Verified 501(c)(3) Nonprofit

Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice (SDARJ)

Organization Mission:

Concerned about the corrosive consequences of racism, a group of community activists formed a non-partisan non-profit in 2015 to educate, inform, and advocate for racial justice, equality, and fair opportunities

Support Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice (SDARJ) and its mission to serve communities in Delaware. 

About Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice (SDARJ)

How do we educate, inform and advocate for racial justice, equality and fair opportunities by:

Sponsoring Scholarships In 2018, SDARJ started a scholarship program that annually awards scholarships to local Black/African American high school students headed for college. Students selected must demonstrate a concern for advancing racial justice. In 2022, eight students received $1,000 and a $500 scholarship was awarded to a paraprofessional to advance a teaching certificate.

Black Voices In 2021, SDARJ launched Quarterly Magazine entitled Black Voices. The publication showcases the history, talents, accomplishments and perspective of Black community members.
Each edition is on SDARJ's website and a hard copy of the publication is distributed as an insert for Cape Gazette subscribers.

Legislative Advocacy: SDARJ works with the Delaware state legislature on issues of importance to African Americans in the state including voting access, criminal justice reform, education and more.

A Voice for Social Change: SDARJ is an important communications vehicle for social justice in Sussex county. Annually, we send out over 80,000 copies of Black Voices newsmagazine, over 200,000 emails, over 1500 people attended our events in 2025, we appeared on local TV over a dozen times and in printed publications about two dozen times. We are an important community presence in a county with almost no Black reporters, radio stations or publications outside of Black Voices.

SDARJ Book and Film Club: Now in its seventh year, the SDARJ Book and Film Club meets monthly using the arts to enlighten and illustrate issues of race and social justice.

Black American Film Festival: The Black American Film Festival happens yearly in February, Black History Month showing both dramatic and documentary films about the Black experience. Now in its seventh year, the film festival is done in partnership with the Rehoboth Beach Film Society.

Addressing the Silences: SDARJ is working with the John Dickenson Plantation to tell the story of plantation life from the standpoint of enslaved people who lived and labored on this Delaware plantation.

Powered by volunteerism – over 130 people volunteered on SDARJ projects and programs last year. SDARJ is financed by small individual contributions, proceeds from our events and a few corporate based donations. SDARJ has no full-time employees. Even the Black Voices newsmagazine is written and edited solely by volunteers.

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Organization Details

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Name:
Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice (SDARJ)

EIN: 81-2430422

Street Address:
31355 Falmouth Way

City: Lewes

State: DE Zip: 19958

Social Media:

Website:
https://sdarj.org/

Counties Served: New Castle, Kent, Sussex

Office Locations: Lewes

Sectors: Community Advocacy, Community Improvement, Education, Social Justice, Civic Engagement & Social Action, BIPOC-Led (Board)

Recent Donations

  • Jeanne Andolina $50
  • Leslie Johnson Ilaw $100
  • Julie Caputo $25
  • Polly Donaldson $500
  • Vicki Gordy-Stith $100
  • Sara Russell $200
  • Anonymous ---
  • Joyce Radnor $25
  • Gail Marquis
    (in honor of My parents, Salathiel & Geraldine Marquis )     ---
  • John Young $100