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Partnering with communities of color and economically disadvantaged communities in the south to defend and advance their political, social and economic rights through the combination of legal advocacy, research, organizing and communications.

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#BlackLivesMatter

February 1, 2015

Durham City Wide Study of The New Jim Crow

These are tumultuous times for the criminal justice system. Huffington Post reports that exonerations of wrongfully convicted people are at an all time high. Meanwhile, Marissa Alexander has finally been released from a nightmare of incarceration resulting from firing a single warning shot at a known abuser. In the background, police are not being charged […]

Category iconCommunity Organizing,  Criminal Justice,  Recent News Tag icon#BlackLivesMatter,  Durham City-Wide Read,  Marissa Alexander,  michelle alexander,  SpiritHouse,  The New Jim Crow

December 17, 2014

Durham: Peaceful #BlackLivesMatter protest on 1st night of Hanukkah

DURHAM — Some 100 people gathered in downtown Durham Wednesday evening for a peaceful protest on the first night of Hanukkah, part of a nationwide “Chanukah Action to End Police Violence” event. Carolina Jews for Justice was an organizer locally for the protest by the Major the Bull statue at CCB Plaza. About 20 menorahs […]

Category iconCommunity Organizing,  Recent News Tag icon#BlackLivesMatter,  8 nights 8 actions,  Durham,  Durham FADE,  FADE,  Ferguson,  Hanukkah,  peaceful protest,  SpiritHouse

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NOW: 17-year #ncga veteran Rep. @priceyharrison — who serves on House elex cmte and has sponsored dozens of elex-related bills — testifies re: the voter ID amendment legislation's strange trajectory to passage. “It was interesting.” Watch: bit.ly/3dyQEYW #NCVoterIDtrial

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REMINDER: Join @nc_cred & @LawyersComm on tomorrow's #webinar from 7-8PM ET to review the law & how communities can continue advocating for the removal of monuments and other iconography to white supremacy from all court spaces. Learn more and register: bit.ly/2R9llLK

Yesterday

ICYMI: Research presented by Dr. Ariel White, an expert in how voter ID policies impact behavior, supported #NCvoterIDtrial testimony of disenfranchised voters. Bias aside, she said ways county poll workers in NC are trained to enforce these complicated laws can lead to problems. pic.twitter.com/vM3o…

Yesterday

"plaintiffs argue the newer law still fits into the same pattern of voter suppression laws from the past. 'Preventing fraud was one of the reasons given for imposing a literacy test,' testified James Leloudis, a professor of history at UNC wunc.org/politics/20… #NCvoterIDtrial

Yesterday

Mr. Kearney has been a registered voter for 50+ years. Poll workers knew him by name, and still voter ID kept him from voting in 2016. This is why we’ve taken NC’s latest voter ID law to court. Watch as the #NCVoterIDtrial continues tomorrow: youtube.com/channel/… pic.twitter.com/vTWA…

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