Social Justice

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. is America’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice.

Through litigation, advocacy, and public education, LDF seeks structural changes to expand democracy, eliminate disparities, and achieve racial justice in a society that fulfills the promise of equality for all Americans.

LDF also defends the gains and protections won over the past 80 years of civil rights struggle and works to improve the quality and diversity of judicial and executive appointments.

For 40 years, IPMW has helped thousands of women realize their own dignity and worth. Through its chaplaincy programs and services, women have an opportunity to meet their spiritual and religious needs and receive trauma-informed training and care, as well as, opportunities for leadership and creative expression.

IPWM also provides transition education, which offers evidence-based life skills, job skills, emotional literacy training inside the prison walls and outside in the community while women are still incarcerated and readying themselves for release.

Finally, through reentry support, women work in partnership with faith-based groups, other nonprofit service providers and area businesses to meet their post-release needs, including employment, housing, transportation, mental health and addiction recovery, and reunification with children.

The North Carolina State Board of Elections is the state agency charged with the administration of the elections process and campaign finance disclosure and compliance.

The Governor of North Carolina appoints the members of the Board of Elections from a list of nominees submitted to the Governor by the State party chair of each of the two political parties having the highest number of registered affiliates.

Not more than three members of the State Board shall be members of the same political party. The state’s 100 County Boards of Elections conduct local elections, operate voting sites, maintain voter registration lists and handle numerous aspects of election administration.

The office of the State Board works in conjunction with County Boards of Elections offices to ensure that elections are conducted lawfully and fairly.

Democracy North Carolina is a nonpartisan organization that uses research, organizing, and advocacy to increase voter participation, reduce the influence of big money in politics and achieve a government that is truly of the people, by the people and for the people.

Legal Aid of NC helps clients gain and retain safe employment, and secure the wages and benefits they are entitled to.

Legal Aid of NC provides free information and legal services on relating to the following employment related areas:

Unemployment: help clients receive the unemployment compensation they deserve.

Wage Theft: help clients collect the wages that are owed to them.

Other: help clients fight the denial or loss of occupational licenses.

The North Carolina Justice Center is one of the state’s preeminent voices for economic and social justice.

As a leading progressive research and advocacy organization, the mission of the North Carolina Justice Center is to eliminate poverty in North Carolina by ensuring that every household in the state has access to the resources, services, and fair treatment it needs to achieve economic security.

The Workers’ Rights Project in particular is fighting to make sure everyone in North Carolina has a quality job and the support they need when out of a job.

The Project strives to enforce and expand policies that ensure safe workplaces, fair treatment, a living wage, and a strong safety net in times of hardship.