North Carolina Black Alliance
Black Legal Network - An Election Protection Project of NCBA
Protecting voter rights, providing institutional power to community, race conscious lawyering.
Posted August 26, 2024
Background & Context
The Black Legal Network is a loosely held network of individual attorneys looking for pro bono project opportunities around redistricting and election protection work. The Black Legal Network is an initiative of the North Carolina Black Alliance (NCBA). NCBA understands that Black lawyers have always played a critical role in ensuring Voter Rights Protection, and black attorneys have always been influential in bringing institutional power to community movements. Through the practice of a race-conscious model of lawyering, Black lawyers serve unique functions in contemporary American democracy by bringing their racial identity to their work. By rejecting an exclusively “bleached out” or colorblind professional identity, the Black lawyer’s democratic functions become evident.
Work & Deliverables
Provide legal support to underrepresented communities, promoting fair electoral processes and fostering collaboration among members. This is an in-person election protection effort, requiring attorneys to engage in polling site protection and hotline response. NC residency is required.
Preparation Phase
- Attend Training
Collaboration Phase
- Follow up with project coordinators
- Project coordinators will communicate assignments and shifts
- Project Coordinators will provide all necessary materials and information before, during, and after
Wrap Up
- final reporting of experience
North Carolina Black Alliance
The North Carolina Black Alliance addresses policy and economic issues to enhance black communities by developing and promoting systemic policy change as well as youth and leadership development. We also seek to collaborate with strategic partners to advance the work of those organizations and to enhance intentional collaboration with black constituencies.
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North Carolina Black Alliance
The North Carolina Black Alliance addresses policy and economic issues to enhance black communities by developing and promoting systemic policy change as well as youth and leadership development. We also seek to collaborate with strategic partners to advance the work of those organizations and to enhance intentional collaboration with black constituencies.