Article from Scalawag Magazine - Mutual aid—along with regional action and local policy change—is just one of the tactics central to the People's First 100 Days, a regional organizing campaign to grow Southern movement power. It's the first step in a year-long action plan developed when members of the Southern Movement Assembly (SMA) gathered in 2019, knowing that regardless of the outcome of the 2020 election, our communities would still need to fight for equity and justice.
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The State of the South Report 2020 is the SMA’s assessment on the state of justice struggles across various frontlines of the U.S. South. Offered from the perspective of leaders and organizations leading both the sustained resistance and creative solutions to injustices, this report is shaped by the work, experiences, thinking, analysis, strategies, relationships and vision of the hundreds of people who have been part of the Southern MovementAssembly over the last decade. In particular, it brings forward the voices and work of the 700+ frontline organizers from across the region making offerings in any of three People’s Movement Assemblies during the summer of 2020.
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The Southern Movement Blueprint represents the synthesis of our collective work. We believe in a liberated South that honors the culture, dignity, and safety for all people. This vision includes the liberation of land, bodies, economies, and political power of all oppressed people.
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The Southern Movement Assembly practices synthesis as a form of collective decision-making.This document reflects over six years of work, organizing, and peoples movement assemblies that have gathered over 700 Southern community members to name what is happening, cultivate visionary solutions, and plan coordinated actions across the region.
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