Advancing Each Other: Building Coalitions Across Communities

Location

Overby Center Auditorium

Start Date

13-2-2020 11:00 AM

End Date

13-2-2020 12:00 PM

Publication Date

February 2020

Description

Mandy Carter is a human rights activist and a legend in the LGBTQ+ community. A resident of Durham, North Carolina, she is a cofounder of Southerners on New Ground (SONG), a human rights organization devoted to uniting LGBTQ+ people in the South and to assisting poor, rural, and working-class southerners in becoming leaders in shaping the region’s future. Her talk focuses on her fifty-two years of grassroots activism. She explores how diverse communities might unite around shared goals of peace and justice. Her visit is cosponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, School of Journalism and New Media, the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies, and the Center for Inclusion and Cross-Cultural Engagement.

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Feb 13th, 11:00 AM Feb 13th, 12:00 PM

Advancing Each Other: Building Coalitions Across Communities

Overby Center Auditorium

Mandy Carter is a human rights activist and a legend in the LGBTQ+ community. A resident of Durham, North Carolina, she is a cofounder of Southerners on New Ground (SONG), a human rights organization devoted to uniting LGBTQ+ people in the South and to assisting poor, rural, and working-class southerners in becoming leaders in shaping the region’s future. Her talk focuses on her fifty-two years of grassroots activism. She explores how diverse communities might unite around shared goals of peace and justice. Her visit is cosponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, School of Journalism and New Media, the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies, and the Center for Inclusion and Cross-Cultural Engagement.