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.

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Voting Rights

SCSJ Warns USPS Rule Violates North Carolina Law

DURHAM, N.C. (Sept. 3, 2026) — Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) sent a letter today to the North Carolina State Board of Elections warning that compliance with the U.S. Postal […]

Anthony Lee was aggressively arrested by Charlotte Police in 2023.

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Justice System Reform

Lee v. City of Charlotte

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Environmental Justice

Stokes County and Data Centers Explainer

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

Person holding "no more death row" sign during NCCADP walk for commutation.

Justice System Reform

More Than 100 Organizations, Leaders Call for NC to Remain Execution Free

Voters line up at their polling place during the 2024 General Election.

Voting Rights

SCSJ Objects to New Election Rules, Asks for Legislative Review

Sign that says "No Data Centers for Walnut Cove...the Dan River and Stokes County"

Environmental Justice

Stokes Court Officially Voids Earlier Data Center Rezoning Following Community Win with Planning Board

Voting rights advocates show up for the Guilford Board of Elections meeting on July 21, 2026.

Voting Rights

SCSJ Urges State Board to Reject Early Voting Cuts Tied to Auditor Pressure Campaign

Our Cases

We go to court across the South, covering Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

Five people stand together outside a courthouse holding a sign that reads 'Free Savanna Batten — Free the Prairieland Defendants' with a photo of Savanna Batten and the website PrairielandDefendants.com.

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.

An ICE agent smashes the driver’s side window with the barrel of his rifle, which was pointed directly at Reisini.

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. 

NCCU students and faculty celebrate with SCSJ attorneys