federal VRA with legal tools designed to counter modern forms of discrimination in voting, state VRAs can help fulfill the federal law’s original promise of ensuring equal access to the ballot box regardless of race, color, or language. naacpldf.org/why-state-and-…
For @facingsouth, I spoke with Arkansas educators to get insight on the Arkansas Department of Education’s decision to not count AP African American Studies for graduation credit. All six schools piloting the course this year are offering the course for local credit.
The Arkansas Department of Education said AP African American Studies would not count for graduation credit, citing a recent law banning ‘indoctrination.’ Arkansas educators — share their perspectives. facingsouth.org/2023/09/arkans…
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