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A light-skinned Black person speaks into a microphone at a podium. She is surrounded by others and the North Carolina flag.
Serena Sebring from SONG speaks at a rally in Raleigh (2016). (Photo: Nat Johnson)

Southerners on New Ground is founded.

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Serena Sebring from SONG speaks at a rally in Raleigh (2016). (Photo: Nat Johnson)

Southerners on New Ground (SONG) is founded as an intersectional LGBTQ+ organization that works to build coalitions between oppressed peoples throughout the U.S. South.

On their website they write: "We formed to build understanding of the connections between issues and oppressions, do multi-racial organizing, and develop strong relationships between people who could and should be allies."

SONG continues to lead foundational campaigns for economic and racial justice and LGBTQ+ liberation in the U.S. South, and to impact national organizing.