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Greenville Community Battles Gas Station Construction by School 

GREENVILLE, N.C. (Nov. 22, 2024) – Greenville residents are urging the court to rethink allowing a gas station to operate just 1,000 feet from a middle school, citing health concerns and expert testimony that was unfairly ignored.  Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) submitted an appeal to Pitt County Superior Court on Nov. 20, 2024,…

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Justice System Reform

SCSJ Updates Resource Guide for Successful Reentry after Incarceration 

DURHAM, N.C. (Nov. 19, 2024) — Southern Coalition for Social Justice has released an updated copy of the Your First 48 Hours Toolkit, a resource guide for successful reentry after incarceration, as well as key information about reducing recidivism and improving public safety.  The toolkit and explainer were released as part of SCSJ’s Reframing Public…

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"Many of the voting rights success stories across the South have been the result of small but mighty organizations working tirelessly and fearlessly to make sure all voices are heard, despite efforts from politicians in many places to suppress the vote, particularly among communities of color."

— Mitchell Brown, SOLVE Network Coordinator and Senior Counsel for Voting Rights at SCSJ

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JUSTICE SYSTEM REFORM

Move the Monument Coalition Edenton-Chowan

SCSJ and Emancipate NC are assisting the Move the Monument Coalition Edenton-Chowan in their fight to remove a Confederate soldier statute from the town’s historic waterfront.

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VOTING RIGHTS

Petteway v. Galveston County

SCSJ filed a challenge to the Galveston County Commissioners' 2021 precinct map in April 2022 on behalf of three local NAACP branches, the local Galveston LULAC Council 151, and three Black and Latino voters, in partnership with co-counsel from Texas Civil Rights Project and Willkie Farr & Gallagher.

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ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

Clayton, et. al. v. Person County

SCSJ is challenging Person County's rezoning of parcels from rural residential and conservation designations to industrial zoning. Dominion Energy’s plans to construct and operate the proposed Moriah Energy Center (MEC) liquified methane storage facility on the rezoned parcels.

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