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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...

SPLC and ACLU-AL Appeal Hudson v. Ivey to Keep Judgeship in Jefferson County

August 23, 2022

MONTGOMERY – On Monday, August 22nd, Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama (ACLU-AL) appealed Hudson v. Ivey to overturn the case’s earlier dismissal. Hudson v. Ivey challenges the...

SPLC’S MARGARET HUANG: SUMMIT TO ADDRESS HATE VIOLENCE & EXTREMISM AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO UNIFY THE NATION

August 19, 2022

WASHINGTON — The Southern Poverty Law Center’s President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the following statement on today’s announcement by the White House that President Biden will host the United We Stand Summit next month. “We...

Court Allows Georgia To Criminalize Line Relief During 2022 Election But Acknowledges Anti-Voter Law Negatively Impacts Free Speech

August 19, 2022

ATLANTA, GA - Last night, Thursday August 18th, a federal judge denied a motion from voting rights organizations for a preliminary injunction against Georgia’s ban on line relief due to a perception that changing the rules may...

Court Allows JRAC to Steal Judgeship From Jefferson County

August 15, 2022

MONTGOMERY – On Friday, August 12th a judge dismissed the case Hudson v. Ivey filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama (ACLU-AL) that had the potential to restore a...

Louisiana Officials Admit They Have No Plan in Place for Youth Being Sent to Angola

August 12, 2022

LOUISIANA – Amid rising concerns from youth advocates, the Office of Juvenile Justice (OJJ) and the Special School District (SSD) recently admitted that they have no plans in place to provide general and special education...

SPLC’S MARGARET HUANG ON CHARLOTTESVILLE ANNIVERSARY

August 12, 2022

WASHINGTON — The Southern Poverty Law Center’s President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the following statement on the fifth anniversary of the deadly white supremacist riots in Charlottesville, Va. “Five years ago, the jarring...

The Southern Poverty Law Center Applauds Georgetown Activists for Their Work to Deter Funding of Confederate Flag Display

August 12, 2022

GEORGETOWN, Del. — This week, the work of local activists paid off after the Georgetown Historical Society doubled down on its commitment to continue flying a Confederate battle flag on the nonprofit’s property. The following...

NILC AND SPLC WIN CLASS CERTIFICATION IN LAWSUIT ALLEGING ICE AND IRS AGENTS VIOLATED WORKERS’ CIVIL RIGHTS DURING WORKPLACE RAID

August 11, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal court in Tennessee has cleared the way for a collective federal civil rights action brought on behalf of over 100 Latino workers against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Internal...

Exclusive Hatewatch Report Provides Inside Look at Key Players From Deadly Charlottesville Rally

August 11, 2022

WASHINGTON – Exclusive new reporting released today by Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) Hatewatch details the evolution of the key personalities and groups that staged the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville...

JUDGE RULES TURNBACK POLICY ILLEGAL, GOVERNMENT MUST END PRACTICE

August 10, 2022

San Diego, CA (Aug. 10, 2022) – On Friday, August 5, a district court judge ruled in Al Otro Lado v. Mayorkas that the government’s turnback policy — its practice of systematically rejecting asylum seekers at ports of entry along...

SPLC Applauds Appointments to Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names

August 10, 2022

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, the Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced the members of a new Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names, which will “ identify geographic names and federal land unit names...

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