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SPLC Action Fund Endorses J.D. Rice for Mayor of Valdosta

October 24, 2023

ATLANTA – The SPLC Action Fund today endorsed J.D. Rice for mayor of Valdosta, Georgia. Rice served for nearly two decades as Valdosta Fire Chief. “We are proud to endorse J.D. Rice in his run for Mayor of Valdosta,” said Madison...

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SPLC Action Fund testifies that Georgia Senate bill puts LGBTQ+ youth at risk

September 14, 2023

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Georgia's legislative session had hits and misses

April 25, 2023

Isabel Otero, policy director - Georgia and Brian Núñez, policy associate - Georgia

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SPLC Action Fund Condemns Senate Passage of Georgia Anti-Trans Youth Bill S.B. 140, Which Criminalizes Gender-Affirming Healthcare

March 21, 2023

ATLANTA — Today, the SPLC Action Fund released the following statement from Senior Supervising Attorney Beth Littrell in response to the passage of S.B. 140 in the Georgia Senate along party lines. This legislation prohibits...

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SPLC Action Fund Statement on Georgia Anti-Trans Youth Bill S.B. 140

March 15, 2023

ATLANTA — Today, the SPLC Action Fund released the following statement from Senior Supervising Attorney Beth Littrell in response to the advancement of S.B. 140 during a Georgia House Public Health Committee hearing yesterday...

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Gov. Brian Kemp Backs Discrimination Against Trans Kids Playing School Sports

April 29, 2022

ATLANTA, Ga. – Yesterday, Governor Brian Kemp signed House Bill 1084, which empowers an athletic commission to ban transgender youth from participating in sports that align with their gender identity. The following statement is...

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SPLC Applauds Stone Mountain Park for Denying Sons of Confederate Veterans Another Opportunity to Lionize the Confederacy

April 16, 2021

ATLANTA, Ga. — Recently, the Stone Mountain Memorial Association denied the Georgia division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans a permit for their Confederate Memorial Day event, which has been celebrated at the park for almost...

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SPLC Action Fund welcomes repeal of citizen arrest law

April 02, 2021

ATLANTA -- The Georgia Legislature has passed House Bill 479, repealing the state’s citizen arrest law. This bill is responsive to the demands of the families affected by vigilante violence, organizers and advocates, and...

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SPLC Action Fund: Within One Afternoon, a Monumental Shift in Georgia Election Law to Codify 2020’s Deadly Big Lie

March 25, 2021

ATLANTA – At the beginning of today, it was not clear Georgia’s House of Representatives would even take up an amended version of SB 202 that passed earlier this week in committee. Tonight, SB 202 is law. At 12:51PM, the House...

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SPLC Action Fund: Georgia SB 202 “makes voting more difficult at each stage of the process”

March 25, 2021

ATLANTA – The following statement about the Georgia House of Representative’s passage on a vote of 100-75 of SB 202 – a third omnibus election administration and voting process bill discussed this session – is by Nancy Abudu,...

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SPLC Action Fund Endorses J.D. Rice for Mayor of Valdosta

SPLC Action Fund testifies that Georgia Senate bill puts LGBTQ+ youth at risk

Georgia's legislative session had hits and misses

SPLC Action Fund Condemns Senate Passage of Georgia Anti-Trans Youth Bill S.B. 140, Which Criminalizes Gender-Affirming Healthcare

SPLC Action Fund Statement on Georgia Anti-Trans Youth Bill S.B. 140

Gov. Brian Kemp Backs Discrimination Against Trans Kids Playing School Sports

SPLC Applauds Stone Mountain Park for Denying Sons of Confederate Veterans Another Opportunity to Lionize the Confederacy

SPLC Action Fund welcomes repeal of citizen arrest law

SPLC Action Fund: Within One Afternoon, a Monumental Shift in Georgia Election Law to Codify 2020’s Deadly Big Lie

SPLC Action Fund: Georgia SB 202 “makes voting more difficult at each stage of the process”

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