A new bond fund is helping immigrants who are arrested post bond and access legal services. SCSJ partnered with the Bond Fund to provide zero interest matching loans to immigrants who cannot afford to pay a full bond. Since its inception in September, SCSJ has used the fund to help seven families.
Un fondo creado con dinero de organizaciones privadas ha ayudado a varias familias a pagar parte de la fianza de inmigración de sus seres queridos para que disputen sus casos en los tribunales.
The North Carolina Supreme Court in March is scheduled to hear oral arguments in a Beaufort County-based lawsuit that could affect the future of students who are suspended from public schools for long periods of time across North Carolina and the local school boards that hand down such suspensions.
SCSJ's Anita Earls' coining of the term "invisible fences" is referenced in this piece, which discusses how mapping can be critical in the fight for social justice and proving systematic discrimination.