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…
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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…
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…
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…