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Dolores Huerta died peacefully Wednesday at 96. She co-founded the United Farm Workers, negotiated the first farmworker union contracts in U.S. history, and gave the movement “Sí, se puede.” She was jailed 22 times and severely beaten by police at a peaceful protest. Yet, she kept organizing--for Black lives, immigrant justice, LGBTQ+ equality, women’s rights, and a living wage. Across the rural Southeast, our grantee partners carry her work forward every day.

Hispanic Heritage Month ends tomorrow. We wanted to share two grantee partner spotlights from our Fall Newsletter, both led by members of the communities this year’s enforcement has targeted hardest. It’s Our Future @elfuturoesnuestronc is led by the H-2A farmworkers it represents, organizing across eastern North Carolina for safer fields and an end to wage theft. Migrant Equity Southeast @mese_ga pairs immigration rights work with voter turnout in coastal and rural Georgia. Both are part of this year’s Hubert E. Sapp Regular Grants Cycle, which moved over $120,000 to rural groups and coalitions organizing for immigration rights as enforcement pressure grows across the South. #HispanicHeritageMonth #ImmigrantRights #FarmworkerJustice #GrassrootsOrganizing #SouthernPartnersFund

Pride is rooted in celebration, resistance, and solidarity. This year, it's also a reckoning. The recent passing of Barney Frank is a reminder that liberation movements don't always protect everyone equally. Real coalition building means being honest about that, especially as LGBTQ+ people—and trans people in particular—face an escalating legislative assault. More than 616 anti-LGBTQ+ bills were introduced in 2025. The ACLU has already counted 529 more in 2026. In the rural South, where affirming resources are already scarce, communities bear a disproportionate share of this burden. But our grantee partners are meeting this moment with clarity and resolve. From We Are Family's Trans Love Fund microgrants in South Carolina, to RISE: Healthy for Life's affirming health education in Appalachia, to the Kentucky Civic Engagement Table building queer-inclusive power statewide, their work is essential. #Pride #LGBTQRights #GrassrootsOrganizing #SocialJustice #RuralSouth #SouthernPartnersFund

The Voting Rights Act is being dismantled piece by piece. On April 29th, the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais struck down a congressional map that gave Black Louisianans—one-third of the state's population—a second seat for the first time in the state's history, gutting Section 2, the last meaningful enforcement tool the VRA had left. Days later, the Court made it effective immediately. Then on May 11th, it vacated its own 2023 Alabama ruling in Allen v. Milligan. States moved fast: Florida, Louisiana, and Tennessee have already redrawn or begun redrawing maps to eliminate majority-Black districts. Up to 19 House seats held by Black members of Congress are now at risk. Our grantee partners across the rural South are doing the work no court ruling can undo—registering voters, training redistricting cohorts, and building civic power where it matters most. Will you join us? #VRA #VotingRights #Redistricting #GrassrootsOrganizing #SocialJustice #RuralSouth #SouthernPartnersFund

In January, we shared reflections on Dr. King’s legacy and promised to follow up with a grantee partner spotlight on the Newtown Florist Club (NFC) for Black History Month. Their commitment to youth leadership, community voice, and collective responsibility closely aligns with SPF’s belief that grassroots leadership is the foundation for lasting change across the South. So, as we continue honoring Black History Month, we also recognize that many of the stories shaping this legacy are the stories of Black women who organized, nurtured, and led. Incorporated in 1950, but founded in 1936, by Black women committed to justice in Gainesville–Hall County, NFC reflects that truth. And as we prepare to enter Women’s History Month, we do so with the understanding that the crossover is not incidental, but deeply interconnected. The leadership of Black women has long anchored Southern grassroots movements, and NFC’s enduring impact is a powerful testament to that tradition. #BlackHistoryMonth #RuralSouth #EducationJustice #GrassrootsOrganizing #SouthernPartnersFund

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