Category: News
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Immigrant and Refugee Rights Groups Hold Press Conference to Denounce Anti-Immigrant Bill, SB 452
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 27, 2018 CONTACT: Azadeh Shahshahani, Project South, (404) 574-0851, azadeh@prjs.palantetech.coop Adelina Nicholls, GLAHR, (770) 289-4833, anicholls@glahr.org Immigrant and Refugee Rights Groups Hold Press Conference to Denounce Anti-Immigrant Bill, SB 452 Press conference will be at 11 am on Tuesday, February 27th, in front of the Central Presbyterian Church, 201 Washington…
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Third death in Georgia immigrant detention centers in less than a year
For Immediate Release: Friday, February 2, 2018 Contact: Azadeh Shahshahani, azadeh@prjs.palantetech.coop, 404-574-0851 Carly Perez, cperez@detentionwatchnetwork.org, 202-846-7059 Third death in Georgia immigrant detention centers in less than a year Atlanta, GA — Immigrant rights organizations, Georgia Detention Watch, Project South and Detention Watch Network demand an immediate investigation and public release of the…
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Human Rights Groups Seek Hearing at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, October 13, 2017 Human Rights Groups Seek Hearing at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on Detention Conditions at Georgia Immigration Detention Facilities Atlanta, Georgia – Immigrant rights and human rights organizations, Project South, Georgia Detention Watch, Detention Watch Network, and the University of Pennsylvania Law School Transnational Legal Clinic, have filed…
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It’s Not About a Wedding Cake: “Religious Freedom” Laws
By Stephanie Guilloud, featured on Truth-Out.org April 12, 2015 “Religious freedom laws are signals of two things: the rise of legal protections for social control and segregation practices, and the growing power of cross-community movement alliances. Over the last few weeks, religious exclusion bills were introduced, debated, modified and either defeated or signed into law. Basketball…
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Emery Wright and Najma Naz’yat will be presenting at a Black History Month speaker series
Project South’s Co-Director, Emery Wright and Najma Naz’yat Director of the Boston Youth Organizing Project will present at a Black History Month speaker series at the Design Studio for Social Intervention. They will be presenting an interactive and multimedia evening about the legacy of Nelson Mandela. Remembering Not to Forget: Mandela and the Regeneration of…
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Youth take action on the 50th Anniversary
An assembly in Dothan mobilizing young people from all across the south and the nation we will be collecting ballots on 24th to 28th. The whole nation is mobilizing in different places so get involved and come out. Click here to download the flyer for our actions on August 28 Download an action packet for…
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South by Southwest Tour
read more and follow the tour at http://niqua2013.blogspot.com/ “The workshops were more of an open space for people to share their stories and the work they do to create democratic education in their communities. We also had 16 Home-based groups that met everyday for a hour. My groups was Counter Cultural Education, which was…
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Julian wins Sargent Shriver Youth Warriors Against Poverty Award
August 5, 2013 Contact: Kathleen Baca, Director of Communications (206) 273-7381 kbaca@caseygrants.org Marguerite Casey Foundation Announces Santrecheel Julian as a 2013 Sargent Shriver Youth Warriors Against Poverty Award Winner SEATTLE – Marguerite Casey Foundation is pleased to announce 21-year-old Santrecheel Julian of Atlanta, Ga., as one of 14 young persons to receive the second annual Sargent…
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Walk for Dignity charts new course for Freedom
Watch Video: In their own words, #Walk4Dignity from Jacksonville to Sanford The Southern Freedom Movement made history by walking from Jacksonville to Sanford last week! Over 100 people walked with us at some point on the journey, and hundreds more contributed to the effort from states around the South and the country. The…
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August Update: Southern Freedom Movement Responds to Crisis and Propels toward Aug. 28
Walk for Dignity from Jacksonville to Sanford Florida, July 2013 Freedom Summer 2013Enough is Enough.Southern Freedom Movement Responds to Crisis & Propels Forward towards Aug. 28 On Saturday evening, July 13th, George Zimmerman was found not guilty for the murder of young Trayvon Martin, and a hurtful pain of outrage swelled across our communities. Within…