Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism – Southern Lesbian Feminist Activist Herstory Project

Carolyn Mobley-Bowie: Spiritual Warrior-Singer

Carolyn Mobley-Bowie: Spiritual Warrior-Singer

Reverend Elder Carolyn Mobley-Bowie

“Black people are my people, gay folk are my people, and church people are my people.”

Posted on October 24, 2022 Posted in Culture and the Arts, Social Justice, Women’s Health, and Social Services, Spirituality and Religion Tagged with AALGA, Adrain Bowie, African American Lesbian and Gay Alliance, Atlanta Feminist Women’s Chorus, Atlanta Georgia, Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance ALFA, feminism, home missionary, Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism, Houston Texas, Interdenominational Theological Center, ITC, Metropolitan Community Church MCC, racism, Richmond Virginia, Sanford Florida, Second Baptist MCC Houston, Shiloh Baptist Church Orlando, SISTERS, Southern Baptist, Southern Baptist Convention, womanism

Southerners on New Ground (SONG): Then and Now

Southerners on New Ground (SONG): Then and Now

SONG cofounders, left to right, Mandy Carter, Suzanne Pharr, Joan Garner, Pat Hussain, Mab Segrest, and Pam McMichael. Few pictures of the whole group together exist, and this picture, taken in 2013 by Edie Daly, is no exception. Mab Segrest has been added (with her permission).

Southerners on New Ground (SONG) is an organization formed in 1992 to establish coalitions for social change. Interviews with all six founders are online.

Posted on March 17, 2022 Posted in Social and Political Groups, Social Justice, Women’s Health, and Social Services Tagged with activism, Administrations of Lunacy: Racism and the Haunting of American Psychiatry, Alliance Against Women’s Oppression, antiracism, Bayard Rustin Commemoration Project, coalitions, Creating Change, Diary of a Race Traitor, Fund for Southern Communities, Highlander Research & Education Center, Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism, intersectionality, Joan Garner, Kentucky’s Fairness Campaign, LGBTQ, Mab Segrest, Mandy Carter, National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC), National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), North Carolinians Against Racist and Religious Violence (NCARRV), Pam McMichael, Pat Hussain, Poor People’s Campaign, Showing up for Racial Justice (SURJ), social justice, spotlight, Suzanne Pharr, Transformation: Toward a People's Democracy, War Resisters League