End the Immigrant Detention Quota
34 Days to End the 34,000 Immigrant Detention Quota
June 9 to July 12
Reposted from Detention Watch Network
The next 34 days are critical…
The next 34 days are critical…
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Reproductive Justice Summit June 18
Reproductive Justice Summit
The triangle’s first ever Reproductive Justice Summit is being held this summer in partnership with NARAL Pro-Choice NC, SisterSong, El Pueblo, Inc.,…
2 SCSJ staff named Shriver Racial Justice Fellows
SCSJ’s Anita Earls and Daryl Atkinson named Racial Justice Fellows
We are proud to announce that our Executive Director Anita Earls and Staff Attorney Daryl…
Ban the Box Webinar
Ban the Box: It’s Time for Fair Hiring in the South
“Ban the box” delays arrest and/or conviction inquiries in the hiring process to offer…
Community supports Durham FADE recommendations
Yesterday, nine community organizations partnered with the Durham FADE Coalition and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice to prioritize five of the more than 30…
Community says "enough" to Durham racial profiling
The community has had enough. The Southern Coalition for Social Justice and Durham FADE (Fostering Alternative Drug Enforcement) partnered with community organizations to present and…
First voter engagement convening successful
Ignited by the June 2013 US Supreme Court decision invalidating Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act and subsequently ratified state-based voter suppression laws, The…
Clean Slate Success in Durham
What is Clean Slate work and why is it important?
Involvement in the criminal justice system has negative side effects beyond a court case and…
Involvement in the criminal justice system has negative side effects beyond a court case and…
Anti-Shackling: Reproductive Rights Behind Bars
As prison abolitionists work towards a world without prisons, public health practitioners and prison reformers must work alongside them to expose and mitigate the severe…
End Mass Incarceration Week
From April 5-13, 2014, SCSJ will be honoring End Mass Incarceration Week.
What is End Mass Incarceration Week? It is a week set aside to…
What is End Mass Incarceration Week? It is a week set aside to…
How Can We Manifest Hope into Freedom?
The American Prospect Longform recently published an article entitled, Is There Hope for the Survivors of the War on Drugs? by Senior Writer Monica Potts. …
Clean Slate Clinic: The Full Rundown
On March 22nd, 2014, a coalition of community partners including the Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ), Durham Economic Resource Center (DERC), CAARE, Union Baptist…