The Porch Podcast S1, Episode 3: Don’t Mourn! Organize! ft. Mama Pat Hussain and Mandy Carter

About this episode

Mandy Carter and Mama Pat Hussain discuss their experiences in organizing and founding Southerners on New Ground, connecting LGBTQ rights with other forms of oppression.

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 connect the dots between LGBTQ rights and other forms of oppression. The two long-time friends share how they founded SONG with four other friends: the late Joan Garner, Pam McMichael, Suzanne Pharr and Mab Segrest. This conversation also digs into their philosophy for organizing “Don’t Mourn! Organize!” and how they responded to need at every moment with their labor and love to build an inclusive movement for liberation in our lifetime.

People in this episode

Guests: Mandy Carter, Mama Pat Hussain

Topics covered

• organizing
• LGBTQ rights
• Civil Rights
• War Resistance
• March on Washington

Keywords

• SONG
• liberation
• inclusive movement

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