Institute for Southern Studies

In other words, here in North Carolina, I became an heir to an ecosystem of institutions and activists that envisioned a new kind of South. From the North Carolina Muslim communities, I developed a steadfast commitment to persevere, driven by preserving our own stories and legacies. Through narrative change, archival work, and storytelling, I saw our local leaders reinforce that Muslim history is American history and vice versa. “Where are you from?” My answer: We’ve been here. https://lnkd.in/ersvvVCb

"In other words, here in North Carolina, I became an heir to an ecosystem of institutions and activists that envisioned a new kind of South. From the North Carolina Muslim communities, I developed a steadfast commitment to persevere, driven by preserving our own stories and legacies. Through narrative change, archival work, and storytelling, I saw our local leaders reinforce that Muslim history is American history and vice versa. “Where are you from?” My answer: We’ve been here." https://lnkd.in/ersvvVCb

In the fifth story in our CAROLINADAZE series, Hadeel Hamoud traces the enduring presence of Muslim communities in the South and the region's movements for change. https://lnkd.in/ersvvVCb

Beautiful essay by Hadeel Hamoud in our latest drop from CAROLINADAZE at Facing South. It's been such an honor and joy to work on curating/editing this series with incredible young writers, all Southerners who are working to make our world collective and more whole. Common Cause North Carolina Institute for Southern Studies

 Democracy is not just a political system but is deeply rooted in the power of people. As I witnessed in the summer of 2014 and have continued to learn in my own life, social change has not come from the top down; it has come from the bottom up, writes Benjamin Barber. https://lnkd.in/eD73iHdT

"Democracy is not just a political system, but is deeply rooted in the power of people. As I witnessed in the summer of 2014 and have continued to learn in my own life, social change has not come from the top down; it has come from the bottom up." https://lnkd.in/ef8vMFdK

With the 2024 elections awash in misinformation, here is Facing South's guide to reliable sources for finding out how to vote, and what happens after your ballot is cast. https://lnkd.in/dQJucQnU

Documents and recordings obtained by Facing South show that key North Carolina local election officials and GOP leaders are active in the N.C. Election Integrity Team, a right-wing group that peddles voting conspiracies and denies the 2020 presidential election results. This raises concerns about their role in the battleground state this year, Lekha Shupeck and Chris Kromm report. https://lnkd.in/em8BkssP

In the fourth story in our CAROLINADAZE series, Benjamin Barber explores the history of Freedom Summer and the growing importance of local organizing and youth engagement in cultivating democracy in North Carolina and the South. https://lnkd.in/eD73iHdT

Step Up Louisiana co-founder and co-director Maria Harmon joined the Southern Labor Studies Association's Working History podcast to talk about the group’s Freedom Summer-inspired voter turnout campaigns and grassroots mobilization efforts in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Jefferson Parish, New Orleans’ proposed Workers Bill of Rights, and the future of economic and education justice organizing in Louisiana. Maria, who is from Lake Charles, has been organizing in Louisiana since she was 16 years old. https://lnkd.in/e4fyfQJb