SPLC Action Condemns the DeSantis Administration’s Vile Attempt to Link the LGBTQ+ Community to Pedophilia

March 07, 2022

TALLAHASSEE — On Sunday, Governor DeSantis’ press secretary, Christina Pushaw, tweeted that those opposed to HB 1557 , the Don’t Say Gay bill, are “groomers,” implying that LGBTQ+ people are pedophiles. The following statement is...

The SPLC Action Fund Condemns Attack on Texas Trans Youth

February 28, 2022

Montgomery, Ala. – This week, Gov. Greg Abbott issued a directive to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate gender-affirming care – such as hormone therapy, puberty blockers and surgery – as child...

SPLC Action Fund: Censorship Bills Will Have a Profound Negative Impact on Students, Workers and Our Democracy

February 24, 2022

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, the Florida House passed HB 7, a censorship bill that amplifies the efforts of a white nationalist movement to ban honest dialogue about race in schools and work environments. A similar bill, HB 1557,...

Testimony

The Rise in Violence Against Minority Institutions

February 17, 2022

Margaret Huang

SPLC Action Fund Denounces Anti-Democratic Bills Censoring Educators, Employers in Florida

January 27, 2022

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Yesterday, the Florida House Judiciary Committee passed HB 7, a censorship bill that amplifies the efforts of a white nationalist movement to ban honest dialogue about race in schools and work environments. It...

SPLC ACTION FUND: Report highlights how excessive juvenile incarceration hurts Mississippi’s children and wastes taxpayer money

January 13, 2022

JACKSON, Miss. – Today, the SPLC Action Fund released the report “Disposable Children: Juveniles with Long Prison Sentences” in Mississippi. The report details the significant rate at which youth incarceration occurs in the state...

Mississippi

Juveniles With Long Prison Sentences in Mississippi

January 11, 2022

Delvin Davis

SPLC Action Fund calls for Alabama to invest in communities instead of prisons  

January 11, 2022

MONTGOMERY, Ala . -- Following over a thousand public comments, including those from SPLC Action Fund and our coalition partners with Communities Not Prisons, months of protest, and outcries from dozens of local organizations,...

SPLC ACTION FUND: Biden-Harris’ Voting Rights Address at Landmark Historically Black College in Georgia Comes at ‘Pivotal Time in American History’

January 11, 2022

ATLANTA – Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., and Vice President Kamala Harris delivered speeches highlighting the importance of passing federal legislation to address unconstitutional anti-voter state laws as well as partisan...

SPLC ACTION FUND: We Will Not Be Deterred, The Time for a Clear Pathway to U.S. Citizenship is Now 

December 17, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to the Senate Parliamentarian blocking key immigration components from being included in the Build Back Better legislation, Efrén C. Olivares, Deputy Legal Director of the Immigrant Justice Project...

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SPLC Action Condemns the DeSantis Administration’s Vile Attempt to Link the LGBTQ+ Community to Pedophilia

The SPLC Action Fund Condemns Attack on Texas Trans Youth

SPLC Action Fund: Censorship Bills Will Have a Profound Negative Impact on Students, Workers and Our Democracy

The Rise in Violence Against Minority Institutions

SPLC Action Fund Denounces Anti-Democratic Bills Censoring Educators, Employers in Florida

SPLC ACTION FUND: Report highlights how excessive juvenile incarceration hurts Mississippi’s children and wastes taxpayer money

Juveniles With Long Prison Sentences in Mississippi

SPLC Action Fund calls for Alabama to invest in communities instead of prisons

SPLC ACTION FUND: Biden-Harris’ Voting Rights Address at Landmark Historically Black College in Georgia Comes at ‘Pivotal Time in American History’

SPLC ACTION FUND: We Will Not Be Deterred, The Time for a Clear Pathway to U.S. Citizenship is Now

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