Zero tolerance drug policies cannot alleviate poverty
This post is a response to Mayor William V. “Bill” Bell’s recent guest column, “First steps key in long journey to eliminate poverty.”
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Durham police report offers irrelevant detail on local marijuana cases, ignores racial profiling
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Most of the people arrested and charged only with misdemeanor marijuana possession in 2013 and the first half of 2014 had prior criminal…
A Ferguson Near You: police brutality and racism
In the aftermath of the events in Ferguson, Missouri, Duke Law’s Black Law Student Association brought together a panel of experts to discuss the issue…
Success In Campaign Against Durham PD Racial Profiling
We are glad to report that the campaign against racial profiling in Durham has begun to result in important and concrete changes to departmental policies.…
City Council Decisions On Durham Police Department
This radio interview originally aired on WUNC’s The State of Things on September 2, 2014
City Council Decisions On Durham Police Department
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Real Experiences with Racial Profiling
Since early 2013, the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, in conjunction with our partners in the FADE coalition, has been sounding the alarm with city…
How Can We Manifest Hope into Freedom?
The American Prospect Longform recently published an article entitled, Is There Hope for the Survivors of the War on Drugs? by Senior Writer Monica Potts. …
FADE coalition work changing the narrative around racial profiling
SCSJ is a proud partner in the Durham FADE Coalition. FADE’s work around racial profiling and selective drug enforcement is changing the narrative of the…
Time to Act to end racial profiling in Durham
In the continuing community dialogue over allegations of racial profiling and police misconduct in Durham, last night’s meeting featured presentations by SCSJ’s Ian Manceand Daryl…
Possibilities vs. Obstacles—Ending Racial Profiling in Durham
The sixth and latest meeting examining racial profiling and police misconduct in Durham took place on Tuesday, January 14, 2014. SCSJ’s partner, SpiritHouse, led the…
Complaints? Gripes? Detractors? Language matters as we work to reform policing in Durham.
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, and then you win.”– Mahatma Gandhi
Sticks and stones may break our…
Sticks and stones may break our…
FADE Coalition Responds to DPD Report
On Tuesday night, the Durham Human Relations Commission held its fourth in a series of special hearings to investigate allegations of racial profiling and selective…