The Alliance has sent two letters to the Town of Georgetown in opposition to its granting a funding request from a non-government, non-profit, which hosts a “memorial” to the Confederacy and flies the Confederate Battle flag. Read the letters.
2021-2022 Legislative Roundup – Below are results of Bills SDARJ supported, either directly with calls or letters to legislators, or indirectly with letters to the editor or through our partner organizations. There were significant victories, discussed below, but also significant disappointments. We were extremely disappointed that the General Assembly did not pass the three bills […]
The Cape Gazette | April 25, 2022
The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice recently honored Mariner Middle students Tori Minor and Izabel Kelly-Conaway for their demonstration of leadership, improvement, effort and excellence.
Each student received a $20 gift card to Browseabout Books in Rehoboth Beach and the youth version of the book “Just Mercy,” by Cape High grad Bryan Stevenson, a civil rights attorney and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative organization. Read the entire Cape Gazette article here.
The Cape Gazette | April 4, 2022
The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice recently honored Shields Elementary students Jace Daisey and Kaia Reid for their leadership, improvement, effort and excellence.
Each student received a $20 gift card to Browseabout Books in Rehoboth and the book, “The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy,” by Kekla Magoon. SDARJ contributes $15 to each gift card, and Browseabout contributes $5. Read the entire Cape Gazette article here.
The Cape Gazette | March 31, 2022
The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice recently honored H.O. Brittingham Elementary students Sophia Winkfield, Kahden Cannon and Aliyah Harmon for their demonstration of leadership, improvement, effort and excellence. Read the entire Cape Gazette article here.
The Cape Gazette | March 24, 2022
The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice recently honored Beacon Middle students Carter Gibbons and Cianna Steer for their leadership, improvement, effort and excellence. Read the entire Cape Gazette article here.
The Cape Gazette | March 21, 2022
The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice recently honored Milton Elementary students Alyla Johnson and Olivia McClain for their demonstration of leadership, improvement, effort and excellence. Read the entire Cape Gazette article here.
The Cape Gazette | March 9, 2022
The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice recently honored Cape High students Sierra Horsey and Davien Weathersby for their demonstration of leadership, improvement, effort and excellence. Read the entire Cape Gazette article here.
The ordinance coming up for discussion Monday, March 7, would allow the reel to remain where it is. This issue has been in limbo now for way too long, and it’s time to let the reel stand. Putting it on the LHS main campus was and continues to be an action that helps lift Black people to their rightful place in Lewes’ history. The sad irony is that we have to highlight the “Black” part of that history because it has never been recognized or celebrated the way white history has been. The reel’s presence makes the story of Lewes’ history a truer and richer one.
Read the entire Letter to the Editor here.
The Cape Gazette | February 15, 2022
The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice recently honored Rehoboth Elementary students A’hmaj Thompson and Allen Brown for their demonstration of leadership, improvement, effort and excellence.
Each student received a $20 gift card to Browseabout Books in Rehoboth and a book about Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, the first Black person to serve in that capacity.
Read the entire Cape Gazette article here.
