Voting Rights Hearing 2/21/14
Background: On August 12, 2013, The Southern Coalition for Social Justice, American Civil Liberties Union, and ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation filed a lawsuit…
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North Carolina’s Agricultural Calamity: A Review of the Documentary "Harvest of Dignity"
North Carolina’s Agricultural Calamity: A Review of the Documentary “Harvest of Dignity”
Over fifty years ago, native North Carolinian Edward R. Murrow’s groundbreaking documentary, “Harvest…
NC Immigrant Students Seek the Promise of Public Education
Access to public education should be available to all children, regardless of where they were born. This seems like a simple idea – why would…
Training Opportunity: The Fight of Media Justice and The State of Black America
You’re Invited to the Media Action Grassroots Network (MAG-Net)‘s Black History Month Digital Dialogue
February 26th MAG-Net Digital Dialogue: “The Fight of Media Justice and…
The Dangers of Being An Accident Victim While Black
Posted on February 7, 2014
by Ian A. Mance, SCSJ attorney
On November 2, 2013, I was involved in a serious car accident that I…
The dignity of work: helping people with criminal convictions find jobs
February 05, 2014 Columns » Citizen >>Write to the editor
“Have You Ever Been Convicted of a Crime?” prevents nonviolent offenders from re-entering society
by…
Voter ID Is Not About Fraud; It Is About Voter Suppression
On January 16, Gene Berardelli wrote an article for IVN titled, “Hard evidence supports the need for Voter ID laws.” While this is a common…
On February 8, all roads lead to Raleigh for the Moral March
On Saturday, Feb. 8, thousands of people from all walks of life who oppose a regressive vision for the state will gather for the Moral…
Crime does pay, but for whom?
Source: Online-Paralegal-Degree.org
There are 2.3 million people living behind bars in the United States
● The US prison system costs the federal government $55 billion…
Environmental Justice Workshop with Professor Laura Pulido
The Southern Coalition for Social Justice strongly supports Environmental Justice at both the community and academic levels. SCSJ’s recent Environmental Justice matters include Gates County,…
The state of voter ID laws
A wealth of evidence voter ID laws disproportionately affect minorities and the poor. Here are some of the key numbers.
01/28/14 Reblog from MSNBC By…
01/28/14 Reblog from MSNBC By…
Free Webinar: Time to Fight Back Against Discriminatory Voter ID Laws
Time to fight back against discriminatory Voter ID laws
Women and people of color are widely acknowledged to be the communities most adversely impacted by…
Women and people of color are widely acknowledged to be the communities most adversely impacted by…