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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
Advocate for history education that is accurate, comprehensive and inclusive 📣!

What is honest history, why is it essential for our democracy, and how can parents, caregivers and community members advocate for it?

📲 Our #LearningforJustice article offers practical guidance: https://bit.ly/3urBb8m
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Tell Florida’s politicians to protect their people, not their power.

📣🗳️ Say no to rigged voting maps: https://www.splcenter.org/take-action/florida-redistricting/
November 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The SPLC's Civil Rights Memorial Center is closed Wednesday, Nov. 26, through Saturday, Nov. 29, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. The museum will reopen on Tuesday, Dec. 2.

📲 Download the #CRMC app on your iOS or Android device here: https://bit.ly/4ohAcxt
November 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Society benefits when we teach the truth about the bias, discrimination and challenges faced by Indigenous people. #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth

Check out #LearningForJustice's article with tips & resources that can help you combat false narratives this Thanksgiving 🔗: https://bit.ly/30orCaZ
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
📅 Dec. 9: Don’t miss your chance to join the SPLC at the #CRMC for an exclusive screening of “The Quilters” and a community conversation.

This short film shines a light on the incarcerated men who design and sew quilts for foster children, showing #RestorativeJustice in action. #SPLCAL
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
📣 Hey, Atlanta! Don't forget there is a runoff election Tuesday, Dec. 2! This election will have candidates for City Council and the school board. 🗳️ Make sure your voice is heard in your community! The South's Got Now!
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
🎥 Sheryl Threadgill-Matthews, the founder of BAMA Kids Inc. in Camden, #Alabama, shares why activism is crucial in rural areas.

Watch our full-length video of Matthews and her mentee, Samantha Gomez, discussing community activism and creating a positive impact 🔗: https://bit.ly/3JFvkUG
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🎥 The SPLC's Bradley Heard shares why voting is crucial on our #ApathyIsNotAnOption podcast.

🔔 Ahead of our upcoming release, check out the latest episode looking at how we all can make an impact on the future of our #democracy: https://bit.ly/4kkwX7U
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
ICYMI: Our latest report, “Under the Radar,” examines how natural disasters impact the voting process. To ensure voters do not lose ballot access in a natural disaster, it is imperative to plan for the next catastrophe before it arrives. Learn more: https://bit.ly/47Lzouy
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#OTD we remember Sojourner Truth, who escaped slavery in 1826 and became a powerful voice for abolition, women’s rights and universal suffrage. Her courage reshaped the fight for justice.

#TheMarchContinues
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
📢 Attend the last public meeting before Atlanta Public Schools votes to close schools!

The APS board will soon be voting on a plan to close schools across the city. Nothing is final until the board votes, so please come speak up for the schools in your community! 🗣️

📲: https://bit.ly/3Wx0QXN
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
What started as a post on a #Georgia teacher's private Facebook page has spiraled into an unconstitutional punishment of protected free speech.

Read how the SPLC is helping Michelle Mickens push back against a suspension that threatens her career and #FreeSpeechRights 🔗: https://bit.ly/4i2dgkj
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Immigrants strengthen America while facing systemic barriers and discrimination.

Read + share our latest #Hopewatch blog by Yomaira Tarula-Aranda, detailing how anti-immigrant rhetoric haunts her community with lies and setting the record straight with reality: https://bit.ly/4rCUNzp
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The SPLC's Civil Rights Memorial Center is closed Wednesday, Nov. 26, through Saturday, Nov. 29, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. The museum will reopen on Tuesday, Dec. 2.

📲 Download the #CRMC app on your iOS or Android device here: https://bit.ly/4ohAcxt
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
📢 #ClarkCounty, #Alabama: We're calling on all residents to RSVP and join us for a listening session 🔗: https://bit.ly/43BmNsH

This is our opportunity to connect and brainstorm ways to tackle the issues that are impacting the community most. Let’s listen, build and act together 🤝.
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
📲 Honor #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth & revisit #LearningForJustice's feature with activist & former teacher Debbie Reese: https://bit.ly/4fqoblB

Reese founded the online resource American Indians in Children's Literature, which analyzes the representation of Indigenous peoples in children's books.
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
If voting maps are rigged to give politicians easy wins, then they don’t have to earn the votes of hardworking Floridians.

Tell politicians to stop meddling in elections: https://bit.ly/4obmCf1

Let Floridians decide their future.
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
📣 Hey, Atlanta! Don't forget there is a runoff election Tuesday, Dec. 2! This election will have candidates for City Council and the school board. 🗳️ Make sure your voice is heard in your community! #TheSouthsGotNow
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This fourth installment of the SPLC’s "Whose Heritage?" report offers an evolving assessment of the threats and harms that find continued life through Confederate symbols, “Lost Cause” narratives and ideologies of white supremacy.

Read it here: https://bit.ly/3HUgEjx
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Natural disasters can exacerbate minority voter suppression, even as the disaster impacts voters of all races. Strong baseline protections for ballot access can help ensure natural disasters do not exacerbate inequitable access.

Learn more in our latest report: https://bit.ly/47Lzouy
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
#OTD in 1916, Frankie Muse Freeman was born. She became the first woman on the U.S. Civil Rights Commission and helped end segregation in St. Louis public housing through the 1952 Davis case. #TheMarchContinues
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
📢 #ClarkCounty, #Alabama: We're calling on all residents to RSVP and join us for a listening session 🔗: https://bit.ly/43BmNsH

This is our opportunity to connect and brainstorm ways to tackle the issues that are impacting the community most. Let’s listen, build and act together 🤝.
November 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🎦 Join the SPLC at the @CivilRightsMemorial on Dec. 9 for a screening of “The Quilters,” a short film centering #RestorativeJustice and the incarcerated men who design and sew quilts for foster children.

🤝 Join us for the film and take part in the discussion afterward.
November 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The rise of Indigenous movements changed history. From Alcatraz to Standing Rock, Native American organizers have proved that survival is resistance.

We #TeachTruth to keep their fight alive. #TheMarchContinues
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
CJ Jones was pushed out of his #Alabama school & lost a college scholarship because the state had almost no #DueProcess protections for students.

Read how he took his story to the U.N. & helped pass a law allowing students to appeal discipline & have legal representation: https://bit.ly/4rk3770
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM