The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
Communities and Education By Steve Suitts Vol. 13, No. 4, 1991, pp. 9-11 Virtually every report on public education in the last half-decade has worried about one central, demographic projection: in the face of growing poverty, racial minorities–the least educated,
Nobody’s Gonna Turn Me Round Reviewed by Michael Cooper Vol. 14, No. 4, 1992, pp. 32-33 Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round: The Pursuit of Racial Justice in the Rural South (Richard A. Couto, Temple University Press, 1991, 348
A New Ecology of Poverty By Steve Suitts Vol. 15, No. 4, 1993, pp. 8-13 While it is true that the poor have always been with us, poverty in America today is profoundly different and more disturbing than ever before.
Meet Wendy S. Johnson, SRC’s New Executive Director Staff Vol. 17, No. 3-4, 1995 p. 21 Wendy S. Johnson, former executive director of the Appalachian Community Fund, comes to the Southern Regional Council with a record of fifteen years leading
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Massive Electrical Resistance: The Struggle for Democracy at Mecklenburg Co-op By Henry Leifermann and Preston Quesenberry Vol. 18, No. 3-4, 1996 pp. 16-17 For well over a decade, Cora Tucker, a civil rights activist and founder of the grassroots organization
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Undemocratic at Heart: Transforming the South’s Utility Coops Steve Suitts Vol. 18, No. 3-4, 1996 pp. 27-29 The enduring, pivotal significance of the utility co-op movement is demonstrated by the simple, historical fact that never has there been another economic
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Reshaping Education Forty-Five Years After Brown By Wendy S. Johnson Vol. 21, No. 1, 1999 p. 3 An SRC survey on racial attitudes found sixty percent of Americans rank improving schools and education as a top priority over any other
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Youth Building the Rural South By Ajulo E. Othow Vol. 22, No. 1, 2000, p. 14, 18 Ajulo E. Othow is the Project Manager of the Southern Rural Development Initiative’s (SRDI) Community Development Corporations projects and programs. SRDI is a
The Power of Grassroots Organizing By Mike Sayer Vol. 22, No. 4, 2000 p. 21 When people work together, they build their capacity to make things happen or not happen. They build power. The capacity to impact public policy is
Southerners in South Africa: The World Conference Against Racism By Gwen Robinson Vol. 23, No. 3-4, 2001 pp. 14-15 On August 29th Rev. C.T. Vivian, the celebrated Atlanta civil rights activist, walked into the Non-Governmental Organization Forum (NGO) of the
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