The Stan Greenspon Center is ready to make significant change in 2019 for immigrants, for housing, for healthcare, for justice within the criminal system, for others, and for ourselves. Here …
2019 Agenda: Ready for Change!
On Thursday, January 24th over 100 people gathered in the Belk Chapel Rotunda in the name of Social Justice. There were men and women from all walks of life representing …
Agenda for Justice 2019: We Need You
Over the past two years, the Stan Greenspon Center and our coalition partners successfully advocated for many of the most vulnerable in our communities. Together we improved judicial outcomes for …
Nights and Days of Brokenness
Eighty years ago, on the night of November 9th, 1938, the Nazi government stood by and watched as synagogues, Jewish owned businesses, schools, and homes were vandalized, looted, and destroyed. …
Significant strides being made in our social justice work: criminal justice, immigrant justice and affordable housing
Members of the Criminal Justice Committee and the Immigrant Justice Committee contributed to the DA and Sheriff Candidate Forums, which was an outstanding example of the passionate engagement and investment …
Social Justice Readings for Your Passover Seder
Click here for printable Passover seder supplement The Four Children Who Survived Mass Shootings The student of Columbine, who witnessed the 1999 massacre in his high school asks: “How …
Charlotte’s and NC’s Criminal Justice System and an Extractive Economy
by Judy Schindler and Jake Sussman [This was given in response to a presentation by Dr. Walter Brueggemann entitled “God. Money. Neighbor.” delivered at First Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, on …
Turning our advocacy ideas into action
The Social Advocacy Network has been working hard this past month trying to turn our advocacy ideas into action! Welcoming Minister de’Angelo Dia In December, we welcomed another advocacy member …
It’s Time to Walk the Talk with Affordable Housing: A New Way of Addressing an Old Problem by Judy Seldin-Cohen
Affordable housing is a hot topic in our community. New construction is part of the solution, but timelines are long and the prospect of neighborhood backlash presents formidable barriers. Yet …
MIKE WILEY PRODUCTIONS’ BREACH OF PEACE
February 15, 7:00pm – 9:00pm Location: E.H Little Fine Arts Center, Queens University of Charlotte May 24, 1961 was the day 19-year-old Jean Thompson’s father had prepared her for her …
