ATL Get Ready: Action Steps for May Day! Communities across the country are rising up, and Georgia is no exception.
📢 Friday, May 1: Join the May Day Atlanta Solidarity Actions. Show up. Protect our communities. For more info, please visit us at: atlgetready.my.canva.site
Project South's Legal and Policy Director Azadeh N. Shahshahani will be speaking on a panel called "Anti-Muslim Hate in the Wake of the US-Israel War on Iran" tomorrow, March 31st at 1PM EST. You can watch it virtually on Zoom.
Register here: tinyurl.com/5n8k8uym
Check out the new article in Truthout by Project South’s Stephanie Guilloud and Freedom Trainers’ Daniel Hunter: “Our neighbors who confronted ICE in Minnesota have taught us how grieving gives us the courage to continue our dissent.”
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Our neighbors who confronted ICE in Minnesota have taught us how grieving gives us the courage to continue our dissent.
“While the Pentagon’s violence has been unavoidable for many people around the world, it has largely been hidden from the view of most of the U.S. population. Not anymore.“
Georgia advocacy groups condemn the U.S. government’s bombing of civilian areas across Tehran and other cities, which has killed and injured thousands of Iranian civilians as part of its illegal war. Read full press release here: bit.ly/NoWarIran2026
Check out Project South's Legal and Advocacy Director Azadeh Shahshahani on Episode 12 of Law at the Margin's Law + Liberation series!
Watch the full episode on YouTube here: bit.ly/4b53FpT
Trump has turned the U.S. war machine into a made-for-TV spectacle—and it’s spectacularly unpopular. As the bombing of Iran escalates, Khury Petersen-Smith and Azadeh Shahshahani argue we should channel public anger into organizing to dismantle militarism for good.
"When U.S. planes bombed Iran last summer, Trump inaccurately declared that the U.S. had “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program. This is because the story Trump is telling is far more important to him than actual facts."
"[T]he U.S. news media largely complied with not asking too many questions as the government abducted people ... and tortured them in Guantánamo Bay, bombed countries in the Global South, and terrorized communities here — all in the name of 'fighting terrorism' and stopping 'criminal activity.'"
While the Pentagon’s violence has been unavoidable for many people around the world, it has largely been hidden from the view of most of the U.S. population. Not anymore.
Trump has turned the U.S. war machine into a made-for-TV spectacle—and it’s spectacularly unpopular. For @inthesetimes.com, Azadeh Shahshahani and Khury Petersen-Smith argue we should channel public anger into organizing to dismantle militarism for good.
inthesetimes.com/article/trum...
Black and white drawing of movement elder Aljosie Aldrich Harding. She has cropped hair and is wearing earrings. She sits in a chair that says, “In loving memory of Vincent G. Harding.”
Aljosie Aldrich Harding (b. 1941) “The main thing I like to share about activism and change, is that the heart of it is that inner work, that inner work that you do yourself that keeps you strong, that keeps you stable, and helps you to see injustice everywhere and at the same time believe that something is possible.” Reared in segregated North Carolina, Aljosie Aldrich Harding began learning, teaching, and building social justice skills along with organizing in the 1960s as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Lome, Togo, West Africa. She has been a servant-leader at the Institute of the Black World (Atlanta), a think tank and advocacy organization, and the Learning House (Atlanta), an independent Afrocentric freedom school. She built intergenerational relationships with social justice and peace organizations across the United States and abroad with her co-worker, partner, and late husband, Vincent Harding. Her organizational links have included the Bruderhof, Soka Gakkai International, Young Adult Quakers, the Dorothy Cotton Institute, the Walter Rodney Symposium and Foundation, Tewa Women United, Kid Cultivators, and the Yale-National University of Singapore. As a spiritual guide and self-described ‘pollinator,’ she shares healing justice practices in all her organizational work and is a proselytizer of radical love. She is a member of the National Council of Elders. Hear more from Aljosie by tuning into the National Council of Elders podcast, "The Nerve! Conversations with Movement Elders" on all streaming platforms. Aljosie Aldrich Harding is a Freedom Fighter, and she teaches us how to fight, and love, and to trust the divine timing of the universe.
It may be the end of Black History Month, but we celebrate Black movement elders all year round! Meet Aljosie Aldrich Harding, Movement Elder-in-Residence @projectsouth.bsky.social: a Black movement elder who believes in the power of movement journalism. We’re grateful for her life and legacy.
Trump’s newest move in the pro-Israel crackdown: sanctions on Palestinian human rights orgs & ICC officials—using “anti-terror” law to chill free speech.
Azadeh Shahshahani and Sofía Verónica Montez report on the advocates aiming to hold Israel and the U.S. accountable.
Don’t miss this powerful conversation on immigrant detention & resistance in Georgia, featuring Project South, GLAHR, Casa Alterna, & Migrant Equity Southeast. 🗓 Jan 26 @ 6:00ET on Zoom. Register: bit.ly/GADetentionJan26
Don’t miss this powerful conversation on immigrant detention & resistance in Georgia, featuring Project South, GLAHR, Casa Alterna, & Migrant Equity Southeast. 🗓 Jan 26 @ 6:00ET on Zoom. Register: bit.ly/GADetentionJan26
The antidote to fear isn’t silence—it’s courage.
As the Trump administration moves to criminalize anti-fascism, Azadeh Shahshahani and Stephanie Guilloud argue this is the moment to be louder, bolder, and unapologetic about resisting fascism.
“This is not a time to retreat or play it safe. This is a time to be courageous, to come together, and to act in small and large ways to defeat the consolidation of fascism."— Write Azadeh Shahshahani & Stephanie Guilloud in @inthesetimes.com!
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We took our fight for democracy directly to SCOTUS on Saturday. Lawyers March for Democracy is more than just a single day; it’s a movement. Join us: peoplesparity.org/lawyersmarch/
@democracyforward.org @afj.org @acslaw.bsky.social @lambdalegal.org @weareufd.bsky.social @projectsouth.bsky.social
Lawyers Call On High Court To Stop 'Capitulating' To Trump @bykatiebuehler.bsky.social on the Lawyer March for Democracy
Read more: www.law360.com/articles/241...
@afj.org @democracyforward.org @lambdalegal.org @acslaw.bsky.social @projectsouth.bsky.social @wlgactionnetwork.bsky.social