Municipal Exclusion

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The Southern Coalition for Social Justice is co-counsel, along with the UNC Center for Civil Rights, for the Southern Moore Alliance of Excluded Communities and the component organizations, including:

Voices for Justice
Jackson Hamlet Community Action
Midway Neighborhood Association
Waynor Road in Action

Resources
Invisible Fences: Municipal Underbounding in Southern Moore County, an August 2006 report by the UNC Center for Civil Rights

Recent News Coverage

Early agreements on Florida redistricting favor incumbents

Monday, December 5, 2011

Miami Herald

A handful of proposed Senate boundaries, modeled on NAACP plan, may head to court.
NC Redistricting Hearing to Focus on Speed of Case

Monday, December 5, 2011

News and Observer

Advocacy groups, Democratic elected officials and voters challenging North Carolina's new redistricting plans want rulings on their legality by mid-February.
Anti-lingering ordinance rescinded in Carrboro

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Indy Week

The Carrboro Board of Alderman voted unanimously to end the town’s anti-lingering ordinance Tuesday.
Protest To Challenge Carrboro Loitering Law

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

The Raleigh News & Observer

The Raleigh News & Observer covers the press conference challenging Carrboro's anti-loitering ordinance in Carrboro, which makes it harder for day laborers to find work. SCSJ staff attorney, Christopher Brook, who continues to work with community members to urge the town to rescind the ordinance, states 'we're intentionally violating the ordinance' to show how much free speech it prohibits.