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State Attorney General Kathleen Jennings was the guest speaker at the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice’s May Town Hall meeting. Attorney General Jennings’ presentation “Revisions of the Delaware Criminal Code” focused on current legislative efforts to create fairer and more equitable criminal justice and prison systems in Delaware.  Proposed reforms aim at decreasing the […]

Many of us think we know a lot about this growing challenge, but actually we have little idea of the depth and breadth of the problem and how many people are just one check away from losing their permanent housing. The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice brought together a panel of housing experts for […]

The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice partnered with Womens March Sussex and Seaside Jewish Community to present a special Town Hall on racism and anti-Semitism.  The Town Hall was held on Tuesday, March 26th at Trinity Faith Christian Center in Lewes.  The panelists were James Newtown, Professor Emeritus of Black American Studies at the […]

The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice in partnership with The Rehoboth Beach Film Society presented the second annual Rehoboth Beach African-American Film Festival.  

The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice partnered with the League of Women Voters of Sussex County and the Lewes Library to present their Black History Month Observance entitled: “Exploring America’s Racism:  Featuring the National Memorial for Peace and Justice.”  The Town Hall Program was held on Tuesday, February 12th.

The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice brought together a panel of industry professionals and state leaders for a town hall meeting on September 11 at the Trinity Faith Christian Center Heritage Hall in Lewes.   Panel members included Sussex County Councilman I.G. Burton, developer Preston Schell, Discover Bank Assistant Community Reinvestment Act Director Amy […]

Sussex County Education Leaders Discuss “Challenges and Successes in Sussex County Schools” Tuesday, October 10 at 7:00 p.m. The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice welcomed three extraordinary educators from Sussex County schools for our October Town Hall Forum on Tuesday, October 10th at Trinity Faith Christian Center, 15516 New Road in Lewes. A panel […]

ACLU meeting on Immigration August 20, 2018 SDARJ teamed with the American Civil Liberties Union of Delaware to host a special meeting on August 20th at the TFCC Heritage Hall on New Rd. in Lewes.

As you know, our nation’s greatest peacemaker, Dr. Martin Luther King, was snatched from us by a sniper’s bullet 50 years ago at 6:00 p.m. April 6th at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, now, the location of the National Civil Rights Museum.  That shot reverberated throughout the world.   As members of the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial […]