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By SCSJ - Posted on March 16th, 2009
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All the work we do relates to preserving, extending and enforcing basic human rights. The human rights framework is a powerful way to link our struggles with people around the world, and to understand the fundamental nature of the interests we seek to protect.









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  • New Bond Fund Helps NC Immigrants Get Fair Day in Court
    Wednesday, February 24, 2010
    Catawba Valley Citizen
    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.
  • Ayudan a pagar fianzas de inmigración a extranjeros en Carolina del Norte
    Wednesday, February 24, 2010
    Terra
    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.
  • Americans: Much More Than a Profile
    Wednesday, December 9, 2009
    The Huffington Post
    On October 7th Ms. Orellana was quietly eating her lunch when two Frederick County Deputy Sheriffs interrogated and detained her solely based on the color of her skin, according to a lawsuit recently filed in US District Court.
  • The Obama Administration's Immigration Policy
    Wednesday, December 9, 2009
    Z-Magazine
    Barack Obama won the presidency in no small part because he captured a large majority of the immigrant vote, especially that of Latinos. Obama's promise of "comprehensive immigration reform" played an important role in that victory. Yet, instead of prioritizing immigration reform, President Obama has escalated several controversial enforcement initiatives.
  • Residents set to fight Navy's OLF with all they've got
    Thursday, February 19, 2009
    Virginia Pilot
    Rural communities in North Carolina oppose the Navy's OLF.
  • March, rally push 14 point progressive agenda
    Sunday, February 15, 2009
    WRAL
    Thousands of North Carolinians attend the 3rd annual HKonJ march in Raleigh to demand progressive changes in state and national policy.
  • Secure Communities: 287(g) with lipstick?
    Friday, January 23, 2009
    Independent Weekly
    Community activists worry that "Secure Communities" program in Orange County, NC will lead to racial profiling.
  • Southern Human Rights Organizers Protest “287g” program
    Sunday, December 14, 2008
    MyNC
    Protest of 287g program as part of the SHROC Conference
  • A blow against exclusion
    Wednesday, July 23, 2008
    News and Observer
    Cities can face large fines for disparate treatment of minority communities in access to public services.