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Southern Coalition for Social Justice

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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December 5, 2014

NC: Momentum builds to support unaccompanied immigrant children

On December 3, 2014, the Chapel Hill Town Council passed a resolution supporting and welcoming unaccompanied immigrant minors fleeing violence in their home countries. The Orange County Board of Commissioners unanimously voiced their support Monday night December 1 for giving unaccompanied child refugees equal access to education, health care and protection under the law. Carrboro’s […]

Category iconCommunity Organizing,  Human Rights,  Recent News Tag iconchildren,  George Eppesteiner,  Immigrant,  refugee,  unaccompanied minors,  undocumented

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

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SCSJ is #hiring! If you or someone you know is interested in & qualified for our new Voting Rights Counsel #job, please apply. We're also hiring for a Justice System Reform Sr. Counsel position! VR Counsel: bit.ly/3bdT1PT JSR Sr. Counsel: bit.ly/386iYio pic.twitter.com/fa0J…

About 4 hours ago

Representatives for the NAACP spoke to the board, citing statistics from SCSJ, which found that while only 18% of the student body are Black students, 59% of suspensions during the 2018-2019 school year were of Black students. Via @wectnews bit.ly/3qfMoke

About 6 hours ago

We're excited for day 1 of our CROWD Academy in MS with our state partner, @SouEcho, tonight! Wondering what you'll learn as a CROWD participant? Check out the new one-pager & booklet on our website, & while you're there, read through some testimonials! bit.ly/SCSJCROWD

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The #ForthePeopleAct, also called H.R. 1, would expand opportunities to #votebymail, require states to establish electronic voter registration, and would make Election Day a federal holiday. Via @thehill: bit.ly/3b74tg2

Yesterday

“Poverty, lack of transportation, lack of access to flexible work and living wages is why out of precinct voting is important and why ballot collection, particularly on indigenous lands is so important.” @AllisonJRiggs bit.ly/3bQUj2p via @guardian #SCOTUS #BrnovichvDNC

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