For the second year we’re excited to host a special grant round of our Southern Equality Fund dedicated to so many of the innovative healing efforts led by LGBTQI Black, Indigenous and People of Color …
Healing & Resilience: Building Communities Where LGBTQ Southerners Can Thrive
This month you’ve heard from many of my Campaign for Southern Equality colleagues about specific programs and policy work. Today I want to share a bit about our commitment to Healing & Resilience strategies, which …
Join Us for the Southern LGBTQI Practitioner Support Circle!
Practitioners dedicated to supporting the health, wellness, and healing of LGBTQ people across the South are vital components of an intricate ecosystem that helps provide LGBTQ Southerners the best opportunity to thrive. But these practitioners …
WATCH: Members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Share Indigenous Wisdom from the Mountains
This fall, on October 22, 2020, staffers from the Campaign for Southern Equality traveled to the Qualla Boundary of Cherokee, North Carolina to meet with members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Throughout a …
Black Lives Matter: Virtual Meet-and-Greet with Southern Equality Fund Grantees
2020 did not come to play with us. It has been a jarring few months for most everyone, and especially Black LGBTQ people who have been on a roller coaster of emotions – from pain …
WATCH VIDEOS: The Campaign for Southern Equality Team Explores: “What To The ______ Is the 4th of July?”
On July 5, 1852 Frederick Douglass delivered the epic speech, “What To the Slave is the 4th of July,” addressing approximately 500 attendees in Rochester, NY. Douglass was a fiery orator, a writer, and an …
Webinar: Strategies for Getting Grounded and Staying Principled in Uncertain Times
Isolation can be hard and stillness even more difficult. There is a lot of information out there about COVID-19 – much of it helpful, some of it scary, some of it is anxiety-provoking or overwhelming. …
Old Southern Ways: A Pilot Project on LGBTQ Healing Justice in the South
Note: Click here to RSVP for Holiday Simmons’ Webinar, to be held on Wednesday, September 18! I have an older brother, seven years my senior. As children, we were two peas in a pod, two tall, …
