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Uganda: Vaccine Apartheid, Linking our Global Struggles: A Collaboration between Highlander and Equal Health’s Campaign Against Racism Chapters

https://vimeo.com/652211981 In this segment of our As We Re/Gather collaboration with Equal Health’s international chapters of its Campaign Against Racism, CAR’s Uganda chapter lays out… Read More

Linking our Global Struggles: A Collaboration between Highlander and Equal Health’s Campaign Against Racism Chapters / India

This period has made it obvious that we are much more connected than we think and that artificial barriers created because of race, gender, caste,… Read More

Linking our Global Struggles: A Collaboration between Highlander and Equal Health’s Campaign Against Racism Chapters

Over the course of our As We Re/Gather project this year, we invited folks to share their stories and experiences emerging from the last 18… Read More

adrienne maree brown and Makani Themba on hope and possibilities

Highlander Board Co-Chair Makani Themba and adrienne maree brown joined us at Highlander’s 2021 Homecoming to bring light and love in a conversation about what… Read More

How Grief Shapes Our Work

Highlander Co-Executive Directors Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson and Allyn Maxfield-Steele join in another conversation as part of our As We Re/Gather project, reflecting on how grief… Read More

Reflections from 2020 Organizing in Germany

Hilary Moore and Vincent Bababoutilabo join our As We Re/Gather project in conversation from Germany, sharing reflections on anti-racist organizing in Germany, lessons in organizing… Read More

“Connecting Lands”

Amira Karaoud is a photojournalist and audio-producer based in Louisville, KY. Karaoud is passionate about telling stories of tight-knit communities who thrive on finding… Read More

“Nashville: A Pandemic Observed”

The photography exhibit “Nashville: A Pandemic Observed” is on display at the Scarritt Bennett Center in Nashville, TN,  through Sept. 30. Curator and photographer Joon… Read More

On Thriving

Highlander Co-Executive Directors Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson and Allyn Maxfield-Steele continue their conversations as part of our As We Re/Gather project, asking questions to examine our understanding of thriving in this time. Read More

Beyond Transition: Appalachia’s Pathway to Justice and Transformation

This report was crafted from feedback gathered in a listening and assessment process following the culmination of Highlander's Appalachian Transition Fellowship program. With support from Dialogue and Design, 20 grassroots organizers in Central Appalachia were interviewed about the values and principles underlying just transition work in the region. They lifted up case studies, opportunities, and challenges toward advancing a transformative vision for new economies in Central Appalachia, particularly as we emerge from 2020, an historic year of loss and resistance that amplified how intersecting crises rooted in white supremacy and capitalism impact our lives and communities in this particular moment. Read More