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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · May 22

🚨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

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 43m

🚨 Today is the last day to vote for us!

The SPLC's #ApathyIsNotAnOption podcast is in the running for two #SignalAwards ⬇️

🏆 Best podcast in the DEI category: https://bit.ly/42GH1AI

🏆 Best podcast in the category Activism, Public Service & #SocialImpact: https://bit.ly/4mCsVaS

Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 14h

🚨 In or near #Huntsville, #Alabama❓RSVP to join our discussion on threats to our libraries tomorrow: https://bit.ly/4pXqP8g

What you'll take away ⬇️

Info about the divisive topics surrounding libraries & how we can stand together to protect them.

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 15h

National Voter Education Week is our chance to educate ourselves & others about creating a voting plan and exercising our #RightToVote 🗳️.

📣 Develop the civic knowledge and skills essential for responsible democratic action using #LearningForJustice's resource: https://bit.ly/3zxTyLp

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 16h

📚 This week marks #BannedBooksWeek2025, and it's crucial now more than ever to support inclusive learning.

Explore resources — from book reviews to guides — compiled by @LearningForJustice to help you resist censorship and advocate for #educationjustice 🔗: https://bit.ly/3JJ4Td3

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 17h

🚨The Election Assistance Commission needs to hear from you!

Anti-voter groups are petitioning to make Americans registering to vote with the EAC's federal form show documents like a passport, which millions don’t have.

Learn more & take action to protect our #VotingRights 📲: bit.ly/42tPHua

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 17h

October is LGBTQ+ History Month! 🌈 This month and every month we celebrate and affirm the LGBTQ+ community! LGBTQ+ rights are human rights! 🏳️‍🌈

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 18h

The ability to create ongoing, transferable wealth has historically been denied to members of the Black community.

On the Natchez, Mississippi, leg of the Truth, Poverty and Democracy Tour, advocates discussed how Black residents could harness generational wealth: https://bit.ly/4nEnXeJ

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 19h

The SPLC's #ApathyIsNotAnOption podcast is in the running for two #SignalAwards 🤩! 📣 Only a few days left to vote for us ⬇️

🏆 Best podcast in the DEI category: https://bit.ly/42GH1AI

🏆 Best podcast in the category Activism, Public Service & #SocialImpact: https://bit.ly/4mCsVaS

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 21h

The Women Foundation was created to empower and support economically disadvantaged businesses in Knoxville, #Tennessee, by providing access to capital.

The SPLC joined our allies in federal court to fight on behalf of them against a lawsuit 🔗: https://bit.ly/3KyvaP9

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 22h

As we celebrate National #HispanicHeritageMonth, learn more about pursuing the Latinx vote: https://bit.ly/3WtpCba

To win the Latinx vote, you must engage with the community.

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 23h

#HateCrimesAwarenessMonth is our chance to help steer youth away from violence and extremism, starting with education.

Access #LearningForJustice's 📓 What Is A Hate Crime lesson plan to help them learn about the history of U.S. hate crime laws: https://bit.ly/3mZTXQ8

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 1d

📢 Tomorrow: Meet us at the #CRMC for a panel discussion on defending history from erasure 🤝.

Together, we will explore how American experiences have been silenced and how history is remembered, forgotten and fought over — and why that matters. #CriticalMemory

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 1d

🎯FACT: #EqualAccess to education cannot happen in a space in which students from immigrant families feel unsafe.

Revisit #LearningForJustice's feature on how schools can protect their immigrant students, many of whom face threats that make learning harder: https://bit.ly/3IZCuCK

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 1d

📢 Hey, Georgia voters! Early voting starts in one week. Know what's on the ballot and be prepared to vote your voice! 📋

Your future is on the ballot! 🗳️ #TheSouthsGotNow

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 1d

The SPLC convened a focus group of Louisiana alternative education stakeholders for participants to share their experiences with alternative schools in their parish. 📚

Hear their stories in our report "Real Alternatives: Ending Disciplinary Alternative Education": https://bit.ly/42hAaxh

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 1d

#OTD in 1963, less than 1% of Black residents in Dallas County, AL, were registered to vote. When they organized and showed up to register, they were met with violence from the sheriff and his deputies.

Voter suppression still exists today.

#TheMarchContinues #TheSouthsGotNow

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 1d

Across the Deep South, over half a million people will lose some degree of food assistance and approximately 3.6 million people will lose health care from Medicaid cuts and rising health care premiums.

📣 Contact your legislators here: https://bit.ly/48jiCoG

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 2d

The Truth, Poverty and Democracy tour stopped in Utica, Mississippi, to conduct a water drive for folks experiencing water insecurity. 💧

The tour brings together community leaders, advocates and people directly impacted by social justice issues to work toward solutions. 🤝

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 2d

From school curricula to Confederate monuments, the stories we tell (and don’t tell) about the past shape today.

Join us on Oct. 8 as we discuss defending history from erasure & look at how American experiences have been silenced, distorted and are now at risk of being erased. #CriticalMemory

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 2d

Born #OTD in Huntsville, #Alabama, the Rev. Dr. #JosephLowery was often called the "dean" of the Civil Rights Movement.

Today and onwards, we remember and honor Lowery’s life and legacy. His messages of love and justice will reverberate for generations. #TheMarchContinues

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 2d

Residents at the Truth, Poverty and Democracy Tour stop in Utica, Mississippi, shared their experiences with water insecurity.

“Until you address all the issues, you’re not going to be able to solve the problem,” - Utica Mayor Calvin Williams.

New from #Hopewatch: https://bit.ly/3WpyH4J

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 2d

📚Libraries are more than their books, and right now, they’re facing threats.

In or near #Huntsville, #Alabama? ➡️ RSVP for our Oct. 9 community forum on the divisive topics surrounding public libraries & how we can stand together: https://bit.ly/4pXqP8g

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 3d

📣 TODAY is the deadline to register to vote in Georgia and Mississippi!

Click here and make sure you are registered to vote: https://bit.ly/3ORDcPX

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 3d

We can, and must, build a South where everyone feels safe. We’ll continue working in partnership with community and local elected officials to ensure our communities are safe.

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 3d

We are heartbroken by the mass shooting in downtown Montgomery.  Families are grieving. A community is shaken.   Violence like this should never be normal.

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