REP-A-THON
2024-05-04 12:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual Broadcast
Legal representation is important. This is especially true in Atlanta today as dozens of individuals are being prosecuted as a result of exercising their First Amendment Right to protest and dissent.

On May 4th, 2024, join the Southern Center for Human Rights, Color of Change, and the Center for Constitutional Rights for “Rep-A-Thon”, a live-streamed legal defense fundraiser.

Harkening back to old-school telethons that generated attention toward worthy causes, this new-age Rep-a-Thon is centered on raising awareness of the attack on the right to protest and dissent in Metro Atlanta and to raise funds to support SCHR’s First Amendment Lawyer Bridge, a joint effort with Community Justice Exchange to coordinate legal representation for individuals facing prosecution for exercising their right to protest and dissent, as well as providing support and training to the attorneys representing them.

As prosecutions against protesters grow in complexity and frequency, First Amendment protections are slowly being eroded. The Bridge is an innovative, first-of-its-kind permanent response to efforts to quell dissent—a permanent mass defense infrastructure, harnessing the collective expertise, creativity and power of movement and zealous advocacy.

Join us for an afternoon of history, education, music, and wellness, and learn how you can help support the fight against State repression.

Register today to make a pledge and receive reminders, updates, and other information about Rep-a-Thon.

2024 Justice Taking Root Benefit Reception
2024-05-14 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | The Foundry at Puritan Mill, 916 Joseph E. Lowery Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA, 30318, United States
Join the Southern Center for Human Rights for the 2024 Justice Taking Root Benefit Reception!

Proceeds from Southern Center for Human Right’s Justice Taking Root annual benefit reception provide unrestricted support for our work for equality, dignity, and justice in the criminal legal system. Further, this evening grants us an opportunity to thank friends and partners and to introduce new friends to SCHR.

HONORING

2024 Justice Ally of the Year Award

Mitchell Shapiro Greenamyre & Funt LLP

2024 Vanguard Award

Spears & Filipovits LLC

DATE & LOCATIONTuesday, May 14, 2014The Foundry at Puritan Mill | AtlantaAmple free parking is available.

ATTIREThe attire is business.

REGISTRATIONTickets to the event are paperless. Please check in at the registration table when you arrive and pick up your name badge.

PROGRAM

Cocktail ReceptionThe cocktail reception begins at 6 p.m. This is an opportunity for you to greet old friends, meet new ones, and mingle with SCHR staff and board. Complimentary beer and wine will be served. Live music will be provided by the Tom Olsen Trio.

Formal ProgramThe formal program will begin promptly at 7 p.m.

Fund Our MissionWe will have a “Fund Our Mission” portion of our evening. Cash, check, and credit card are all acceptable forms of payment. There will be staff on-site with tablets to help process payments.

Social MediaWe hope you’ll join us on social media; we’ll be live tweeting Justice Taking Root on Twitter/X at @southerncenter. Join us by using the hashtag #justicetakingroot.

28th Annual Frederick Douglass Awards Dinner
2024-10-30 18:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York)
Wednesday, October 30, 20246:00 PM – 10:00 PM

The Southern Center for Human Rights’ (SCHR) flagship gala will take place on Wednesday, October 30, 2024, at the JW Marriott Washington, DC Hotel. Join us to recognize and celebrate those who demonstrate exceptional courage and tenacity in the defense of human rights and equal justice. Proceeds from the Frederick Douglass Awards Dinner support SCHR’s work to protect the civil and human rights of people ensnared by the criminal legal system.

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Honoring

Christopher K. WaltersSenior Pro Bono Counsel, Reed Smith LLP

Program

6:00 pm | Cocktail Reception7:00 pm | Seated Dinner9:00 pm | Dessert Reception

Cocktail Attire

THANK YOU TOOUR LEADING SPONSORS

Luminary

Susan & Jeffrey Sussman+ Jake Sussman & Jessica Flaxman

ChampionKing & Spalding LLPLawrence and Jennifer ZimmermanMunger, Tolles & Olson LLP

BenefactorBerger MontagueHonorable Beverly MartinCovington & Burling LLPDavid DeBruin and Elizabeth TaylorDavid SternElisabeth Semel and James ThomsonThe Feminist Forever FundJames and Mary Kate GarlandJames Kwak & Sylvia BrandtJenner & Block LLPJohn Meyerhoff, MD and Lenel Srochi-MeyerhoffMary E. Schlegel, MDMayer BrownNorthrop GrummanProskauer Rose LLPSheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLPSteptoe & Johnson LLP

DefenderArnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLPFinnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLPKilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLPMary M. BroderickWilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLPZuckerman Spaeder LLP

GuardianCliff Sloan and Mary Lou HartmanDavis Bozeman Johnson LawMary C. KennedyMaureen F. Del DucaRichard Dieter and Margaret Louden

2024 San Francisco Benefit Reception
2024-12-07 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, 560 Mission St Fl 27, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
Saturday, December 7, 20246:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Please join the Southern Center for Human Rights for a benefit hosted by the family and friends of the late Susan Ten Kwan on Saturday, December 7, 2024, at 6:00 PM PT at the offices of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP in San Francisco, CA.

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Remarks From

Terrica Redfield GanzyExecutive Director, Southern Center for Human Rights

Michael J. HersekExecutive Director, Habeas Corpus Resource Center

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr.Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

The People's Process
2024-12-16 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
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On November 14, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division released its findings, uncovering widespread human rights abuses at the Fulton County Jail. In response, the County has remained silent about next steps and has not sought public input on the future of the FCJ.

We are opening this listening and reporting process so that those indirectly & directly impacted can offer meaningful recommendations to elected officials.

This webinar marks the first session in an ongoing series of People’s Assembly events. It will feature a panel of litigators familiar with the harms suffered by people detained at FCJ. The discussion will set the stage for the following weeks of community reporting, where persons indirectly & directly impacted can offer meaningful recommendations to elected officials.

Events

A webinar moderated by SCHR Director of Public Policy Tiffany Roberts on December 16, 2024, at 6:00 PM featuring C.K. Hoffler, counsel for the family of Leonard Fortner who was killed at the Fulton County Jail in April; Atteeyah Hollie, SCHR Deputy Director & Impact Litigation Director; Devin Franklin, SCHR Senior Movement Policy Counsel; and Robyn Hasan, Women on the Rise Georgia Executive Director.

There will be 3 People’s Assemblies that will include a brief overview of the DOJ’s reporting and an opportunity for formerly incarcerated individuals and the families of currently incarcerated people to speak to their experiences and concerns.

A public reporting day will be structured to resemble the April 2023 listening session of the United Nations Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement, which SCHR co-hosted.

How Everyday People Can Impact Georgia’s Laws
2025-01-14 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
This Talk Justice Tuesday is our take on “Legislative Advocacy 101” for Georgia, equipping you with the tools and knowledge to understand the legislative process and make your voice heard in a way that you can feel good about. Become an effective changemaker by learning about the stakeholders and processes that turn policy into law.

Caught In-Between: Youth and the Criminalization of Immigration
2025-02-11 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Threats of deportation and crack downs on immigration are coming at both the federal and state level. What happens to young people caught in between? Join criminal, juvenile, and immigration legal advocates to talk about the impact of legislation that criminalizes immigration status.

Justice Day 2025: Rooted in Justice, Thriving Together
2025-02-25 09:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Central Presbyterian Church, 201 Washington Street Southwest, Atlanta, Georgia, 30303, United States
Join the Justice Reform Partnership (JRP) on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, at 8:30 am ET for Justice Day 2025: Rooted in Justice, Thriving Together! This event will take place in downtown Atlanta at Central Presbyterian Church and will be live-streamed. To stream the event, join us live on Facebook, YouTube, and at www.justicereformpartnership.org/justiceday.

Learn from policy experts and perform advocacy related to criminal legal reform at the Georgia State Capitol.

Throughout the day, you will have the chance to connect with like-minded individuals, engage with lawmakers, learn about important criminal legal issues, and discover ways to support people who are incarcerated and impact change.

Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Breakfast and registration begin at 8:30 am. The program will begin promptly at 9:00 am. Please note that if you plan to speak with legislators at the Capitol, there will be an option for you to select on the registration form. Be sure to bring a photo ID.

Post Cross Over Review
2025-03-11 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Learn what legislation crossed over and what advocacy effort remains.

2025 New York City Benefit Reception
2025-03-19 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Please join Dr. Janet Dewart Bell for an evening of community and justice to raise needed support for the inspiring work of the Southern Center for Human Rights on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 in New York, NY.

Remarks From

Terrica Redfield GanzyExecutive Director

Patrick MulvaneyDirector, Capital Litigation Unit

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Avoiding Burnout, Surviving Triumph
2025-04-08 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
How can advocates remain healthy, whole and committed within this very difficult work? As pressures mount and the losses feel greater every year, we will explore ways advocates can protect their wellbeing and remain effective.

2025 Justice Taking Root
2025-05-06 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | The Foundry at Puritan Mill, 916 Joseph E. Lowery Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA, 30318, United States
Tuesday, May 6, 20256:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Join the Southern Center for Human Rights for the 2025 Justice Taking Root Benefit Reception taking place on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at The Foundry at Puritan Mill.

Justice Taking Root is SCHR’s annual Atlanta benefit reception providing unrestricted support for our work, an opportunity to thank friends and allies, and to introduce new friends to our work.

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Honoring

Justice Ally of the Year

Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative (PAD)

Since its founding, PAD has been a trailblazer—offering pre-arrest diversion, community-based response teams, and holistic care navigation to those impacted by poverty, unmet mental health needs, and substance use.

From organizing against harmful city ordinances in 2013 to operating a 24/7 diversion and sobering center in Atlanta, PAD continues to lead with equality, dignity, and justice at the heart of its work. In 2024 alone, PAD diverted nearly 300 people from arrest or jail, provided emergency housing and mental or behavioral health care to 168 people, and served nearly 4,000 individuals through its food pantry.

As one PAD participant shared: “PAD’s support was more than just meeting basic needs. It restored my dignity and empowered me to thrive… I am living proof of the difference they make.”

Celebrating the

10th Anniversary of Project Freedom

Project Freedom the Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR) resentencing project. Grounded in the values of equality, dignity, and justice, Project Freedom challenges extreme and inhumane prison sentences. Project Freedom has helped secure the release of nearly 100 people from prisons across the South. Wilmart Martin and Charles Scandrett, our first resentencing clients, will join us for an intimate discussion with their attorneys.

Wilmart Martin and Charles Scandrett, our first resentencing clients who both faced the devastating consequences of extreme sentencing laws, will join us to share their stories.

Wilmart Martin

Charles Scandrett

Program

6:00 pm | Cocktail Reception7:00 pm | Program9:00 pm | Dessert Reception

Cocktail Attire

THANK YOU TO OUR LEADING SPONSORS

Luminary

Mary Broderick

Benefactor

Caplan Cobb LLC

Defendor

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLPKing & Spalding LLPLunoor ConsultingJames Kwak and Sylvia BrandtJoe Loveland and Pam DriesellLenel Srochi-Meyerhoff and John Meyerhoff, MD

Guardian

Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLPAnne and Martin EmanuelMazie Lynn GuertinBrian and Ellen SpearsCraig and Melinda SweatDonald B. Verrilli, Jr. and Gail Laster

Event Logistics Below, you will find important event details for the evening. Please make sure to share the following information with all planned attendees, particularly if you are a sponsor that is bringing guests (and you did not already provide us with your guests’ email addresses) or if guests will be attending on your behalf. Date and LocationTuesday, May 6th, 6 p.m.The Foundry at Puritan Mill, 916 Joseph E. Lowery Blvd., NW, Atlanta, GA 30318 AttireThe attire is business. ParkingThe Foundry at Puritan Mill has ample free parking. RegistrationTickets to the event are paperless. Please check in at the registration table when you arrive and pick up your name badge. Cocktail ReceptionThe cocktail reception begins at 6 p.m. This is an opportunity for you to greet old friends, meet new ones, and mingle with SCHR staff and board. Complimentary beer and wine will be served. Live music will be provided by the Tom Olsen Trio. Formal ProgramThe formal program will begin promptly at 7 p.m. Fund Our MissionWe will have a “Fund Our Mission” portion of our evening. Cash, check, and credit card are all acceptable forms of payment. There will be staff on-site with tablets to help process payments. Social MediaWe hope you’ll join us on social media; we’ll be live tweeting Justice Taking Root at @southerncenter. Join us by using the hashtag #justicetakingroot.

Pathways Over Probation: Navigating Felony Probation & How to Seek Early Termination
2025-05-13 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
Learn how you can pursue early termination of your felony probation sentence. We’ll also cover some of the best practices for people on probation.

Some of the topics to be discussed include:

The difference between probation & parole

Criteria to become eligible for early termination of probation

Practical steps for how you can pursue early termination of your probation sentence

Know Your Rights on probation

Best practices to stay on track while on probation

This Talk Justice Tuesday is presented by the Justice Reform Partnership in collaboration with Georgia Justice Project and Women on the Rise.

Returning to Representation: Uprooting Felony Disenfranchisement in Georgia
2025-06-10 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
For this edition of Talk Justice Tuesday, Atlanta Community Support Project (ACSP) and Advancement Project talk about the work of the Rights Restoration Coalition of Georgia, the history of felony disenfranchisement in state law, and how directly-impacted Georgians are collectively exercising and demanding our civil rights.

Reentry, Redemption & Restoration: The Challenges of Reentry for People on the Registry
2025-07-08 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Learn about the barriers to a successful reentry for people forced to register, how this impacts their families, how faith communities can work to support registered citizens and hear about the myths and misconceptions that contributes to biases & stigmas against people forced to register.

Some of the topics the panelists will discuss include:

Identifying the challenges and barriers of finding housing and employment while on the registry and how this harms registrants and the families they take care of.

Exposing myths about people on the registry that perpetuate fear, social stigmas, and discrimination.

Addressing issues of blanketed policies of places of worship that target and exclude people on the registry and their families.

Discussing practical steps, solutions and best practices that will support registrants and their families who are subjected to being re-criminalized, forced into homelessness or separated due to Georgia’s laws and societal discrimination without compromising community safety.

This Talk Justice Tuesday is presented by the Justice Reform Partnership in collaboration with Restore Georgia and NewLife-Second Chance Outreach, Inc.

Criminalized by Design: Addressing & Disrupting Systems That Feed the Machine (Prison Industrial Complex)
2025-08-12 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
In partnership and collaboration with the Justice Reform Partnership, please join Change in Motion and the Georgia Chapter of All Of Us or None on August 12, 2025 at 6pm EST for Criminalized by Design: Addressing & Disrupting Systems That Feed the Machine (Prison Industrial Complex).

In the webinar, panelists will:

Identify and discuss systemic factors that lead to system impact

Address systemic barriers to community reintegration and a successful reentry post incarceration

Address profit driven criminalization laws and practices

Identify solutions to disrupt oppressive, exploitive and profit driven systems

This webinar is part of the “Talk Justice Tuesday” series that is a collaborative effort of the Justice Reform Partnership, a coalition of over 90 organizations and individuals working to advance meaningful criminal and juvenile justice reforms across Georgia through advocacy, education, and policy change that aims to support and amplify the voices of justice-impacted individuals and drive policy change.

The People's Process Emergency Assembly
2025-08-25 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
On Wednesday, August 20, the Fulton County Board of Commissioners voted to move forward with a $1.23B plan to build an 1800+ bed new jail and renovate the Rice Street Jail once that facility is built. This vote took place without community input and before the first report was issued by the monitor assigned to the DOJ investigation.

Join us on Monday, August 25 at 6pm to learn about recent developments and hear how you can weigh in!

Watch SCHR’s public comment at the Fulton County Board of Commissioners meeting at the 43:06 mark and the presentation of the proposal at the 23:35 mark.

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Corinna Barrett Lain, Author of Secrets of the Killing State
2025-09-10 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Southern Center for Human Rights, 60 Walton St NW, Atlanta, Georgia, 30307, United States
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The Southern Center for Human Rights and the Georgia Resource Center invite you to join us for a lecture and talkback with Corinna Barrett Lain, author of Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection.

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About Corinna Barrett Lain

CORINNA BARRETT LAIN is the S. D. Roberts & Sandra Moore Professor of Law at the University of Richmond School of Law. She is one of the nation’s leading authorities on the death penalty, presenting her work at national and international conferences and publishing in the top law journals in the country. She is also one of the leading voices on criminal justice in Virginia more broadly, lecturing at annual conferences for the bench and bar and serving as the principal co-author of Thompson-West’s Virginia Practice Series on criminal law, a four-volume treatise that serves as the authoritative guide for Virginia criminal law and procedure. Lain is a former prosecutor, former sergeant in the Army, and recipient of the University of Richmond’s Distinguished Educator Award, the highest award that the University bestows.

About Secrets of the Killing State

Lethal injection is nothing like what people think. This is its untold story.

In the popular imagination, lethal injection is a slight pinch and a swift nodding off to forever-sleep. It is performed by well-qualified medical professionals. It is regulated and carefully conducted. And it usually provides a “humane” death. In reality, however, not one of those things is true.

Secrets of the Killing State pulls back the curtain on this clandestine punishment practice, presenting a view of lethal injection that states have worked hard to hide. Botched executions are a part of this story, but they are just the tip of the iceberg. For all the suffering that we see, there is also suffering that we don’t see. Indeed, the story told here is even bigger than the executions themselves, for behind the scenes is where it unfolds. Fake science, torturous drugs, inept executioners, prison problems, and decades of state secrecy have created an execution method hard-wired to go wrong in countless ways.

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2025 Frederick Douglass Awards Dinner
2025-10-21 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Salamander Washington DC, 1330 Maryland Ave SW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20024, United States
Join the Southern Center for Human Rights for an evening of inspiration as we recognize and celebrate those who demonstrate exceptional courage and tenacity in the defense of human rights and equal justice.

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For additional information or questions about the Awards Dinner, please contact the SCHR development team at development@archive.schr.org.

HONOREES

About Kristen Clarke Kristen Clarke served as the 19th Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice between 2021 and 2025. In this role, she directed and supervised enforcement of federal civil rights laws across the country. Under her leadership, the Division established new enforcement records for prosecutions of hate crimes, and law enforcement misconduct cases, and achieved groundbreaking results in areas including redlining, disability rights, education, fair housing, voting rights and more. Clarke’s tenure brought renewed focus on victims and survivors of violence. She supervised successful prosecutions of defendants tied to the tragic deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tyre Nichols and many others. During the Spring 2025 semester, Clarke taught the Federal Civil Rights Law Bootcamp and worked with students in mentorship settings. She provided counseling to students interested in careers in public service and government. Before her confirmation as Assistant Attorney General, Clarke served as the President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, one of the nation’s leading civil rights organizations founded at the request of President John F. Kennedy. She also held leadership roles at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the New York State Attorney General’s Office. A lifelong civil rights lawyer, Clarke began her career as a trial attorney in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. Clarke is a frequent public speaker who has helped to shape the national dialogue around issues of civil and constitutional rights, and race and democracy. She has testified about these issues before the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. She has also written several law review articles, edited two books and previously co-taught a seminar, Civil Rights Lawyering in the Modern Era: Theory and Practice, with Kendall Thomas at Columbia Law School. Clarke is a graduate of Harvard University and Columbia Law School. About Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. is a partner with Munger, Tolles & Olson, and the founder of its Washington, D.C., office. Mr. Verrilli is one of the nation’s premier Supreme Court and appellate advocates. He served as Solicitor General of the United States from June 2011 to June 2016. Since joining the firm after his government service, he has handled numerous significant cases in the United States Supreme Court, including his successful defense of the constitutionality of the federal law establishing the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico in Financial Oversight and Management Board v. Aurelius. He has also won victories for clients in high-stakes class action, antitrust, constitutional, government contracts and copyright appeals. During his time as Solicitor General, he argued more than 50 cases before the Supreme Court, including landmark decisions upholding the Affordable Care Act (National Federation of Independent Businesses v. Sebelius and King v. Burwell) and recognizing marriage equality (Obergefell v. Hodges). Mr. Verrilli also achieved victories in two important patent cases, Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank and Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, in a case vindicating the president’s foreign affairs authority in Zivotofsky v. Kerry, and in numerous cases involving civil rights, women’s rights and other matters of national importance involving antitrust, copyright, telecommunications, the environment, the First Amendment, the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment, the separation of powers, criminal law and other federal constitutional and statutory matters. In addition to handling matters before the U.S. Supreme Court and the courts of appeals, Mr. Verrilli’s practice focuses on representing and counseling clients on multi-dimensional problems, where litigation, regulation and public policy intersect to shape markets and industries in our evolving economy. He is recognized as a Star Individual by Chambers USA and listed in The Best Lawyers in America.

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Giving Tuesday 2025
2025-12-02 00:00 - 23:59 (America/New_York)
This Giving Tuesday you have a special opportunity to double YOUR impact and OURS!

Thanks to a generous $25,000 matching challenge from Allen and Adria Garrett, every single donation you make to the Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR) now through Giving Tuesday will be matched dollar-for-dollar, multiplying the power of your support.

For decades, SCHR has been a tireless leader in the fight for justice in the Deep South. With your partnership, we have done amazing work securing critical victories defending the rights of vulnerable communities and advancing transformative justice, including:

We successfully passed legislation in Georgia to make it harder to execute people with intellectual disability.

We secured a second contempt order against the Fulton County Sheriff for holding women with serious mental illness in torturous conditions of solitary confinement.

We filed a lawsuit challenging a law that jails poor people even when judges presiding over their cases think they should be released.

With your support, we know we can do more.

Every moment matters in the fight against injustice. Your donation today will go twice as far—every dollar donated through December 2nd will be matched, doubling your power (and ours) to challenge systemic inequality.

2025 San Francisco Benefit Reception
2025-12-06 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, 560 Mission St Fl 27, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
Please join the Southern Center for Human Rights for a benefit hosted by the family and friends of the late Susan Ten Kwan on Saturday, December 6, 2025, at 6:00 PM PT at the offices of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP in San Francisco, CA.

WITH REMARKS FROM

Terrica Redfield GanzyExecutive Director, Southern Center for Human Rights

Nisha ShahInterim Executive Director, Habeas Corpus Resource Center

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr.Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

AND LIVE MUSIC FROM

Oaktown Jazz Workshops Performance Ensemble

Refreshments will be provided. Advanced registration is highly encouraged.

Defending Democracy - Protecting Protest Rights & Countering the “Terrorist” Label in Georgia
2025-12-09 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Learn how Georgia is using “terrorism” charges to criminalize protest. Authorities are targeting the essential support systems, like bail funds and legal aid, that sustain social movements. To protect our dissent rights, we must move beyond defense and proactively change the laws that enable this repression.

Legislative Advocacy 101 - Inside Georgia's Legislature: The Process, The Players, and Policy in Motion
2026-01-13 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)

Joyful Resistance: A Day of Storytelling, Solidarity, and Action
2026-02-24 08:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Central Presbyterian Church, 201 Washington Street Southwest, Atlanta, Georgia, 30303, United States
Join the Justice Reform Partnership (JRP) on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, at 8:00 am ET for Joyful Resistance: A Day of Storytelling, Solidarity, and Action : Justice Day 2026! This event will take place in person in downtown Atlanta at Central Presbyterian Church and will be live-streamed. To stream the event, join us live on FaceBook, YouTube, and justicereformpartnership.org.

Learn from policy experts and perform advocacy related to criminal legal reform at the Georgia State Capitol.

Throughout the day, you will have the chance to connect with like-minded individuals, engage with lawmakers, learn about important criminal legal issues, and discover ways to support people who are incarcerated and impact change.

Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Breakfast and registration begin at 8:00 am. The program will begin promptly at 8:30 am. Please note that if you plan to speak with legislators at the Capitol, there will be an option for you to select on the registration form. Be sure to bring a photo ID.

Please note the last day to request transportation assistance will be Friday, February 13.

Golden Jubilee Weekend
2026-04-30 08:00 - 2026-05-02 17:00 (America/New_York)
2026 is the Southern Center’s 50th Anniversary. We are celebrating, remembering, and fortifying for the future! Be part of it all by joining us for conversations and events all weekend long!

Our history is our legacy, and it compels us forward. Join us for a reunion of advocates, leaders, and clients who have shaped the fight for human rights in the South.

Together, we will learn about the issues facing our communities and recommit ourselves to the fight for a world free from mass incarceration, the death penalty, the criminalization of poverty, and racial injustice.

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