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1. 75th Anniversary Celebration; August 31-September 2, 2007
Highlander is people! Highlander is you! Highlander is 75 years of work for justice in Appalachia and the South!

Come join us for Highlander's 75th Anniversary Celebration on August 31-September 2, 2007. Celebrate Highlander’s work of yesterday, today and tomorrow. See old friends and meet new ones. Talk about organizing in the South. Sing, dance, laugh, eat, and strategize where we all go from here in the next stage of the fight for democracy and justice.

The schedule for the celebration includes the following:

Saturday and Sunday's activities at Highlander are free and open to the public. Donations accepted. There will be activities for children age 12 and under on Saturday and Sunday. Interpretation and accessibility assistance will be available as well.

For more information, see the articles below and www.highlandercenter.org/anniversary. To register for the celebration, go to www.highlandercenter.org/anniversary/registration.asp.

2. Educational Institutes
Would you like to learn more about how Highlander works with grassroots activists and organizations? Want to sharpen your skills and learn from people doing similar work in other communities?

If you do, plan to attend one of our 75th Anniversary Educational Institutes on Friday, August 31, the day before the 75th Anniversary Celebration. The institutes are day-long, single-topic trainings on the core methodologies that have been the backbone of Highlander's ability to impact communities for the last 75 years.

Choose from one of five core methodologies and spend an entire day with Highlander staff and other nationally known leaders in their field. Topics include:

• Popular Education
• Participatory Research
• Cultural Organizing
• Multilingual Capacity Building
• Communications for Change

Tuition for the institutes is: $20 for Students/Community; $35 for Individuals; $50 for Grassroots Organizations; and $75 for Organizations/Institutions. Registration includes materials, lunch and round-trip transportation between the Best Western Strawberry Inn & Suites or the La Quinta Inn and Highlander.

For more information about the institutes, visit www.highlandercenter.org/anniversary/institutes.asp. To register, go to www.highlandercenter.org/anniversary/registration.asp.

3. Benefit Concert On Saturday, September 1st, Highlander will host a benefit concert at the Bijou Theater in Knoxville. The concert will feature: Ani DiFranco Bernice Johnson Reagon & Toshi Reagon Baldemar Velasquez & the Aguila Negra Band The SNCC Freedom Singers Tickets are $25, $50, and $75 and go on sale to the general public on June 8th. To purchase tickets: Online: www.knoxbijou.com OR Tickets Unlimited (865) 656-4444 (877) 995-9961 OR Bijou Box Office @ the Tennessee Theater (865) 684-1200 604 S. Gay Street Knoxville, TN 37902 (Clinch Ave. side of the building) For more information about the concert, visit www.highlandercenter.org/anniversary/concert.asp.

Ani DiFranco (photo by Danny Clinch) Bernice Johnson Reagon (photo by Sharon Farmer) Toshi Reagon (photo by Molly Rubin)

4. Travel & Lodging
To make it easier for Highlander's friends and supporters to attend the 75th Anniversary Celebration, we have arranged discounted airfare on United Airlines and reduced rates at several local hotels. For the best rates, be sure to make your travel arrangements soon.

Details at www.highlandercenter.org/anniversary/travel.asp.

5. Support Highlander's 75th Anniversary
Join Highlander's 75th Anniversary Circle of Support by making a donation of $75 or more to support the 75th anniversary activities. You can view a list of suggested giving levels on the Highlander website at www.highlandercenter.org/anniversary/support.asp.

Individual and organizational contribution will be recognized at the 75th Anniversary Celebration and in the anniversary yearbook. People/organizations who give $1,000 or more will receive complimentary tickets to the Educational Institutes. People/organizations who give $7,500 or more will receive free tickets to the Benefit Concert as well.

You can use the button below to make a secure online donation through Groundspring. If you do, be sure to indicate that your contribution is for the 75th Anniversary Celebration.

For more information, visit www.highlandercenter.org/anniversary/support.asp or contact Tami Newman, Highlander's Development Coordinator, at 865-933-3443 x 234, or newman@highlandercenter.org.

6. Share Your Highlander Story
If you have participated in a Highlander program, attended a Highlander workshop or meeting, served on the staff or Board, or been influenced in other ways by your Highlander experience, we would love to hear from you, particularly how your Highlander experience has helped you in your work for justice.

We will share some of these stories on the Highlander Web site, in our 75th anniversary timeline, in other publications, and during the 75th activities.

To share your Highlander story, please visit www.highlandercenter.org/anniversary/75th-feedback.asp.

Thanks for your help! We're looking forward to hearing from you.