Let’s be real; organizing and fighting for our collective liberation is HARD work! As frontline organizers in the South, the political terrain has ramped up and the already overwhelming  challenges keep multiplying. While we remain steadfast in the practice of resisting and building, we have to be honest about the grief and burnout our communities and people are facing, including ourselves. Watch this month’s #StateOfTheSouth Call to explore ways we can overcome, resist, and build tools within our groups/organizations/formations in the South for communal care, balance, and sustainability. When we converge, it is an act of resistance to isolation. Our liberation starts with acknowledgement that we are stronger together than by ourselves.

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SMA State of The South Calls advance the Southern Freedom Movement in the 21st Century. Rooted in the historic legacies of the South, organizers, participants of assemblies, formations, and groups convene on monthly calls to assess the political moment, workshop tactics towards the implementation of shared strategies and leadership development; build transformative relationships through the centering of collective healing and joy; set out to practice governance in real time through the carrying out of the SMA Multi Year Action Plan!Register for the Regional Calls at bit.ly/StateOfTheSouthSeries

SMA State of The South Monthly Calls happen on the last Wednesday of the month are grounded in our collective principle of Resist and Build framework: We believe political direction is determined by big picture analysis grounded in the struggle to dismantle white supremacy, economic exploitation, and colonialism while simultaneously building decolonization processes for liberation of all people. We do this through landscape assessment, data and resource sharing, political and popular education models, and frontline spokescouncil process.