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March 10, 2015

Welcoming the 'most vulnerable'

This editorial appeared in The Herald-Sun on Sunday, March 8, 2015. More than 2,100 unaccompanied immigrant children have been placed with sponsors – often family members – in North Carolina, according to the U.S. Office of Refugee and Resettlement. North Carolina is one of the “highest receiving states” for such children, estimated to total more than […]

Category iconHuman Rights,  Recent News Tag iconDurham City Council,  Durham Public School Board Of Education,  George Eppsteiner,  Immigrant children,  unaccompanied immigrant children,  welcoming resolution

February 27, 2015

North Carolina State Court Allows Photo ID Challenge to Proceed to Trial

This afternoon, Wake County Superior Court Judge Michael Morgan ruled that a challenge to North Carolina’s photo ID requirement for voting will proceed to trial in July 2015.  In ruling on the respective motions for judgment on the pleadings (where no evidence is allowed to be taken into account), Judge Morgan indicated that the case […]

Category iconPress Release,  Recent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconA. Phillip Randolph Institute,  Alberta Currie,  Brenda Rogers,  George Eppsteiner,  League of Women Voters of North Carolina,  Melvin Montford,  North Carolina Monster Voter Law,  Voter ID,  voter suppression,  voting rights

February 1, 2015

Judge to take several weeks to rule on NC voter ID challenge

RALEIGH — A Wake County judge plans to take two to three weeks to decide whether a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s voter ID law should be dismissed or proceed to trial this summer. Mike Morgan, a Wake County Superior Court judge, briefed attorneys Friday after listening to several hours of arguments for and against the […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconA. Philip Randolph Institute,  Anita Earls,  George Eppsteiner,  League of Women Voters of North Carolina,  NC Voter ID Challenge,  Press Millen,  State Constitution,  Voter ID,  Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice

January 30, 2015

The Fight Over Voter ID In NC Heads To State Court

A group that’s challenging North Carolina’s voting overhaul in federal court will take a different argument to state court Friday. The League of Women Voters and other plaintiffs are asking a judge in Raleigh to toss out a photo voter ID requirement that starts next year. Alberta Currie has turned out for election after election […]

Category iconRecent News,  Uncategorized,  Voting Rights Tag iconAlberta Currie,  George Eppsteiner,  Judge Morgan,  League of Women Voters of North Carolina,  photo ID,  voter disenfranchisement,  Voter ID,  voting rights

January 10, 2015

Communities reframe message to welcome immigrant kids

By Amanda Sakuma While the political uproar has died down over the flood of unaccompanied minors caught at the U.S. border, the states taking in the immigrant children continue to grapple with how to welcome – or not – the newcomers to their communities. In North Carolina, one of the top 10 states to host […]

Category iconHuman Rights,  Recent News Tag iconDurham,  George Eppsteiner,  immigrant kids,  MSNBC,  Southern Coalition for Social Justice

December 2, 2014

Orange County Board of Commissioners Passes Resolution Protecting Rights of Immigrant Children

Yesterday, the Orange County Board of Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution that affirms the constitutional right of all children in North Carolina to attend public schools in their county of residence, without regard to their immigration status. The resolution was developed and supported by the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, the ACLU of North Carolina, the Orange County […]

Category iconCommunity Organizing,  Human Rights,  Recent News Tag iconEducation,  George Eppsteiner,  Immigrant children,  Orange County Board of Commissioners,  Orange County Human Relations Commission

November 18, 2014

Carrboro NC Passes Resolution Welcoming Immigrant Children

The Carrboro Board of Aldermen today unanimously passed a resolution supporting immigrant children and local governments’ constitutional duty to provide immigrant children with a public education without regard to a student’s immigration status.  The resolution was developed and supported by the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, the ACLU of North Carolina, and numerous individual and […]

Category iconHuman Rights,  Recent News Tag iconCarrboro,  Carrboro Board of Aldermen,  George Eppsteiner,  Immigrant children,  refugee

September 11, 2014

How The Fight Against Voting Rights Restrictions Could Decide This Year's Marquee Senate Race

DURHAM, N.C. — President Barack Obama won North Carolina by just 14,000 votes in 2008. Now, as Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) and state House Speaker Thom Tillis (R) go head to head in a race that will determine which party controls the Senate, the state’s voter turnout is in question: Will voting rights restrictions passed […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconBob Hall,  Democracy NC,  Faulkner Fox,  George Eppsteiner,  Gunther Peck,  League of Women Voters of North Carolina,  Moral Monday,  NAACP

September 10, 2014

Op-Ed: Some NC counties discourage school enrollment of immigrant children

By George Eppsteiner September 10, 2014 Raleigh News & Observer The past few weeks have been marked by several North Carolina municipalities – including the Rowan County Board of Commissioners, Brunswick County Board of Commissioners and most recently the Surry County Board of Commissioners – passing resolutions discouraging undocumented children, including unaccompanied minors, from attending […]

Category iconHuman Rights,  Recent News Tag iconGeorge Eppsteiner,  Immigrant children,  unaccompanied minors

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