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Pauline Hines
Mandy Carter with National Gay and Lesbian Task Force executive director Matt Foreman and
Coretta Scott King.
Mandy Carter
Building a movement for the long haul
by Sarah Dougher
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andy Carter’s incredible career as
to and consistently comes into the black commu­
an activist spans from her anti-war
nity and, even though they’re behind it in terms
days in 1968 to the present. Having of strategizing and money, will find some conser­
just stepped down from the staff at vative black minister or ministers, kind of get
Southerners on New Ground, an
them riled up and have them come out on the
organization she co-founded in 1993
anti-gay
at the
position.
Creating Change Conference in Durham, N.C.,
As an out black lesbian who has been monitor­
she now works on issues of marriage equality and
ing the white radical right since 1992, Roey
faith communities.
thought it would be neat for me to just come out
Carter was in town Feb. 4 to participate in a
and share in the summit. I said that I would come
statewide leadership seminar in Corvallis held by
out not only to just listen and hear what was going
Basic Rights Oregon.
on but also to give the keynote.
“Mandy really gave you a sense that we were
I’d like to talk about this big-picture-wise.
building a movement,” said BRO executive direc­
While it looks like sometimes we lose on these
tor Roey Thorpe. “There was a real spirit in the
measures, big-picture-wise we end up what 1 call
room.”
“losing forward”—in a weird way still coming out
The conference, which covered issues such as
with some very positive things that happen for our
building alliances with immigrants, defeating community.
restrictions to reproductive rights, putting the “T”
SD: Could you please give us a little back­
in GLBT and building a multiracial movement,
brought together activists from all corners of the
ground on how you became involved in the kind
state.
of activism you are working on now?
Just Out had a chance to talk with Carter by
MC: I was just a high school kid in upstate New
phone after she returned to North Carolina.
York, and my goal in life was to become a doctor.
I graduated in 1966.1 actually flunked Spanish, and
Sarah Dougher: Mandy, tell me about your
when 1 flunked Spanish, 1 couldn’t get into the four-
trip to Portland.
' year school I wanted to go to, and I knew I had to
Mandy Carter: Well, it all started because Roey | go to a two-year school, and I was just devastated.
and I are longtime friends, and in 2004 when she
Someone came to one of my high school social
was battling the initiative in your neck of the ‘studies classes from the American Friends Service
woods and I was helping out with some of the work
Committee, the Quakers. They came into my class
in Kentucky, part of our conversation was about
and started talking about nonviolence, and the
lessons learned from the past to inform the present.
power of one, and social change, and it just stabbed
She actually called me proactively and said,
me. That class led me to my journey in terms of my
“Mandy, we may or may not have another one of involvement with AFSC, the War Resisters
these in 2007, but we thought it would be smart to
League, and I have been involved and gotten paid
take this year to do a lot of proactive bringing folks
to do movement organizing since 1968. I’ve been
together, talk about what happened and try to
fortunate that this is all I’ve ever done.
share information with other people who faced
Some movements just have one issue, and
similar stuff in this last go-around.”
when we win it we say, “Good, I’m going home.”
There is also this whole conversation about
But the AFSC concept of nonviolence was about
how the white radical right has always been trying
equality and justice for all. Whatever came down
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