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International Poor People’s Campaign
Dr. Charles Steele, Jr. traveled to Germany to launch the International Poor People’s Campaign to combat poverty around the world. Poverty is not just a local injustice it a global one so the SCLC seeks to eradicate extreme poverty through an cohesive international effort.
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February 27, 2020
Democratic Presidential candidates propose new voting rights act, legalizing marijuana, national referendums on major issues, Executive Orders and other measured to improve quality of life for African-Americans… (read more)
Justice For Girls
Prevent Sex Trafficking: Justice for Girls seeks to heighten awareness of human trafficking within communities, using education to empower individuals and groups to actively work to eradicate this injustice.
Kingian NonViolence Training
Central to the mission of SCLC is to awaken and strengthen the moral conscience of this country to the growing catastrophe of childhood incarceration and the obvious social unrest in under-funded and developing socioeconomic areas in rural or urban centers.
Who are we?
SCLC’s focus is to educate youth and adults in the areas of personal responsibility, leadership potential, and community service; to ensure economic justice and civil rights and to eradicate racism wherever it exists.
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Racism is Embedded in Police Culture – President Steele Laments
SCLC President and CEO Dr. Charles Steele, Jr. “Memphis Police Killing Shows how deeply embedded racism is in the police culture!”
I am sickened and saddened
National President/CEO Dr. Steele joins the 51st Anniversary of Hillside International Truth Center
Please consider joining in this powerful event featuring our National President/CEO, Dr. Charles Steele Jr. as he celebrates the 51st anniversary of Hillside International Truth
SCLC family mourns the passing of Yvonne Kennedy Lower, daughter of iconic past President of SCLC
Yvonne Kennedy Lowery, daughter of the late, iconic past President Joseph Lowery, passed this August 6, 2022. Her ceremony will be held August 15 at
Southern Christian Leadership Conference Advocates for Residents in Los Angeles
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) National President, Dr. Charles Steele, Jr. celebrated the achievement of the organization’s local chapter leader, Pastor William D. Smart, Jr.,
National SCLC Calls for support NFL Coach Brian Flores
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February 4, 2022
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“Streets to the Suites” Campaign Launches in Cleveland
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September 2, 2021
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National SCLC Joins Lawsuit Against Restrictive Voting Rights in GA
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June 1, 2021
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Jerry Thomas:jerrry@jerrythomaspr.com, (312) 414-4016
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference Is Joining A Lawsuit Against the State of Georgia For Passing A
First Lady, Cathelean Steele receiving 2021 Lady Legacy Award
Christian Women from across the globe will be united to acknowledge the accomplishments of women who have significantly contributed to enhancing the quality of life
After Chauvin Verdict, SCLC calls for Healing
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April 21, 2021
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Jerry Thomas:jerrry@jerrythomaspr.com, (312) 414-4016
America Is Seeing Accountability, Not Justice, in the Verdicts Surrounding the tragic death of George Floyd, SCLC
In Loving Memory of Dr. Barbara Lewis King
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and on behalf of my wife and myself, would like to give our heartfelt condolences to the family of
Announcing Protest of Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center
SCLC National President Dr. Charles Steele, Jr. To Announce Plans for A Protest Highlighting Issues inside the Tuscaloosa Veterans Administration Medical Center
Press Conference Thursday, September
Statement on the Late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
ATLANTA – Dr. Charles Steele, Jr., president and CEO of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the organization co-founded and first led by Dr. Martin
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People need jobs and income. Poverty, as Dr. King reminded us, is one of the worst forms of violence.
Dr. King task me with institutionalizing and internationalizing non-violence. That is what I will continue to fight for.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.