Southern Coalition for Social Justice – Articles

The Southern Coalition for Social Justice promotes justice by empowering minority and low-income communities to defend and advance their political, social and economic rights. We use the combined skills of lawyers, social scientists, community organizers and media experts to help underrepresented people develop strategies to achieve their visions for themselves and their communities, incorporating an international human rights perspective and linking their efforts to broader processes of political, legal, social and economic change in the South.

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Residents Organizing to Stop the Gentrification of Durham’s Historic University Apartments (0 Comments)

July 30, 2009

The <a href="http://www.scsj.org">Southern Coalition for Social Justice</a> is proud to announce that we are now representing the University Apartments Residents Association in their efforts to stop the gentrification of their historic, 71 year old apartment complex in Durham’s West End... Read more >

Apply for Census 2010 Outreach Mini-grants today! (0 Comments)

July 30, 2009

<i><b>Make the Census Counts Everyone</b></i> The <a href="http://www.southerncoalition.org/">Southern Coalition for Social Justice</a> has been working for the past months to <a href="http://www.southerncoalition.org/node/122">give Census Outreach Mini-Grants</a> to community organizations in Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Louisiana that are a trusted... Read more >

Human Trafficking: Combating modern-day slavery on North Carolina farms (0 Comments)

July 30, 2009

Agricultural production in North Carolina is 46 billion dollar industry which involves the fifth most farmworkers of any state <a href="http://www.legalaidnc.org/public/learn/StatewideProjects/FWU/ncfarlegal.htm">(Legal Aid of NC)</a>. For tens of thousands of farmworkers, it’s an industry which remains seeped in extreme exploitation and,... Read more >

Why the 2010 Census Matters: Federal Funding and Voting Rights for Underrepresented Communities (0 Comments)

July 14, 2009

The Constitution of the United States requires a count of every person and household in the US while recording certain information about each person, including questions about ethnicity, race, relation to other household occupants, and gender every ten years. The... Read more >

HEALTHCARE STORIES- Why We Need a Public Option (0 Comments)

July 7, 2009

<h1><a href="http://www.youtube.com/nchcan">HEALTHCARE STORIES- Why we need a Public Option</a> http://www.youtube.com/nchcan </h1> The <a href="http://www.southerncoalition.org">Southern Coalition for Social Justice</a> has been teaming up with Durham Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (<a href="http://www.acorn.org">ACORN</a>) as a part of the national Health... Read more >

Building Peace, Unity, and Justice in Greensboro (0 Comments)

July 7, 2009

In an effort to build peaceful, nurturing communities, the Beloved Community Center, the Pulpit Forum, and the Almighty Latin Kings and Queens Nation of Greensboro (ALKQN), North Carolina, have been working together for over a year to deal with the... Read more >

Checkpoint Monitoring: Challenging Racial Profiling (0 Comments)

July 7, 2009

Over the past week the Southern Coalition for Social Justice has been ramping up its efforts to train checkpoint monitors, with public training sessions in Guilford Co, Alamance Co, and Durham, NC. Hundreds of community members, students, and immigrant’s... Read more >

Parading for their history, futures (0 Comments)

July 7, 2009

On June 5, community members from Gates County, North Carolina, sailed the beautiful Chowan River to oppose the Navy’s proposal to build an Outlying Landing Field in the surrounding area. Dozens of boats, decorated with US flags and signs that... Read more >

Preserve over 150 years of Black Community History, Save Freeman Beach! (0 Comments)

July 7, 2009

Freeman Beach is a historically black-owned 180 acres of undeveloped beachfront property located just north of Carolina Beach, NC. It has been owned for over 150 years by the descendants of Alexander Freeman, a notable free black man from North... Read more >

Fair Housing and Heirs’ Property in Orange County, North Carolina (0 Comments)

February 3, 2009

Southern Coalition for Social Justice 11/14/2008 Fair Housing and Heirs’ Property in Orange County, North Carolina Fair Housing and Heirs’ Property in Orange County, North Carolina 1 | P a g e I. Executive Summary Currently there are 475 parcels... Read more >

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