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  • Judges Hear Arguments in NC Voting Maps Challenge

    A three judge panel arguments challenging the legality of Voting District Maps drawn last year by the Republican -controlled legislature.

  • Buen Pastor Stories

    A PDF of the stories of the Buen Pastor Congregation.

  • Buen Pastor Church

    Members of Raleigh’s Buen Pastor Church are fighting and praying to stop the deportation of twenty-six of its congregants. The church group was travelling together back to North Carolina after attending a religious retreat when Customs & Border Protection (CBP) pulled over three church vans in Louisiana.

    Click here to see how you can take action.

    Click here to watch the video produced about the case by UNC Photojournalism student Josh Davis.

  • Race and Redistricting

    SCSJ Executive Director Anita Earls speaks on a panel about the role of race in the drawing of congressional and state legislative districts after the 2010 Census

    Click here to view the video.

  • Building Real "Secure Communities" in North Carolina
    "Building Real 'Secure Communities': Addressing the Effects of Local/Federal Cooperation in Immigration Enforcement" is a training initiative designed to equip community-based organizations in the Triangle with the skills necessary to systematically collect data documenting abuses of human rights abuses occurring under ICE ACCESS programs. The Triangle CF helped the Southern Coalition for Social Justice train these groups so the data could be shared with policy and legal advocates in order to effectively engage in public policy debate about local enforcement of immigration law.

  • What is Heirs' Property?
    SCSJ's Becky Jaffe explains the concept of heirs' property and discusses the importance of land ownership in communities.

  • The Story of Samuel
    Samuel will soon be deported after living in the US for thirteen years. He will leave behind his wife, three children, and two grandchildren, and with unanswered questions about the death of his son, shot by police in Durham in 2007. The Southern Coalition for Social Justice and the National Immigrant Bond Fund are fighting for dignity and due process in North Carolina.

  • Trail of Dreams in Cary
    On January 1, 2010, Juan, Carlos, Felipe and Gaby embarked on a 1,500 mile walk from Miami to Washington, D.C. These students are facing much more than sore feet; three of them are undocumented, and they risk deportation and detention in order to share their story and raise awareness about the need for just immigration reform. Trail of Dreams is a journey of hope for the 12 million undocumented migrants in the United States who live in constant fear, and especially for the students who dream of higher education but are barred from attending college or accessing financial aid because of their citizenship status. In this video, the dreamers spoke with the head of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement at a secret detention facility they found in Cary and gave him a poster with a picture of the Statue of Liberty and the words "No Human Being is Illegal."

  • The Dismantling of the Diversity Policy in Wake County, NC
    The Wake County School Board voted 5-4 to dismantle the county's nationally acclaimed diversity policy despite heated opposition.

  • Interview with Ruby Freeman
    An interview with Ruby Freeman, one of the members of the Freeman family, about heirs property that her family owns on the North Carolina coast.

  • Johnston County Commissioners on Torture and Waterboarding
    Video of Christina Cowger from NC Stop Torture Now speaking to the Johnston County Commissioners about preventing flights from NC airports under the extraordinary rendition program. Detainees from around the world have been flown from NC airports to overseas prisons for interrogations and many claim they experiences harsh interrogation tactics and torture.