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Childcare Advocates, Clergy Celebrate as Protest Charges Dropped 

DURHAM, N.C. (Dec. 10, 2024) – Charges were dismissed Tuesday against eight concerned faith leaders, childcare advocates, and clergy members who were arrested at the North Carolina legislature while demanding more funding for childcare.  “We welcome this dismissal of our charges, but the real criminal is the leadership of the North Carolina General Assembly who has…

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NC NAACP, Impacted Voters Urge State Board to Dismiss NC Election Protests 

DURHAM, N.C. (Dec. 6, 2024) — The North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP and two impacted voters, Bertha Leverette and Jackson Sailor Jones, urged the State Board of Elections to reject an attempt by unsuccessful North Carolina Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin and others to disqualify the ballots of more than 60,000 registered voters.  …

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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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