1959 Highlander Way · New Market,
TN 37820 · phone: (865) 933-3443 · fax: (865) 933-3424
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1959 Highlander Way · New Market,
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[4/22/08] |
View from the Hill #25 now online. Articles on Transitions: A Young Adult Leadership Gathering, Interpreter Training Workshop, El Foro Latino 2008, Coal River Mountain Watch on Highlander's 75th, and more... Click here to read. Back issues of View are available here. [4/22/08]
"Bilingual Resource From Highlander's Bookstore" featured in The Popular Education News (No. 57; April 2008). To order from the Highlander bookstore, click here. [4/10/08]
Data from Highlander's Anemometer Tower for January and February 2008 now online. If we had a windmill, we would have generated 787 kWh in January and 1,423 kWh in February, worth a total of $331.45 at current rates. [2/24/08]
Photographs from the Interpreter Training Workshop at Highlander, 3/13-15/08. [3/24/08]
James Lawson, John Egerton, and Nashville Students Visit Highlander; 2/22-24/08. See a picture of the group here. [3/17/08]
The Black Panthers Come to Highlander - Wednesday, April 2, 2008; 9:00–11:00 AM. Join Highlander for an open dialogue with members of the Black Panther Party: Mr. David Hilliard, Ms. Fredricka Newton, and Mr. James Calhoun. For more information, click here. [3/17/08]
Check out "Highlander 75th Anniversary" -- a story about Highlander's 75th anniversary gathering -- in the Winter 2007 issue of the Coal River Mountain Watch Messenger. [3/17/08]
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers is launching a national petition campaign to end modern-day slavery and sweatshops in the fields! For more information and a link to the petition, visit our View from the Hill blog. [3/10/08]
View from the Hill #24 now online. Special Remembrance - Rev. James Orange; Upcoming Highlander Workshops; New Materials at the Highlander Bookstore!; Youth and Intergenerational Workshop at Appalachian Studies Conference;Guy and Candie Carawan at the Ash Grove Reunion, and more... [2/27/08]
Interpreting for Social Justice - March 14-16, 2008. For bilingual social justice activists who would like to learn more about interpreting and translating in a social justice context to empower immigrant communities and build alliances across communities. Applications now closed. More... [2/24/08]
Check out "East Tennessee Landmark Celebrates 75 Years," a report about Highlander that aired on WBIR, Knoxville, on 2/21/08. The story focuses on Highlander's role in the Civil Rights Movement, and includes interviews with Pam McMichael, Candie Carawan, and Guy Carawan (text & video). [2/24/08]
Read "Slaves, Sharecroppers, Now Immigrants," a new post on the AFL-CIO Now Blog by Tula Cornel about the exploitation of immigrant workers. [2/17/08]
Highlander and Appalshop plan youth and intergenerational workshops at the Appalachian Studies Association conference, March 28-30. For more information, see our View from the Hill blog. [2/15/08]
Help nominate Pete Seeger for a Nobel Peace Prize. For more information, see our View from the Hill blog. [2/15/08]
The Fisk Jubilee Singers: Singing Our Song - Friday, 2/15/08 - at the Historic Tennessee Theater in Knoxville. More... [2/5/08]
Highlander pays tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King. Listen to Dr. King's keynote address at Highlander's 25th anniversary celebration in September 1957. [1/20/08]
Data from Highlander's Anemometer Tower for October 2007 now online. If we had a windmill, we would have generated 504 kWh, saving $75 at current rates. [1/7/08]
December 2007 issue of Highlander Reports now online, with pictures and quotes from the 75th anniversary celebration (PDF 1.2MB). To read back issues of Highlander Reports, click here. [1/1/08]
View from the Hill #23 now online - Holiday Greetings, SE Immigrant Rights Network, SOA Vigil, Justice Schools for TIRRC, and more. To read back issues of View, click here. [12/22/07]
Check out the forthcoming issue of Appalachian Journal, which focuses on Appalachian activism and honors Steve Fisher, a noted activist, author, and political science professor at Emory and Henry University, who is a longtime friend of Highlander and a member of the Highlander Board. Several of the articles discuss Highlander's work in Appalachia. [12/13/07]
Photos from Highlander's "Justice School" sessions for the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition now online [12/5/07]
Visit "What's My Connection to Mountaintop Removal" to see how your electricity is connected to mountaintop removal and what you can do to stop it. [12/4/07]
View from the Hill #22 now online - updates on Highlander's support for a national gathering on the criminalization of youth, and more! Click here to view. [11/30/07]
Highlander staff member attends international social justice forum in Caracas, Venezuela. Read press coverage of the event here. See pictures here. [11/27/07]
Check out "Will Democracy Survive in the 21st Century? Why Progressive Leaders Need to Know About Cultural Organizing" a new blog entry on the Huffington Post by Judi Jennings, Executive Director of the Kentucky Foundation for Women. The blog highlights Jennings' analysis and notes from Highlander's 75th Anniversary Gathering. To read the blog click here. [11/5/07]
Guy Carawan's recording of "Which Side Are You On?" by Florence Reece is the song of the month on the Labor Notes website. Visit http://labornotes.org/node/1385 to hear the song and to see background information and pictures about its origin in the bitter coal-mine strikes in Harlan County, KY, in the 1930s. [11/2/07]
View Highlander photographs from the Wisconsin Historical Society, the primary archive for Highlander's historical material. The Society is adding photos to the online collection on a regular basis. Photos currently available date from Highlander's founding to the 1960s. [10/28/07]
Check out Pete Seeger: The Power of Song, a new film about Pete Seeger, a long-time friend and supporter of Highlander. For a description by the film's director, Jim Brown, click here. [10/28/07]
Interviews with Mónica Hernández (Highlander) and Pancho Arguelles (Colectivo Flatlander) about popular education and Highlander's support for immigrant organizing; plus an article by John Hurst about Highlander and the Civil Rights Movement; in the Fall 2007 issue of Race, Poverty, and the Environment. [10/17/07]
Highlander installs an anemometer tower to test for a windmill - Learn more here. See pictures here. [10/7/07]
Day of Action to Free Burma - Octobe 6, 2007 [10/5/07]
Carpetbag Theater presents the 5th annual Show What You Know Festival - A Moveable Feast Celebrating Community Knowledge & Expertise Through the Arts. October 11-14, 2007; Knoxville, TN. Click here for more... [10/4/04]
View from the Hill, #21, now online - with a report on the 75th Anniversary Celebration [9/9/07]
Happy Birthday, Guy Carawan! - Join Pete Seeger, Bernice Johnson Reagon, and Hazel Dickens in honoring Guy - one of the movement's most inspirational musicians. Click here for more... [8/23/07]
Aunt Lillian's Deed - a new play about how Dr. Lillian Johnson donated her property to Myles Horton and Don West to establish the Highlander Folk School. Click here for more information. [8/20/07]
Links to recent articles about Highlander on our Press and Online Coverage page - including one about a party in Tacoma, WA, in honor of Highlander's 75th anniversary. [8/16/07]
View from the Hill #19 - with information on the 75th Anniversary Celebration program and the 75th Anniversary Circle of Support. [8/3/07]
View from the Hill #18 now available, with articles on Highlander Workshops at the US Social Forum, Highlander Staff Member Elandria Williams at the Take Back America Conference, and Highlander Picketed by Children's Justice Camp. [6/26/07]
Tufara Waller Muhammad, Highlander's Cultural Organizer, quoted in Atlanta Journal-Constitution article on the US Social Forum: "US Social Forum aims to help activists blend strengths". [6/26/07]
Highlander Staff Member Elandria Williams at the Take Back America Conference; June 18, 2007 [6/25/07]
Pictures from the Highlander party in Knoxville on April 28, 2007, now online. [6/12/07]
Highlander Reports, December 2006-March 2007 now available online (PDF, 87KB), with articles on Highlander's new Board and staff members. For information from the insert on Highlander's 75th anniversary celebration, click here. For back issues of Highlander Reports, click here. [6/12/07]
Photographs from the 75th Anniversary CD recording session, April 2007. [6/7/07]
View from the Hill #17 - 75th Anniversary Update - is now online. This issue includes a schedule of events and information about the 75th Anniversary Benefit Concert, Educational Institutes, and more. To read back issues of View from the Hill, click here. [5/31/07]
View from the Hill #16 is now available online with articles about Highlander's strategic plan, the Justice at Peabody Campaign, and Highlander's recent Interpreting for Social Justice workshops. To read back issues of View from the Hill, click here. [5/1/07]
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Another world is possible! Join Highlander staff and thousands of other activists at the US Social Forum in Atlanta, GA, on June 27-July 1, 2007. Click here to go to the USSF Web site. [4/23/07] |
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New initiatives to support organizing and movement building in Appalachia and the South! - Learn more in the Executive Summary of Highlander's new strategic plan. [4/20/07] |
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Photographs of the Good Karma Gardening Circle in Highlander's 2007 Photo Gallery. [4/16/07] |
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Photographs of interpreter training workshops at Highlander and in Hattiesburg, MS in Highlander's 2007 Photo Gallery. [4/16/07] |
Read the action steps from Highlander's Intergenerational Think Tank; July 28-30, 2006 [3/27/07]
Check out our Highlander history video, which tells the story of Highlander in pictures, music, and text. [3/6/07]
View from the Hill, #15 - New Staff at Highlander - now available online. To read back issues of View from the Hill, click here. [2/27/07]
New resources on our Immigration Issues page! [1/7/07]
Read the December issue of View from the Hill, with articles on Highlander's upcoming 75th anniversary celebration, our new strategic plan, the National Youth Training Institute; the Immigrant Leadership Development Institute graduation, and more! [1/5/07]
November 05-November 06 issue of Highlander Reports, a special issue on immigration, now available online. (English/Spanish). Articles include: "Can a Human Being Be Illegal?," "Why Are So Many People Coming to the United States from Mexico?," "Why Don't They Just Play by the Rules? Myths and Facts about U.S. Immigration Policy," "Playing with People's Lives: Politicians, Militarization, and the Border," and "You Canot Organize Together if You Can't Talk to Each Other! Bridging the Language Barrier," as well as a list of additional resources. [1/5/07]
There are no positions open at Highlander at this time.
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