Southern Solidarity Wins
Southern Coalition for Social Justice is fighting alongside Black, Brown and low-income people for healthy environments, a fair justice system, and the fearless defense of voting rights.
Stay up to date on our work with Southern communities.
Latest Updates
SCSJ Urges State Board to Reject Early Voting Cuts Tied to Auditor Pressure Campaign
RALEIGH, N.C. (Aug. 14, 2026) — Behind closed doors and away from public meetings, county election officials across North Carolina were reportedly being pressured to cut early voting hours and sites, not by their own boards’ judgment, but by an office with no legal authority over those decisions. The results of that pressure campaign are now before the State Board of Elections.
Our Work
We are committed to protecting and advancing social justice in the South through legal advocacy, research, and communications.
Focus Areas
Justice System Reform
Voting Rights
Environmental Justice
Recent News
Environmental Justice
Duke Energy’s Proposed Rate Increase Would Burden NC Communities Amid Data Center Boom
Voting Rights
Galveston Voters Prevail, Continue Unlawful Map Challenge
Justice System Reform
Charlotte Man Arrested for Smoking Legal Hemp Files Federal Suit Against Police Department
Voting Rights
SCSJ Urges Guilford Board of Elections to Add College Early Voting Sites; Community Plans Rally Ahead of Meeting
Our Cases
We go to court across the South, covering Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Justice System Reform
USA v. Savanna Batten
SCSJ and TCRP are representing Savanna Batten on appeal, who was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison after exercising her First Amendment right to protest.
Justice System Reform
Reisini & Roos v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security et al.
A federal damages claim was submitted on behalf of Tatyana Reisini and Kristen Roos, who were followed, boxed in by federal agents, threatened at gunpoint, and arrested.
Justice System Reform
Aceituno v. U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security et al.
A federal damages claim was submitted on behalf of Willy Wender Aceituno, a U.S. citizen whose car window was shattered by immigration agents.
The South got something to say.
We go wherever the fight takes us to make sure Black, Brown, and low-income people across the South are heard in the halls of power.
