Justice System Reform
TOMORROW: Rally With Us to End Death Penalty
From our partners at North Carolina Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (NCCADP):
Please join people from across our state for a march and…
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Durham School Students, Advocates Discuss School-to-Prison Pipeline at Duke Class
Durham public school students joined social justice advocates at Duke Law last week to discuss school-to-prison pipeline in North Carolina and the barriers preventing its…
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SCSJ Supports Calls for Columbus Sheriff Investigation, Resignation
Durham, N.C. (Sept. 29, 2022) — WECT News 6 published an article Wednesday detailing racist comments made by Columbus County Sheriff Jody Greene. The Southern…
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Fair Chance Business S.W.I.T. Encourages Second Chances
Success While In Transition (S.W.I.T.) has partnered with Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) to promote Fair Chance Business Certifications among North Carolina employers.
S.W.I.T.…
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Beulaville Family Targeted in 2 Home Arsons Demand Justice
Since the end of January, two members of the Beulaville Judge family have had their homes intentionally set on fire, and now — in the…
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Durham Students Rebuke Expected Overturn of Roe v. Wade
Durham, N.C. (May 12, 2022) — Hundreds of North Carolina students walked out of class Thursday at Charles E. Jordan High School and rallied outside…
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SCSJ Releases New Report: Invest In Our Children, Invest In our Youth: Ending Youth Criminalization in North Carolina
Invest In Our Children, Invest In our Youth: Ending Youth Criminalization in North Carolina highlights the harms of, and alternatives to, vilifying and incarcerating our…
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Extend #SecondChanceMonth, Celebrate Reentry Heroes Investing in Community
This Second Chance Month, we celebrate reentry heroes who invest in community members returning home after incarceration.
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Duke Energy Provides $25,000 Grant For SCSJ’s 2022 Justice System Reform Work
DURHAM, N.C. (Dec. 21, 2021) — Duke Energy has awarded Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) with a $25,000 grant to expand the educational and…
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Duke Energy Provides $25,000 Grant for SCSJ’s 2022 Justice System Reform Work
DURHAM, N.C. (December 21, 2021) — Duke Energy has awarded Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) with a $25,000 grant to expand the educational and…
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SCSJ Will Release New Report in Early 2022 On Ending Youth Criminalization in North Carolina
In early 2022, the Southern Coalition for Social Justice will release Invest In Our Children, Invest In our Youth: Ending Youth Criminalization in North Carolina.…
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OP-ED: Arrested for voting? Hervis Rogers and the case against disappearing our voters.
Read SCSJ’s Equal Justice Works Fellow Mitchell Brown’s Houston Chronicle op-ed HERE.
Last week, when Attorney General Ken Paxton arrested Hervis Rogers for allegedly casting an…