The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and its affiliate organization, the 501c(4) SPLC Action Fund, are public interest advocacy organizations working in the Deep South (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi) to eliminate the structural racism and inequalities that fuel the oppression of Black, Indigenous and other people of color.
Our policy work includes administrative and legislative advocacy at the federal, state and local levels, as well as the use of international human rights mechanisms to advance transformative policy solutions that will improve the lives of people in the South.
The SPLC leverages and centers the experiences and voices of community members and community-based advocacy organizations across our five states, in our four core impact areas: combating hate, extremism and white supremacy; decriminalizing and decarcerating the criminal legal system; strengthening democracy, voting rights and civic engagement; and eradicating the root causes of poverty.
Join us in our fight for justice and equality. Read our policy platform and federal and state summaries below:
Strengthening Democracy: Voting Rights
- Safeguard and Strengthen the Fundamental Right to Vote.
- Defend Against Racial Gerrymandering.
Decarceration & Criminal Legal System Reform
- Invest in Youth to Achieve True Community Safety
- From Bail to Sentencing, Transform Inequitable Laws
Georgia: Only Young Once factsheet
White Supremacy, Hate and Extremism
- Expose and Educate About the Threat of White Supremacy
- Improve Hate Crime Data to Make Response to Hate Violence More Effective
Eradicating Poverty: Economic Security
- Advance Safe, Affordable Housing as a Human Right.
- Prevent systemic land loss and wealth extraction in historic Black communities.
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