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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Latest Updates
Community Successfully Defends Fair Representation for Bladen County
ELIZABETHTOWN, N.C. (June 3, 2026) — Bladen County residents turned out in droves this week to defeat a proposal to shrink the Board of Commissioners from nine members to five, a […]
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
Voting Rights
Voting Rights Groups Will Appeal Ruling on DeSantis’ Partisan Map
Voting Rights
SCSJ Urges State Board of Elections to Protect Voters from Baseless Photo ID Challenges
Voting Rights
Statement: Southern Communities Unite Against Attempts to Undermine Black and Brown Political Power
Justice System Reform
SCSJ On the Criminalization of Poverty
Our Cases
We go to court across the South, covering Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Justice System Reform
Family Policing in Person County
SCSJ is supporting community members in Person County, North Carolina, who are fighting for accountability, transparency, and the rights of families to stay together.
Environmental Justice
The Hairston Clan, et al. v. Stokes County
Community groups and Walnut Cove, NC, residents are challenging the decision of their County Board of Commissioners to rezone approximately 1,845 acres of residential-agricultural land on the Dan River to heavy industrial use.
Environmental Justice
Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, et al., v. The Chemours Company
The NAACP New Hanover County Branch is objecting to an attempt by Chemours and DuPont to hide documents about dumping harmful substances into the Cape Fear River.
Our Cases
We go to court across the South, covering Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
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.
Missing Voters in Alabama
Stand Up Mobile, Southern Coalition for Social Justice, and Dēmos set the record straight regarding access to the ballot in Alabama.