The Porch

On this episode of The Porch we sit down with, Jamie, Kelly and dani, 3 organizers from across the South fighting data centers in their areas. Each guest walks us through what the fight looks like in their neck of the woods, the lens they’re applying to their organizing, lessons learned, and how we count our wins.  Representing diverse communities across the South; indigenous, working class, rural...

In this episode of The Porch, we sat down with kai lumumba barrow and Serena Sebring, two forever SONG members and community organizers, to discuss ways to create safer environments for our people as authoritarianism ramps up in the United States. With years of activism championing prison abolition and Black freedom movements, these two brilliant organizers discussed what security looks like when...

In this episode of the Porch, Co-Directors Jade Brooks and Carlin Rushing tell the story of how they found Southerners on New Ground (SONG) and their early impressions. Both open the conversation answering a familiar question in SONG circles: “Who are your people and who are you accountable to?” Sharing their outlook on the current moment in the United States and the importance of Southern organiz...

The Porch sat down with two beloved founders of Southerners on New Ground (SONG), Mandy Carter and Pat Hussain. With collectively over 100 years of organizing experience, Mandy and Mama Pat chat about how they first got started as teenagers in the War Resistance and Civil Rights movements, the 1987 March on Washington for Gay, Lesbian and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, and how they began to conne...

Continuing our Creating Change series, the Porch sat down with narrative activists Sam Master and Diamond Stylz to discuss queer and trans liberation in our lifetime. The two talk about their southern roots and the legacy of organizing passed down by women in their families, being a femme as a politic, as well as surviving American racial and gender apartheid. Sam and Diamond also call on marginal...

Join your guest hosts, Kendra R. Johnson and Rolynné Anderson, on the Porch with Southerners on New Ground. This is the inaugural edition of the Porch, a new podcast hosted by Southerners on New Ground. At Creating Change 2025, we sat down with trans elder and lifelong activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy and Shelby Chestnut, Executive Director of the Transgender Law Center. The two discuss the unfol...