2014

Black and Brown Lives Matter: March for Justice & Racial Unity

Date:    Tuesday,  December 23
Time:    12noon  (Press Conference 11:30am)
Begins: Ebenezer United Church of Christ
734 Apple St.  Burlington, NC
Concludes: First Christian United Church…

NC high court backs racially gerrymandered voting maps as drawn

Raleigh, N.C. — The North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday upheld the constitutionality of state voting maps drawn by the Republican-majority legislature in 2011.
Critics…

North Carolina Supreme Court Upholds Racially Gerrymandered Districts

Today the North Carolina Supreme Court issued its long-awaited ruling upholding North Carolina’s state legislative and Congressional redistricting plans.  The North Carolina NAACP, the League…

Votes Not Counted: Lauren's Story

Each post in SCSJ’s “Votes Not Counted” series tells the story of a person qualified to vote before the passage of North Carolina’s Monster Voter…

'Ban the Box' hiring policies: What Syracuse can learn from Hawaii and North Carolina

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Will Syracuse’s new “Ban the Box” ordinance really make a difference in who gets hired by the city and its contractors? Do…

U.S. Appeals Court To Hear Wake School Board Redistricting Case

The U.S. Federal Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is scheduled to hear oral arguments Wednesday on a lawsuit challenging Wake County’s school board…

Youth Justice Project

Policing the Police

The recent horrific police killings of African-American youth in Ferguson, Cleveland, and many other places across the country are a depressing reminder of the urgent need to rethink the…

NC: Momentum builds to support unaccompanied immigrant children

On December 3, 2014, the Chapel Hill Town Council passed a resolution supporting and welcoming unaccompanied immigrant minors fleeing violence in their home countries.
The…

Press Clipping: Orange commissioners vote to help child refugees

This article was written by Tammy Grubb and first appeared in the News & Observer on December 2, 2014  HILLSBOROUGH — The Orange County Board…

Votes Not Counted: Jessica's Story

Each post in SCSJ’s “Votes Not Counted” series tells the story of a person qualified to vote before the passage of North Carolina’s Monster Voter…

Black Friday. Cyber Monday. Now #GivingTuesday

 
SCSJ has joined #GivingTuesday, a first of its kind effort that will harness the collective power of a unique blend of partners—charities, families, businesses…

Grand Jury Decisions in Ferguson, and now, in the Eric Garner Case in NY

The following piece was written by asha bandele of the Drug Policy Alliance and shared with her permission.
In May of 1857, having just heard…