Category: Features & Updates
Action Alert: NO on HB 534
House Bill 534, the Governor’s overly punitive street racing legislation, has been scheduled for a hearing in the…
READ MORE >Action Alert: Oppose HB 286
House Bill 286 is scheduled for a vote by the full House of Representatives on…
READ MORE >Civil Rights Organizations Commend Governor Kemp’s Dedication to Repealing Citizen’s Arrest
Today, Governor Kemp announced proposed legislation that would repeal Georgia’s Citizen’s Arrest statute. The bill…
READ MORE >Legislative Update
The Georgia General Assembly met this week for legislative days 13 through 16 and will…
READ MORE >Action Alert: Stop Senate Bill 10
Senate Bill 10, the overly punitive street racing legislation, has been scheduled for a hearing…
READ MORE >Legislative Update, Week of January 25
The Georgia General Assembly was in session this week for legislative days 5 through 8….
READ MORE >Legislation Introduced to End Felony Disenfranchisement in Georgia
Last week, Representatives Josh McLaurin, Bee Nguyen, Gregg Kennard, Kim Schofield, Rebecca Mitchell and Erick…
READ MORE >2021 Legislative Preview
This week, the Georgia General Assembly convened and met for the first four of the…
READ MORE >Incarcerated in GA During COVID-19? We Want Your Story to be Heard. In Your Own Words.
The Southern Center for Human Rights is undertaking a storytelling project to record the experiences of people incarcerated.
READ MORE >Statement from the Southern Center for Human Rights Regarding the Events of January 6th at the United States Capitol
As people marched in the streets of Atlanta this summer to protest for Black lives,…
READ MORE >The Cause of Justice is Always Urgent
Most of us have never lived through a year like 2020 before. This has been a year of omnipresent tragedy and uncounted acts of heroism, of the most astonishing failures of governmental leadership and the most inspiring collective demands for racial justice.
READ MORE >An End of Year Message from SCHR Board Chair James Kwak
Dear Friends of the Southern Center for Human Rights, Most of us have never lived…
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