Second chances for people with criminal records: SCSJ's Clean Slate Clinics
03/24/14: Thank you to everyone that helped make Saturday’s Clean Slate Clinic a huge success! We were able to screen over 350 community members, and…
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Let My People Vote – the battle to end FL felon disenfranchisement
A recent protest in Florida brought new attention to an old problem: felon disenfranchisement. In many states, particularly in the South, people with felony convictions…
Truth: 'No One Is Disposable'
Recently, Reina Gossett and Dean Spade of Sylvia Rivera Law Project came together to co-facilitate a lively and brilliant online conversation about how a prison…
Justice System Reform
Reducing Disparities and Promoting Equity in School Discipline
The State Constitution and U.S. Constitution guarantee students in North Carolina public schools equal protection under of the laws. Moreover, under federal civil rights laws, North Carolina public school students…
Detention quotas are bad business
As the immigrant rights movement grows stronger, and as communities come together in defense of justice and dignity for all immigrants, we have the power…
SCSJ in the community: Edgecomb County wills clinic
A basic tenet of SCSJ’s mission is that all people deserve access to quality legal services, regardless of race or socio-economic status. In furtherance of…
Opposing Stand Your Ground in North Carolina
Crystal M. Hayes: North Carolina Peace Action Opposes “Stand Your Ground”
North Carolina Peace Action is non-profit education and advocacy organization that envisions a world…
Spring Intern Spotlight: Adé Oni
It’s hard to ignore injustice when it runs around exposed, loud (at times), and reckless always. I came to consider myself a part of the…
FADE coalition work changing the narrative around racial profiling
SCSJ is a proud partner in the Durham FADE Coalition. FADE’s work around racial profiling and selective drug enforcement is changing the narrative of the…
FREE training: write effective op-eds to make your voice heard!
Do you care about issues facing your community? Want to share your perspective with a broader audience? Have you ever wanted to write an op-ed,…
Gender-Neutrality is a Myth: The Impact of Collateral Consequences on Women
Since Nixon’s formal declaration of ‘drugs‘ as Public Enemy #1 in 1971, women have been the fastest growing U.S prison population. The number of women…
SCSJ's Ian Mance interviewed on Durham racial profiling
DURHAM (WTVD) — The Durham Police Department has responded to accusations of racial profiling with a 45-page report that it says shows there is no…