The Southern Coalition for Social Justice responds to community-determined priorities. We view local social justice struggles from a global international human rights perspective and believe it takes a holistic, collective and interdisciplinary approach to address issues at their core, bring sustained structural change, and alter power relations.
By SCSJ - Posted on October 6th, 2009
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*** Deadline for SCSJ's Second Round of Census Mini-Grants is February 15! ***
The SCSJ Census Outreach Program is working in five key southern states to raise awareness and increase participation in the 2010 Census. New information and resources for Census outreach efforts are highlighted here! Check back regularly between now and April 1st.
Check out this great new mapping resource! This site allows you to find hard to count population data down to the census tract level for any address in the U.S., and indicates why the area is hard to count. It is also possible to print out the maps.
*** Census Message Manual Available Here ***
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New Hill is a small unincorporated community in Wake County, NC that was selected by the governments of Cary, Apex, Holly Springs, and Morrisville as the site for a new sewage treatment plant. The population surrounding the site is upwards of 75% ethnic/racial minorities, and the towns represented in Western Wake Partners are all far from New Hill and have an average ethnic/racial minorities populations of about 19%.
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In an effort to build peaceful, nurturing communities, the Beloved Community Center, Pulpit Forum, and the Almighty Latin Kings and Queens Nation of Greensboro (ALKQN), are working together to address violence in Greensboro. Taking a grassroots perspective, this collaborative focuses on the positive potential for street groups in low-income and communities of color to be a resource to build peace and unity.
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SCSJ is partnering with local activists and community members to monitor police checkpoints in the Triangle for signs of racial profiling. We have trained over 100 community volunteers as checkpoint monitors and distributed over 2,000 cards with our checkpoint hotline number. If you see a checkpoint in the Triangle, let us know at 919-373-4131.
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