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SPLC Statement on 2020 Election Results

November 07, 2020

Montgomery, Ala. — Southern Poverty Law Center President and CEO Margaret Huang released the following statement as news outlets called the state of Pennsylvania for Joe Biden, giving him 273 electoral college votes to push him...

SPLC Statement As Election Day Polls Begin to Close Across the United States

November 03, 2020

Montgomery, Ala. — Southern Poverty Law Center President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the below statement as polling stations begin to close in the eastern United States: “This election season has been a source of energy and...

Election Day Statement from SPLC President and CEO Margaret Huang

November 03, 2020

Montgomery, Ala. — Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) President and CEO Margaret Huang released the below statement as millions of Americans cast their votes for the next president of the United States: “This year, a devastating...

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2020: When a deadly virus taught us the importance of voting

November 02, 2020

Margaret Huang

SPLC Names Efrén Olivares as Deputy Legal Director for the Immigrant Justice Project

October 26, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today named Efrén C. Olivares as the new Deputy Legal Director for the organization’s Immigrant Justice Project (IJP). Olivares, the first immigrant to assume the position...

SPLC Action Fund Statement Ahead of the Senate Judiciary Committee Vote on Judge Amy Coney Barrett

October 22, 2020

WASHINGTON — SPLC Action Fund President and CEO Margaret Huang released the below statement ahead of the Senate Judiciary Committee vote to approve the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court and recommend...

SPLC Statement Commemorating Indigenous Peoples’ Day

October 12, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Southern Poverty Law Center President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the statement below in commemoration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day: “On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, and every day, we honor the first peoples to...

SPLC Awards Over $4.5M in Second Round of Grants in Vote Your Voice Initiative

October 05, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced a second round Vote Your Voice grants to 28 additional voter outreach organizations across the Deep South as part of its voter mobilization initiative...

SPLC Action: With Momentum of Resolution 1153, Congress Must Honor the Calls from Women Inside ICDC

October 02, 2020

WASHINGTON – Today, the House of Representatives passed House Resolution 1153, condemning unwanted, unnecessary medical procedures on individuals without their full, informed consent at Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC) in...