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🚨The SPLC's 2024 #YearInHate & Extremism report tracked 1,371 U.S. hate and antigovernment extremist groups 🔗: www.splcenter.org/yihe2024
Some used tactics like violence and propaganda to manipulate our political system — causing division, demoralizing people and dismantling democracy. 🧵#YIHE24
Some used tactics like violence and propaganda to manipulate our political system — causing division, demoralizing people and dismantling democracy. 🧵#YIHE24
#OTD in 1920, James Farmer was born. He organized the first Freedom Ride, co-founded the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and helped plan the 1963 March on Washington. #TheMarchContinues
January 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
#OTD in 1920, James Farmer was born. He organized the first Freedom Ride, co-founded the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and helped plan the 1963 March on Washington. #TheMarchContinues
The SPLC condemns the firebombing of #Jackson’s Beth Israel Synagogue on Jan. 10: https://bit.ly/4sAMuo3
“Every person deserves to live and worship in safety, dignity and peace and we will continue to stand up against antisemitism and all forms of violence wherever they appear.”
“Every person deserves to live and worship in safety, dignity and peace and we will continue to stand up against antisemitism and all forms of violence wherever they appear.”
January 11, 2026 at 9:37 PM
The SPLC condemns the firebombing of #Jackson’s Beth Israel Synagogue on Jan. 10: https://bit.ly/4sAMuo3
“Every person deserves to live and worship in safety, dignity and peace and we will continue to stand up against antisemitism and all forms of violence wherever they appear.”
“Every person deserves to live and worship in safety, dignity and peace and we will continue to stand up against antisemitism and all forms of violence wherever they appear.”
Politicians trying to redraw maps now are not just ignoring the law — they’re ignoring the voters who demanded fairness.
You can help stop this. Contact your state legislators now and urge them to vote against all efforts to silence Florida voters: https://bit.ly/4obmCf1
You can help stop this. Contact your state legislators now and urge them to vote against all efforts to silence Florida voters: https://bit.ly/4obmCf1
January 11, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Politicians trying to redraw maps now are not just ignoring the law — they’re ignoring the voters who demanded fairness.
You can help stop this. Contact your state legislators now and urge them to vote against all efforts to silence Florida voters: https://bit.ly/4obmCf1
You can help stop this. Contact your state legislators now and urge them to vote against all efforts to silence Florida voters: https://bit.ly/4obmCf1
#40acres & a mule wasn't a myth, but what you learned about it may have been skewed.
While you wait on the new #ApathyIsNotAnOption episode, revisit our year-end review episode with icon Nikole Hannah-Jones sharing how the story of those land grants has been distorted 🎧: https://bit.ly/4kkwX7U
While you wait on the new #ApathyIsNotAnOption episode, revisit our year-end review episode with icon Nikole Hannah-Jones sharing how the story of those land grants has been distorted 🎧: https://bit.ly/4kkwX7U
January 11, 2026 at 4:01 PM
#40acres & a mule wasn't a myth, but what you learned about it may have been skewed.
While you wait on the new #ApathyIsNotAnOption episode, revisit our year-end review episode with icon Nikole Hannah-Jones sharing how the story of those land grants has been distorted 🎧: https://bit.ly/4kkwX7U
While you wait on the new #ApathyIsNotAnOption episode, revisit our year-end review episode with icon Nikole Hannah-Jones sharing how the story of those land grants has been distorted 🎧: https://bit.ly/4kkwX7U
📣 Mississippians: Apply to join the SPLC’s Democracy Training Lab 🔗: https://www.splcenter.org/democracy-training-lab/
This hands-on training will provide tools and mentorship in community engagement, leadership, communications, data-informed outreach & compliance-aligned civic work 🤝. #SPLCMS
This hands-on training will provide tools and mentorship in community engagement, leadership, communications, data-informed outreach & compliance-aligned civic work 🤝. #SPLCMS
January 10, 2026 at 6:00 PM
📣 Mississippians: Apply to join the SPLC’s Democracy Training Lab 🔗: https://www.splcenter.org/democracy-training-lab/
This hands-on training will provide tools and mentorship in community engagement, leadership, communications, data-informed outreach & compliance-aligned civic work 🤝. #SPLCMS
This hands-on training will provide tools and mentorship in community engagement, leadership, communications, data-informed outreach & compliance-aligned civic work 🤝. #SPLCMS
#OTD we remember Vernon Dahmer, a Mississippi voting rights advocate whose home and business were firebombed by the KKK on this day in 1966. He died from his injuries. His legacy lived on through his wife, Ellie, who later served as election commissioner. #TheMarchContinues
January 10, 2026 at 4:00 PM
#OTD we remember Vernon Dahmer, a Mississippi voting rights advocate whose home and business were firebombed by the KKK on this day in 1966. He died from his injuries. His legacy lived on through his wife, Ellie, who later served as election commissioner. #TheMarchContinues
In the 60 years since the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Alabama lawmakers have adopted district maps that reduce Black voting strength, effectively stealing political power from Black voters. But advocates are pushing back against court-ordered state Senate district voting maps: https://bit.ly/4qemRrp
January 9, 2026 at 11:30 PM
In the 60 years since the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Alabama lawmakers have adopted district maps that reduce Black voting strength, effectively stealing political power from Black voters. But advocates are pushing back against court-ordered state Senate district voting maps: https://bit.ly/4qemRrp
📚 Revisit #LearningForJustice's series of resources for children and families to cultivate the values of justice, #equity, diversity & inclusion 🔗: lfj.pub/growingtogether
When we cultivate these values at an early age, we create stepping stones toward resisting hate and strengthening democracy.
When we cultivate these values at an early age, we create stepping stones toward resisting hate and strengthening democracy.
January 9, 2026 at 10:00 PM
📚 Revisit #LearningForJustice's series of resources for children and families to cultivate the values of justice, #equity, diversity & inclusion 🔗: lfj.pub/growingtogether
When we cultivate these values at an early age, we create stepping stones toward resisting hate and strengthening democracy.
When we cultivate these values at an early age, we create stepping stones toward resisting hate and strengthening democracy.
The SPLC condemns DHS Secretary Noem's labeling of protesters as ‘terrorists’ as ICE continues its lawless actions.
We mourn the death of Good, and our condolences are with her family. We must ensure our constitutional right to safely and peacefully protest is maintained.
https://bit.ly/3NezzYH
We mourn the death of Good, and our condolences are with her family. We must ensure our constitutional right to safely and peacefully protest is maintained.
https://bit.ly/3NezzYH
January 9, 2026 at 9:34 PM
The SPLC condemns DHS Secretary Noem's labeling of protesters as ‘terrorists’ as ICE continues its lawless actions.
We mourn the death of Good, and our condolences are with her family. We must ensure our constitutional right to safely and peacefully protest is maintained.
https://bit.ly/3NezzYH
We mourn the death of Good, and our condolences are with her family. We must ensure our constitutional right to safely and peacefully protest is maintained.
https://bit.ly/3NezzYH
Violence and terror have long been key tools of the militant anti-abortion movement.
Revisit the SPLC's "Anti-Abortion Extremism" report, highlighting the oppressive landscape that abortion providers, clinic workers, activists and people seeking care are facing: https://bit.ly/4b0FEht
Revisit the SPLC's "Anti-Abortion Extremism" report, highlighting the oppressive landscape that abortion providers, clinic workers, activists and people seeking care are facing: https://bit.ly/4b0FEht
January 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Violence and terror have long been key tools of the militant anti-abortion movement.
Revisit the SPLC's "Anti-Abortion Extremism" report, highlighting the oppressive landscape that abortion providers, clinic workers, activists and people seeking care are facing: https://bit.ly/4b0FEht
Revisit the SPLC's "Anti-Abortion Extremism" report, highlighting the oppressive landscape that abortion providers, clinic workers, activists and people seeking care are facing: https://bit.ly/4b0FEht
The SPLC’s report, "Florida’s Gulf Correctional Institution: A Culture of Violence, a Code of Silence," explores the human toll of prison brutality, shining a light on the root causes of violence and the alarming lack of accountability at Gulf and in FDC.
https://bit.ly/4rxXJgv
https://bit.ly/4rxXJgv
January 8, 2026 at 11:00 PM
The SPLC’s report, "Florida’s Gulf Correctional Institution: A Culture of Violence, a Code of Silence," explores the human toll of prison brutality, shining a light on the root causes of violence and the alarming lack of accountability at Gulf and in FDC.
https://bit.ly/4rxXJgv
https://bit.ly/4rxXJgv
Cuts & Care Pop-Up Shop is a community-rooted youth engagement initiative aimed at restoring the barbershop and salon as spaces of care, conversation and connection.
Join us this January, every Wednesday from 5-7 p.m. and Saturday from 1:30-3:30 p.m.
RSVP at https://www.splcenter.org/cut-care
Join us this January, every Wednesday from 5-7 p.m. and Saturday from 1:30-3:30 p.m.
RSVP at https://www.splcenter.org/cut-care
January 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Cuts & Care Pop-Up Shop is a community-rooted youth engagement initiative aimed at restoring the barbershop and salon as spaces of care, conversation and connection.
Join us this January, every Wednesday from 5-7 p.m. and Saturday from 1:30-3:30 p.m.
RSVP at https://www.splcenter.org/cut-care
Join us this January, every Wednesday from 5-7 p.m. and Saturday from 1:30-3:30 p.m.
RSVP at https://www.splcenter.org/cut-care
The torch is passed to each of us to protect our #CivilRights and lead change to make the vision of a just and peaceful world a reality.
Revisit this #LearningForJustice series and learn from the #CivilRightsMovement for #Equality: https://bit.ly/4dCPNTH
Revisit this #LearningForJustice series and learn from the #CivilRightsMovement for #Equality: https://bit.ly/4dCPNTH
January 8, 2026 at 6:30 PM
The torch is passed to each of us to protect our #CivilRights and lead change to make the vision of a just and peaceful world a reality.
Revisit this #LearningForJustice series and learn from the #CivilRightsMovement for #Equality: https://bit.ly/4dCPNTH
Revisit this #LearningForJustice series and learn from the #CivilRightsMovement for #Equality: https://bit.ly/4dCPNTH
📣#Mississippi changemakers: Apply to join the SPLC’s #Democracy Training Lab by Jan. 12: https://bit.ly/4qssSk1
This training will equip community members with practical skills in community engagement, leadership, communications, data-informed outreach & compliance-aligned civic work.
This training will equip community members with practical skills in community engagement, leadership, communications, data-informed outreach & compliance-aligned civic work.
January 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM
📣#Mississippi changemakers: Apply to join the SPLC’s #Democracy Training Lab by Jan. 12: https://bit.ly/4qssSk1
This training will equip community members with practical skills in community engagement, leadership, communications, data-informed outreach & compliance-aligned civic work.
This training will equip community members with practical skills in community engagement, leadership, communications, data-informed outreach & compliance-aligned civic work.
For so many families across this nation, affordable health care is not a want — it’s necessary for survival.
Urge Congress to extend the critical Affordable Care Act enhanced premium tax credits today: https://bit.ly/4iW6HAs
Urge Congress to extend the critical Affordable Care Act enhanced premium tax credits today: https://bit.ly/4iW6HAs
January 7, 2026 at 11:06 PM
For so many families across this nation, affordable health care is not a want — it’s necessary for survival.
Urge Congress to extend the critical Affordable Care Act enhanced premium tax credits today: https://bit.ly/4iW6HAs
Urge Congress to extend the critical Affordable Care Act enhanced premium tax credits today: https://bit.ly/4iW6HAs
One of the biggest current threats to U.S. democracy? ⬇️
The #Louisiana v. Callais case at the Supreme Court, which could change how mapmakers ensure racial minorities can elect their own leaders.
📲 Read the first story in our “Crossing the Line” series: https://bit.ly/4q71s3w
#VotingRights
The #Louisiana v. Callais case at the Supreme Court, which could change how mapmakers ensure racial minorities can elect their own leaders.
📲 Read the first story in our “Crossing the Line” series: https://bit.ly/4q71s3w
#VotingRights
January 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM
One of the biggest current threats to U.S. democracy? ⬇️
The #Louisiana v. Callais case at the Supreme Court, which could change how mapmakers ensure racial minorities can elect their own leaders.
📲 Read the first story in our “Crossing the Line” series: https://bit.ly/4q71s3w
#VotingRights
The #Louisiana v. Callais case at the Supreme Court, which could change how mapmakers ensure racial minorities can elect their own leaders.
📲 Read the first story in our “Crossing the Line” series: https://bit.ly/4q71s3w
#VotingRights
#OTD in 1891, Zora Neale Hurston was born. A Harlem Renaissance writer who centered Black life and Black women, she went unrecognized for decades and is now honored as a literary giant.
#TheMarchContinues
#TheMarchContinues
January 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM
#OTD in 1891, Zora Neale Hurston was born. A Harlem Renaissance writer who centered Black life and Black women, she went unrecognized for decades and is now honored as a literary giant.
#TheMarchContinues
#TheMarchContinues
📣 Mississippians: Apply to join the SPLC’s Democracy Training Lab 🔗: https://bit.ly/4qssSk1
This hands-on training will provide tools and mentorship in community engagement, leadership, communications, data-informed outreach & compliance-aligned civic work 🤝. #SPLCMS
This hands-on training will provide tools and mentorship in community engagement, leadership, communications, data-informed outreach & compliance-aligned civic work 🤝. #SPLCMS
January 6, 2026 at 11:00 PM
📣 Mississippians: Apply to join the SPLC’s Democracy Training Lab 🔗: https://bit.ly/4qssSk1
This hands-on training will provide tools and mentorship in community engagement, leadership, communications, data-informed outreach & compliance-aligned civic work 🤝. #SPLCMS
This hands-on training will provide tools and mentorship in community engagement, leadership, communications, data-informed outreach & compliance-aligned civic work 🤝. #SPLCMS
From the highest office in the country, revisionist history is being used to normalize white supremacy. Today, we honor those who lost their lives protecting our democracy. Decisions that excuse or pardon extremist violence are reminders that racial inequality must be challenged, not protected.
January 6, 2026 at 10:38 PM
From the highest office in the country, revisionist history is being used to normalize white supremacy. Today, we honor those who lost their lives protecting our democracy. Decisions that excuse or pardon extremist violence are reminders that racial inequality must be challenged, not protected.
An estimated 22 million Americans will see their health care premiums double or even triple this year.
Visit this link to contact your senators and representative today and demand they vote to extend the ACA credits: https://bit.ly/4iW6HAs
Visit this link to contact your senators and representative today and demand they vote to extend the ACA credits: https://bit.ly/4iW6HAs
January 6, 2026 at 7:01 PM
An estimated 22 million Americans will see their health care premiums double or even triple this year.
Visit this link to contact your senators and representative today and demand they vote to extend the ACA credits: https://bit.ly/4iW6HAs
Visit this link to contact your senators and representative today and demand they vote to extend the ACA credits: https://bit.ly/4iW6HAs
🚗 Visit the SPLC's Civil Rights Memorial Center next time you're in #Montgomery!
The CRMC honors the martyrs of the #CivilRights Movement & inspires visitors to continue the march for equality & #SocialJustice.
Learn more & download our app 📲: https://bit.ly/373KWOj
The CRMC honors the martyrs of the #CivilRights Movement & inspires visitors to continue the march for equality & #SocialJustice.
Learn more & download our app 📲: https://bit.ly/373KWOj
January 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
🚗 Visit the SPLC's Civil Rights Memorial Center next time you're in #Montgomery!
The CRMC honors the martyrs of the #CivilRights Movement & inspires visitors to continue the march for equality & #SocialJustice.
Learn more & download our app 📲: https://bit.ly/373KWOj
The CRMC honors the martyrs of the #CivilRights Movement & inspires visitors to continue the march for equality & #SocialJustice.
Learn more & download our app 📲: https://bit.ly/373KWOj
The nationwide effort to criminalize people who are without housing has subsequently and uniquely harmed communities. #ShelteringInjustice
Learn more about how the criminalization of those experiencing homelessness ensnares people in a never-ending cycle of recidivism: https://bit.ly/3OH2IJN
Learn more about how the criminalization of those experiencing homelessness ensnares people in a never-ending cycle of recidivism: https://bit.ly/3OH2IJN
January 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The nationwide effort to criminalize people who are without housing has subsequently and uniquely harmed communities. #ShelteringInjustice
Learn more about how the criminalization of those experiencing homelessness ensnares people in a never-ending cycle of recidivism: https://bit.ly/3OH2IJN
Learn more about how the criminalization of those experiencing homelessness ensnares people in a never-ending cycle of recidivism: https://bit.ly/3OH2IJN
🎯FACT: Healthy, diverse & cohesive communities thrive when everyone feels included, respected and safe.
For tips on how to help youth #RefuseHate & manipulative rhetoric — as well as how to support those who have been targeted by hate-fueled acts — revisit this SPLC resource: https://bit.ly/4q2Th8f
For tips on how to help youth #RefuseHate & manipulative rhetoric — as well as how to support those who have been targeted by hate-fueled acts — revisit this SPLC resource: https://bit.ly/4q2Th8f
January 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
🎯FACT: Healthy, diverse & cohesive communities thrive when everyone feels included, respected and safe.
For tips on how to help youth #RefuseHate & manipulative rhetoric — as well as how to support those who have been targeted by hate-fueled acts — revisit this SPLC resource: https://bit.ly/4q2Th8f
For tips on how to help youth #RefuseHate & manipulative rhetoric — as well as how to support those who have been targeted by hate-fueled acts — revisit this SPLC resource: https://bit.ly/4q2Th8f
📅 Feb. 24: RSVP to join us for a dynamic talk with author and University of #Alabama law professor Joyce Vance 🔗: https://bit.ly/4prlW5T
At the #CivilRights Memorial Center, we'll discuss her book "Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy," a political manifesto for our time 🤝.
At the #CivilRights Memorial Center, we'll discuss her book "Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy," a political manifesto for our time 🤝.
January 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM
📅 Feb. 24: RSVP to join us for a dynamic talk with author and University of #Alabama law professor Joyce Vance 🔗: https://bit.ly/4prlW5T
At the #CivilRights Memorial Center, we'll discuss her book "Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy," a political manifesto for our time 🤝.
At the #CivilRights Memorial Center, we'll discuss her book "Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy," a political manifesto for our time 🤝.
As we start 2026, learn more about the systems of the U.S. government, politics & the media using #LearningForJustice's Civics for Democracy series: https://bit.ly/3zxTyLp
These resources can help to develop the civic knowledge and skills needed for responsible democratic action.
These resources can help to develop the civic knowledge and skills needed for responsible democratic action.
January 4, 2026 at 9:00 PM
As we start 2026, learn more about the systems of the U.S. government, politics & the media using #LearningForJustice's Civics for Democracy series: https://bit.ly/3zxTyLp
These resources can help to develop the civic knowledge and skills needed for responsible democratic action.
These resources can help to develop the civic knowledge and skills needed for responsible democratic action.