Join the Southern Coalition for Social Justice and award-winning film producer Ruth Cowen for a documentary about the female judges who make up 18% of South Africa's male-dominated judiciary.
The film will be followed by a conversation with female North Carolina judges.
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The Great Human Race is an annual fundraising event sponsored by the Volunteer Center of Durham. This year's race will take place on March 29th at 8:30am at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. To participate or donate to our efforts, visit our Great Human Race fundraising page! |
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***The Census Bureau will be mailing out census forms March 15th - 17th, look for yours in the mail, fill it out and send it in!*** 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. VOTE NOW for your Favorite Entry! GALEO, one of our mini-grantees, has 2010 Census picture and essay contest entries here for you to view and rate! *** 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. |
Breaking News: Supreme Court Ruling on Voting Rights Act, Court Upholds Full and Equal Right to Vote
On Monday, June 22nd, in a case in which SCSJ joined an amicus brief submitted on behalf of grassroots organizations in the south, the Supreme Court did not strike down any part of the recently reauthorized Voting Rights Act as unconstitutional and instead held that all jurisdictions should be allowed to "bailout" if they have compiled with the Act's requirements. SCSJ argued to the Court that Section 5 of the Act, the "preclearance" requirement, is an important protection for minority voting rights. That provision will now continue to be in effect. Click here to read the Court's 8 - 1 decision.
SaveFreemanBeach.com is a new website about the history of Freeman Beach in an effort to save this beachfront property from development.
You can help spread the word about SCSJ! Click here to send an email to your friends about our work.
