DURHAM, N.C. (May 8, 2026) — Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) stands with our unsheltered neighbors across North Carolina who are experiencing violence at the hands of local and federal law enforcement through raids, removals, and displacement. The...
DURHAM, N.C. (March 24, 2026) — Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) is opposed to the federal government’s aggressive expansion of immigration detention centers, which threatens the safety, stability, and dignity of communities across the South and beyond. ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (March 3, 2026) — Today, Willy Wender Aceituno, a U.S. citizen, took steps to sue the U.S. government and filed federal damages claims after a confrontation in Charlotte late last year where armed and masked immigration agents shattered his car window,...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Feb. 24, 2026) — A lawsuit was filed today on behalf of five individuals — and a class of similarly situated people — to prevent unlawful warrantless immigration arrests across North Carolina by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its...
GREENSBORO, N.C. (Jan. 21, 2026) — Criminal charges against UNC-Greensboro (UNCG) student Alisia Rea, 22, and her partner, Quinten Thomas, 24, were voluntarily dismissed today in Guilford County District Court following their violent arrest by UNCG police last...
In early 2025, Southern Coalition for Social Justice filed a lawsuit in Chowan County Superior Court on behalf of five Eastern North Carolina residents alleging the Edenton Town Council and Chowan County Board of Commissioners brokered an unlawful deal to relocate the...
DURHAM, N.C. (Sept. 23, 2025) — Southern Coalition for Social Justice is committed to advancing justice and building safe, thriving communities. We reject the outdated view that criminal justice is a zero-sum game that pits safety versus justice against one another....
DURHAM, N.C. (Sept. 23, 2025) — Criminal charges against three people who were arrested during an April campus protest over North Carolina Central University’s (NCCU) poor housing conditions were dismissed Monday in Durham County District Court. The State...
RALEIGH, N.C. (Sept. 16, 2025) — Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) has reached a settlement with the North Carolina Parole Commission that will implement key changes to how it conducts parole reviews for people who were sentenced to North Carolina prison as...
DURHAM, N.C. (Sept. 10, 2025) – While North Carolina classrooms have been open for about a month, Southern Coalition for Social Justice’s (SCSJ) 2023–24 Racial Equity Report Cards (RERCs) show that students of color — disproportionately Black students — continue to...
GREENVILLE, N.C. (August 12, 2025) — James Richardson, an innocent North Carolina man wrongfully convicted for the murders of two people nearly two decades ago in Pitt County, will have his case back in court later this month as he continues to fight for his freedom....
UPDATE (July 17, 2025) - CPCC is in the process of fulfilling the public records requests associated with this case. Anyone can access those records here. As more records are released, SCSJ will add them to that folder. CHARLOTTE, N.C (June 24, 2025) - A settlement...