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:
Voting
Rights
Stop laws restricting access, especially for people of color.
Alabama | Florida | Mississippi
Eradicating
Poverty
Fight to expand access to economic opportunity.
Decarceration & Criminal Legal System Reform
Reallocate resources away from a punitive system.
National Human Rights Institution
Incorporate treaty obligations into U.S. domestic policy.
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