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SPLC Action Fund on the Electoral College Vote Today

December 14, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The following statement about the meeting of the Electoral College is by Margaret Huang, President and CEO of the SPLC Action Fund: “Today, electors in the Electoral College will assemble in all 50 state...

Sentencing of Neo-Nazi Deserves Praise, But Offers Devastating Reminder of the Pervasive Hate Threatening Public Safety, says the SPLC

December 09, 2020

Montgomery, Ala. – Today, Johnny Roman Garza, a 21-year-old member of a Neo-Nazi group called the Atomwaffen Division, was sentenced to 16 months in prison for threatening a Jewish journalist and conspiring to threaten both...

SPLC Announces $2M Vote Your Voice Grants for Runoff Elections in Georgia, Louisiana

November 30, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announces an additional investment of over $2 million across 10 organizations that are leading voter mobilization efforts in Georgia and Louisiana as part of its...

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SPLC President: Giving thanks and finding hope in a year of tragedy and transition

November 25, 2020

Margaret Huang

SPLC Responds to New FBI Report Showing Increase in Hate Crimes in 2019

November 16, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is calling on the federal government to mandate hate crime data collection at all levels of government after a new report released today by the Federal Bureau of...

SPLC Statement on 2020 Election Results

November 07, 2020

Montgomery, Ala. — Southern Poverty Law Center President and CEO Margaret Huang released the following statement as news outlets called the state of Pennsylvania for Joe Biden, giving him 273 electoral college votes to push him...

SPLC Statement As Election Day Polls Begin to Close Across the United States

November 03, 2020

Montgomery, Ala. — Southern Poverty Law Center President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the below statement as polling stations begin to close in the eastern United States: “This election season has been a source of energy and...

Election Day Statement from SPLC President and CEO Margaret Huang

November 03, 2020

Montgomery, Ala. — Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) President and CEO Margaret Huang released the below statement as millions of Americans cast their votes for the next president of the United States: “This year, a devastating...

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2020: When a deadly virus taught us the importance of voting

November 02, 2020

Margaret Huang

SPLC Names Efrén Olivares as Deputy Legal Director for the Immigrant Justice Project

October 26, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today named Efrén C. Olivares as the new Deputy Legal Director for the organization’s Immigrant Justice Project (IJP). Olivares, the first immigrant to assume the position...

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