The Jim Hill Civil Rights/Civil Liberties Club (CRCL) was created in the fall of 2005 by students and teachers committed to maintaining a space dedicated to the cultivation of critical inquiry and intercommunity dialogue. Beginning with weekly discussions of topics and issues that were of interest or concern to Jim Hill students, the group expanded to include participation from multiple area high schools, and has involved a broad range of topics, speakers, field trips, and community action.

See also, http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/yes_we_can_100808/

08-09

spring

June Hardwick, Hinds County Public Defender
Kids on the Hill, youth group from Baltimore
Jed Oppenheim, Mississippi Youth Justice Project

fall

Shawna Davies, MS ACLU
Skip Coon, area hip-hop artist

07-08

spring

Maggie Burks, Jackson Free Press
Nsombi Lamright, director of MS ACLU

fall

Lara Law, Mississippi Youth Justice Project
Brent Cox, Public Education Coordinator of MS ACLU
Kristy Bennett, staff attorney of MS ACLU
Kendra Rehner, Mississippi Youth Justice Project
Dean Korsak, Mississippi College School of Law
Jamie Dycus, ACLU National
Alice Farmer, Human Rights Watch

06-07

spring

William Winter, former MS Governor
Brent Cox, Public Education Coordinator of MS ACLU
David Bickham, MS Activist
Shauna Davies, Coordinator of MS ACLU
Annette Holowell, Ole Miss Law Student
Rims Barber, Freedom Rider and Movement Activist
Lawrence Guyot, SNCC member and Movement Activist

fall

Irene Jones, JPS Bond Issue Campaign Manger
Derrick Johnson, MS NAACP Congress President
Pat Weis, Jackson Circuit Court Judge

05-06

spring

Daniel Johnson, Rainbow Grocery Co-op Community Involvement Coordinator
Kamikaze, area Hip-Hop artist
Gus McCoy, Jackson NAACP Chapter President
Derrick Johnson, MS NAACP Congress President
Dana Larkin, Director, Jackson Parents for Public Schools
James E Graves, MS Supreme Court Justice
Ray Maybus, former MS Governor
Dick Molpus, former MS Secretary of State

2009

spring semester

St. Alexis Episcopal Church: hosted Presidential Inauguration Party

2008

fall semester

University of Mississippi: attended day of panels on race & politics in Mississippi
St. Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral: hosted citywide your viewing and dialogue around first Presidential Debate

summer

Jackson Free Press: Media Literacy Project

spring semester

Jackson Zoo:Strategic Planning + Summer Project Retreat

2007

fall semester

Dillon University: Katrina Policy Forum
Millsaps College: attended Jackson Free Press sponsored Reconciliation Forum
Mississippi College School of Law: organized youth nonviolence training seminar with University of Rhode Island Center of Nonviolence and Peace Studies
Jackson Public School Board: Public statements challenging possible reinstatement of corporal punishmen

spring semester

Robinson AME Church/Genesis Food Bank: MLK Day of Service
Millsaps College: MS Coalition for Racial Justice
JSU E-Center: MS Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement Convention
End-of-Year Trip to Selma, Montgomery, & Birmingham, AL

2007

fall semester

JPS Bond Issue Campaign Headquarters: Campaign Assistance and Election Day Rally
Jackson State University: Bond Issue Promotion and Voter Registration
Eudora Welty Library, Jackson: MS Coalition for Racial Justice
Millsaps College: MS Coalition for Racial Justice

spring semester

Beth Israel Synagogue, Jackson: Holocaust Memorial Service
Murrah High School, Jackson: Black History Celebration
End-of-Year Trip to Oxford, MS and Memphis, TN