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Dr. Steele’s Participation Highlighted in USA Today
Emotional reading of Martin Luther King Jr. letter brings rare bipartisan bonding in Senate (please click link for full article)
SCLC Joins Coalition Urging Innovative Sickle Cell Treatment
April 9, 2019
The Honorable Alex M. Azar II
Secretary of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201
Dear Mr. Azar:
As organizations representing minority communities in
Southern Christian Leadership Conference Slams ‘Leaving Neverland’ as ‘Posthumous Lynching’ of Michael Jackson
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference has written a letter to HBO asking the network to reconsider airing “Leaving Neverland,” the two-part film about Michael Jackson’s
SCLC PRESIDENT STEELE DELIVERS “NEVER GIVE UP” TALK TO DETROIT CITY COUNCIL
President Dr. Charles Steele Jr. went to speak to the Detroit City Council on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. He was met by the Detroit SCLC
Charleston’s Days of Grace
Sept 5, 9am: Mass March
Sept 5 & 6:Strategy
Conference
“It would be a betrayal of everything Reverend Pinckney stood for, I believe, if we allowed ourselves to
SCLC Confederate Flag Opinion
“The confederate flag represents a time in history when the southern states fought to keep an institution of subservience. The flag is a constant reminder
Press Release: SCLC Response to Charleston Mass Shooting
Today the SCLC family offers our prayers and condolences to the families and victims of this horrific act in Charleston, SC.
Our President/CEO Dr. Charles Steele
Steele addresses National Summit on Overcoming Poverty, afterwards lobbies members of Congressional Black Caucus for support of SCLC National Agenda
(May 22, 2015) Washington, DC – In his keynote address at the National Summit on Overcoming Poverty at Georg/etown University (which SCLC co-sponsored) Dr. Charles
Change Come To Cleveland as 20 Pastors and SCLC Meet
CLEVELAND - Nearly 20 pastors met at the Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church on Tuesday to promote peace and safety as the Michael Brelo case draws
SCLC Present in Wake of Walter Scott’s Death
"Dr. Charles Steele, Jr. SCLC National President/CEO (left) stands in support of the efforts of the North Charles Mayor Keith Summery (seated), to require cameras
STATEMENT BY DR. CHARLES STEELE, JR. NATIONAL PRESIDENT/CEO, SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERNCE ON THE SHOOTING DEATH OF WALTER SCOTT, BY WHITE NORTH CHARLESTON POLICE OFFICER
ATLANTA – From the international headquarters of the civil rights organization, co-founded by the Rev.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr. Charles Steele issued the following
4/1/2015 Press Release: Dr. Charles Steele Jr’s Mosteller Response
Media Statement by Dr. Charles Steele, JR. National President and CEO of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) regarding public comments made on March 31st, 2015
Tell the EPA: First Do No Harm
New Regulations for “Clean Power” Disproportionately Hurt Poor and Minority Communities
By Dr. Charles Steele, Jr.
You’ve probably heard the familiar oath: “First, do no harm.” It’s
Anouncement: Black Lives Matter
Click the following link for a statement from Dr. Charles Steele Jr on Eric Garner.
Dr. Charles Steele, Jr. Joins Former Soviet President Gorbachev and European Leaders in For Fall of Berlin Wall Anniversary
BERLIN – (November 8, 2014) — Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Dr. Charles Steele, Jr. joined with former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev, European
SCLC Leaders Inspire Change in Berlin
Led by Dr. Charles Steele Jr. and Dr. Bernard LaFayette, the SCLC spoke to thousands at a Presidential gathering in Berlin, Germany. Walking in the
Mobilize The Movement
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