Tag: North Carolina

North Carolina is making international headlines again specifically in Randolph County. On September 16, the Randolph County School Board took ...

Post by SCSJ Staff Attorney Daryl Atkinson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJGNJVIq37A In a speech to the American Bar Association on August 12, 201,3 ...

Future Voter at Moral Monday Protest You may have heard some buzz about a social justice movement called Moral Mondays, ...

About three months ago, Moral Monday protests began in North Carolina in response to the Republican controlled legislature that was ...

By Shoshannah Sayers, Deputy Director The North Carolina General Assemby recently passed a new set of voting rules that will ...

In the immigration reform dance, there have been a few minor victories in moving towards a pathway for citizenship. In ...

by Deona Hooper, MSW During the 2012 election, I remember riding in my middle class neighborhood seeing all the Mitt ...

By Shoshannah Sayers, Deputy Director Providing a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants could increase jobs and incomes in North ...

Amanda Huber MSW, LCSWA In North Carolina, plans are being made for saving 50 million dollars a year by denying children ...

On July 10, 2013, just two weeks after DOMA was ruled unconstitutional, members of the Senate Committee ruled 15-7  in ...

by Southern Coalition for Social Justice Two weeks ago, Wendy Davis in her pink sneakers stood 11 hours in her ...

Recently, three people have died by suicide in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina in less than a year by jumping off the ...

A jolt was sent through the LGBT blogosphere when the groundbreaking lesbian blogger, Pam Spaulding, “blogmistress” of Pam's House Blend, announced ...

by Deona Hooper, MSW Republicans attempted a secret coup against abortion rights when they added a last-minute amendment, House Bill ...

Under the cover of darkness, Senate Republicans passed legislation against women’s rights Tuesday evening after only 90 minutes public notice ...

by Logan Keziah After North Carolina’s Unemployment law took effect this weekend, North Carolina is the first state to disqualify ...

Recently, I had the opportunity to talk with Social Work Professor Crystal Hayes about her disclosure of being sexual abused ...

The Southern Coalition for Social Justice  (SCSJ) is a nonprofit dedicated to the expansion of civil rights located in Durham, ...

On June 3, 2013, more than 150 people were arrested at the North Carolina's State Legislature on what has been ...

Social work pioneer and activist Jane Addams felt that America’s future would be determined by both family and education. She ...