Southern Solidarity Wins

Southern Coalition for Social Justice is fighting alongside Black, Brown and low-income people for healthy environments, a fair justice system, and the fearless defense of voting rights.

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Environmental Justice

Davidson County Approves Nation’s Largest Liquefied Natural Gas Facility Along Yadkin River Over Unanimous Community Opposition

LEXINGTON, N.C. (Nov. 10, 2026) — After a hearing that stretched past 11:30 p.m. and drew a standing-room-only crowd in which not a single resident spoke in favor, the Davidson […]

Anthony Lee was aggressively arrested by Charlotte Police in 2023.

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Justice System Reform

Lee v. City of Charlotte

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Voting Rights

Talking Points: Record Turnout in 2026 Elections

Our Work

We are committed to protecting and advancing social justice in the South through legal advocacy, research, and communications.

Focus Areas

Justice System Reform

Voting Rights

Environmental Justice

Recent News

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Voting Rights

SCSJ Alerts Election Officials to Provisional Ballots That Must Be Approved

US Census form that asks what the person's race is.

Voting Rights

SCSJ Opposes Census Changes That Would Leave People Out

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Voting Rights

SAVE Letters Don’t Cancel Voter Registration; What NC Voters Need to Know 

US Census

Voting Rights

Voting Rights Group Strongly Opposes Proposed Changes to 2030 Census

Our Cases

We go to court across the South, covering Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

Five people stand together outside a courthouse holding a sign that reads 'Free Savanna Batten — Free the Prairieland Defendants' with a photo of Savanna Batten and the website PrairielandDefendants.com.

Justice System Reform

USA v. Savanna Batten

SCSJ and TCRP are representing Savanna Batten on appeal, who was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison after exercising her First Amendment right to protest.

An ICE agent smashes the driver’s side window with the barrel of his rifle, which was pointed directly at Reisini.

Justice System Reform

Reisini & Roos v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security et al.

A federal damages claim was submitted on behalf of Tatyana Reisini and Kristen Roos, who were followed, boxed in by federal agents, threatened at gunpoint, and arrested.

Justice System Reform

Aceituno v. U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security et al.

A federal damages claim was submitted on behalf of Willy Wender Aceituno, a U.S. citizen whose car window was shattered by immigration agents.

The South got something to say.

We go wherever the fight takes us to make sure Black, Brown, and low-income people across the South are heard in the halls of power. 

NCCU students and faculty celebrate with SCSJ attorneys