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.
Relational Format
conference proceeding
Recommended Citation
Carter, Mandy and University of Mississippi. School of Journalism and New Media, "Advancing Each Other: Building Coalitions Across Communities" (2020). All In. All Year Events Calendar. 14.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/all_in/2020/events/14
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.