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Education Advocates Threaten Lawsuit Against Georgia’s Classroom Censorship Law

November 04, 2022

GEORGIA – Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), National Education Association (NEA) and Georgia Association of Educators (GAE) announced plans to file a federal lawsuit challenging Georgia’s classroom censorship law –...

Southern Poverty Law Center calls on Ron DeSantis to pardon Floridians convicted of marijuana possession

November 01, 2022

Tallahassee, Fla. — Early today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) sent a letter to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis asking him to pardon Floridians convicted of simple marijuana possession.The move would follow similar steps taken...

The Southern Poverty Law Center Appeals Decision by Florida State University Schools to Remove 6-year-old for Allegedly Throwing a Tantrum

October 27, 2022

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is challenging a decision by Florida State University Schools , a K-12 public charter school, to involuntarily withdraw a 6-year-old Latino student in violation of his...

SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER ISSUES STATEMENT ON COURT RULING DENYING GOVERNMENT’S MOTION TO DISMISS IN FAMILY SEPARATION CASE

October 21, 2022

WASHINGTON — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released the following statement from Norma Ventura , staff attorney with the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project , in response to a federal court ruling allowing a challenge to...

Judge Refuses to Block Florida Law Known as “Don’t Say Gay or Trans”

October 21, 2022

Orlando, FL – Yesterday, a U.S. District Court refused to halt Florida’s enacted House Bill 1557, commonly referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” law, and dismissed the case altogether, but is allowing the plaintiffs an...

FEDERAL COURT PRELIMINARILY APPROVES CLASSWIDE SETTLEMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT CHALLENGING WORKPLACE ICE RAID

October 19, 2022

KNOXVILLE, TN — On Oct. 19, a federal judge preliminarily approved a class settlement of a lawsuit challenging an April 2018 immigration raid. The settlement provides over $1 million to workers detained as part of the raid, which...

SPLC UPDATES EXTREMIST FILE ON ANDREW ANGLIN

October 13, 2022

MONTGOMERY, Ala – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has released an updated Extremist File on Andrew Anglin , the neo-Nazi who founded the Daily Stormer website. The SPLC first published an Extremist File on Anglin in 2016...

COURT BLOCKS RACIALLY GERRYMANDERED JACKSONVILLE CITY COUNCIL MAPS FOR 2023 AND 2024 ELECTIONS

October 12, 2022

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – TODAY, through a preliminary injunction, a court blocked Jacksonville city council and school board maps that pack together Black communities to deny them a fair voice in government. The preliminary...

Prison Strike Shows the Need for Parole, Early Release and Other Reforms in Alabama Prisons

October 12, 2022

Montgomery, Ala. -- Last week, an organized prison strike began in correctional facilities throughout the state. Incarcerated people charged with cooking, cleaning and doing other tasks to take care of the facility all refused to...

THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER ISSUES STATEMENT ON PATRIOT FRONT CONSPIRACY TRIALS

October 11, 2022

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released the following statement from Jeff Tischauser, senior research analyst with the organization’s Intelligence Project, as trials get underway for Patriot Front...

SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER STATEMENT ON OATH KEEPERS SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY TRIALS

September 28, 2022

MONTGOMERY, Ala.— Susan Corke, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center's (SPLC) Intelligence Project, released the following statement ahead of the start of U.S. v. Rhodes , the trial of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes...

THE SPLC AND THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA ANNOUNCE $84,450 FOR STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS TO INCREASE THE YOUTH VOICE THROUGH THEIR VOTE

September 27, 2022

MONTGOMERY, Ala., ATLANTA — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta announced a further expansion to their Vote Your Voice initiative by granting student organizations $ $84,...

SPLC: Cobb County Board of Education Recent Decision Prolongs Retaliation of Former Student

September 26, 2022

COBB COUNTY, Ga. – Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) asked the Cobb County Board of Education to reconsider its recent decision to remand the discipline case of N.G., a former Cobb County student who was expelled...

SPLC Applauds Release of Final Department of Defense Naming Commission Report

September 20, 2022

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, the Commission on the Naming of Items of the Department of Defense that Commemorate the Confederate States of America or Any Person Who Served Voluntarily with the Confederate States of America (the “...

Parents and Community Members Urge Tennessee Court to End Voucher Program

September 19, 2022

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today, a panel of judges for the Davidson County Chancery Court heard arguments in two consolidated cases challenging the constitutionality of Tennessee’s private school voucher law, which the state began...

ORAL ARGUMENTS CONCLUDE IN PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION HEARING TO BLOCK RACIALLY GERRYMANDERED JACKSONVILLE CITY COUNCIL MAP

September 16, 2022

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – On September 16, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) , the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida (ACLU-FL) and the Harvard Election Law Clinic participated in oral arguments for a preliminary...

SPLC DENOUNCES FLORIDA GOV.’S TRANSPORT OF MIGRANTS TO MARTHA’S VINEYARD AS WASTE OF TAXPAYER FUNDS AND CRUEL POLITICAL PLOY

September 16, 2022

MIAMI — Paul R. Chávez, senior supervising attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) Immigrant Justice Project , released the following statement in response to the Florida state government’s apparent use of the...

Cobb County School Board to Reconsider Disputed Student Expulsion Case

September 15, 2022

COBB COUNTY, Ga. – Today, the Cobb County Board of Education will vote again to decide whether to affirm the finding that N.G., a former Campbell High School student, violated the code of conduct. N.G. is one of hundreds of Black...

SPLC URGES IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF LGBTQ BLACK MIGRANT HELD IN ICE CUSTODY FOR OVER THREE YEARS

September 14, 2022

MIAMI – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statements urging the immediate release of Noel Ricardo Stephens from detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Baker County Detention...

Civil Rights Groups Sue for Public Records Linked to Pasco County’s Predictive Policing Program

September 14, 2022

PASCO COUNTY, Fla. (9/13/2022) — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), and Southern Legal Counsel (SLC) filed a lawsuit against the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office on behalf of the nonprofit...

The SPLC and Community Foundation Award Over $4.6 million in Vote Your Voice Grants to Help Non-Partisan Grassroots Organizations Mobilize Communities to Vote

August 28, 2022

MONTGOMERY, Al., ATLANTA, Ga. – Monday August 29th. In a virtual press conference, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta announced over 4.6 million in additional Vote Your Voice...

Legal Advocates Urge Court to Block Florida Law Known as “Don’t Say Gay”

August 26, 2022

ORLANDO, Fla. – Today, Lambda Legal, Southern Legal Counsel (SLC), the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), and private counsel Baker McKenzie urged a federal district court to halt implementation of enacted Florida House Bill...

Federal Appeals Court Declines to Restore Voting Rights for Mississippi

August 26, 2022

NEW ORLEANS – On Wednesday, Aug. 24, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to restore voting rights for tens of thousands of returning citizens in its ruling in Harness vs. Watson . Plaintiffs in Harness asserted a race-...

SPLC DENOUNCES FLORIDA LT. GOV.’S XENOPHOBIC CALL TO SEND ‘ILLEGAL’ IMMIGRANTS OUT OF FLORIDA

August 25, 2022

MIAMI — Paul R. Chávez, senior supervising attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) Immigrant Justice Project , released the following statement in response to Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez, who stated that...

SPLC, Gwinnett SToPP Respond to School Discipline Changes in Gwinnett County

August 24, 2022

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga.– Last week, the Gwinnett County Board of Education announced critical changes to its student discipline process. Historically, Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) has relied heavily on long-term suspensions...

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