Racial Justice Act
Source: News and Observer Link: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/06/30/2171071/racial-justice-act-suppor... Publication Date: Sunday, July 1, 2012 Abstract: Racial Justice Act supporters push to...
View ArticleNew Tool Help People Navigate The Maze of Collateral Consequences
SCSJ staff attorney, Daryl V. Atkinson assists in the creation of a novel one stop portal (C-CAT) http://ccat.sog.unc.edu/ that provides North Carolina citizens a way to assess the full ramifications...
View ArticleCases of Collateral Consequences
SCSJ staff attorney, Daryl Atkinson speaks to WUNC, The State of Things to talk about experiences with discrimination based on criminal history and efforts to counter this bias. Listen here:...
View ArticleDC Federal Court rules that Texas’ statewide redistricting maps violate the...
SCSJ and the Texas State NAACP have scored a huge win: a panel of judges in D.C. rejected all three of Texas’ statewide redistricting maps as violating Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. The DC Court...
View ArticleNational NAACP Releases Statement Praising DC Court’s Invalidation of TX...
National NAACP Releases Statement Praising DC Court’s Invalidation of TX Redistricting Plans Under Section 5 of the VRA. You may read The NAACP Redistricting Statement in the attachment below or under...
View ArticleEvery Vote Matters
When Patty Almond ran for Mayor of the town of Mt. Gilead in November, 2011, she lost by just two votes. However, in that election at least four African-American voters were improperly denied the right...
View ArticleSCSJ Hires Deputy Director
SCSJ is pleased to announce that Kristina Klugar, our first Deputy Director, has joined the staff. This is a major step in building the expanded capacity we need to partner effectively with communities...
View ArticleImmigration Charges Officially Dropped for Buen Pastor Families
Late last week 22 members of the Buen Pastor Church received final confirmation that the Department of Homeland Security is no longer seeking to have them deported. They had been stopped and detained...
View Articledaryl atkinson speaks on Capitol Hill at launch of new website on collateral...
On September 20th Daryl Atkinson presented testimony on the importance of knowing the collateral consequences of a criminal conviction before entering a guilty plea. He joined Senate Judiciary...
View Article222 Voters in May Primary Received Wrong Ballot in NC
Today Plaintiffs in the North Carolina statewide redistricting case filed a motion for summary judgment, asking the court to hold that North Carolina's House, Senate and Congressional redistricting...
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