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Paulina Hernandez is a queer femme cha-cha girl, artist, political organizer & trouble-maker-at-large from Veracrúz, Mexico. This Xicana grew up in rural North Carolina, and is currently growing roots in Atlanta, GA. She is the Co-Director of Southerners on New Ground (SONG), having joined the staff after coordinating the Southern regional youth activism program at the Highlander Center for over 4 years. Paulina has a background in farm worker and immigrant rights organizing, youth organizing, anti-violence work, and cultural work. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the young feminist Third Wave Foundation (in NYC). She particularly loves queers / people of color / immigrant people / healers / cultural workers / her elders & parents / her sweetie / her comrades & her three brothers : )

Caitlin Breedlove is a Queer Femme Organizer who lives in Durham, NC. She is proud to be a Queer, first generation immigrant of Central/Eastern European descent. She is the Co-Director of Southerners On New Ground (SONG) and loves her work with LGBTQ people all over the South. Before working at SONG, she was on the youth organizing staff at the Highlander Center for 3 years. Especially close to her heart are the struggles of working class people, sex workers, survivors of sexual violence, immigrants, incarcerated people and their families, and LGBTQ people.

BT McKenzie BT is a life long volunteer, community leader and organizer for several communities (POC, caribbean, youth, elders, trans issues & prisoner rights just to name a few). He’s an immigrant from Central America who grew up in the South. He’s the founder and facilitator of several social and support groups in the Atlanta area and a few online groups with a national audience. He’s a board member of S1C/R.E.A.L./T. He’s excited to join the members of SONG and continue his work and education around intersectional community building. A LUTA CONTINUA!