SDARJ News & Announcements
Announcing Student Scholarship Opportunities
The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice (SDARJ) is presently accepting applications for the 2023 Charlotte King Scholarship Program. Several $1000 scholarships will be awarded to Sussex County graduating seniors from the Class of 2023, who identify as Black and/or African American. The essential criterion is a demonstrated concern for furthering racial understanding and justice. The deadline to submit an application is April 2.
Sign up for the 2023 Racial Equity Challenge
Sign up for the Delaware Racial Justice Collaborative’s Racial Equity Challenge. It has helped so many people and there are still so many racial equity issues that we need to learn and explore together in order to grow and change. Remember that you have to sign up each year so now is the time to […]
Group Dates Announced for 2023 Dialogue Toward Ending Racism
This is a dynamic program that moves us from talk to a greater understanding of those in our communities. You’ve had conversations about racism before, but this program dives into the real issues and root causes and evolves to building new friendships and opportunities to be involved in our community with a goal of finding solutions to achieving SDARJ’s vision of “ending racism and its corrosive consequences.”
Video: SDARJ Special Forum on Probation Reform
The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice presented a Special Forum on Probation Reform in Delaware on February 9, 2023 from 7-8:30 p.m. via Zoom.
Statement from the SPLC regarding the removal of confederate memorials from courthouses
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement from Tafeni English-Relf, director of the Alabama State Office and the Civil Rights Memorial Center, in response to the American Bar Association’s passage of Resolution 402, which encourages the removal of racial and ethnic bias symbols of the Confederate States of America and depictions of Confederate leaders from courthouses. The resolution passed unopposed.
