Policy

SPLC Action Fund Releases Its 2024 Policy Platform

April 03, 2024

WASHINGTON — Today, SPLC Action Fund , the 501(c)4 affiliate organization to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) , released its policy platform ahead of one of the most consequential elections of our time. This action guide...

Alabama

Policy

Parents, Medical Experts, Faith Groups and 21 States Urge Appeals Court Not to Reinstate Alabama Law Criminalizing Healthcare for Transgender Youth

August 19, 2022

ALABAMA – Parents of transgender children have filed a friend-of-the-court brief asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit to uphold the injunction against S.B. 184. The Alabama law, blocked by a federal judge in May...

Louisiana

Policy

SPLC Action Fund Applauds Passage of Bill Removing Confederate Holidays; Urges Governor to Sign Without Delay

June 06, 2022

BATON ROUGE – Last week, the Louisiana Senate passed House Bill 248 to remove Robert E. Lee Day and Confederate Memorial Day from the state’s official calendar of holidays. The bill now moves to Gov. John Bel Edwards for...

Hate and Extremism

Policy

SPLC Action Fund Commends Recommended Name Changes for Military Bases; Urges Removal of Confederate Symbols From All Installations Before Deadline

May 26, 2022

MONTGOMERY – Yesterday, the Commission on the Naming of Items of the Department of Defense that Commemorate the Confederate States of America or Any Person Who Served Voluntarily with the Confederate States of America recommended...

Alabama

Policy

SPLC Action Fund Condemns Passage of Trans Bathroom and Alabama Don’t Say Gay Bill

April 07, 2022

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Today, the Alabama Senate passed House Bill 322 , which bars transgender students from using school facilities – including bathrooms – that align with their gender identity and erases their existence from...

Alabama

Policy

Doctors and Families to Challenge Alabama’s Criminalization of Healthcare for Transgender Children and Adolescents

April 07, 2022

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), joined by co-counsel King & Spalding LLP and Lightfoot...

Florida

Policy

The Southern Poverty Law Center Urges Gov. DeSantis to Veto House Bill 1557; Reimagine Ways to Empower All Florida Students and Parents

March 14, 2022

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Last week, the Florida Senate passed HB 1557 , the Don’t Say Gay bill, which will ban lessons regarding sexual orientation or gender identity in kindergarten through third grades. The following statement is...

Policy

Fighting Voter Suppression: Seeking equal and open access to voting in the Deep South

March 22, 2021

Kathryn Casteel

Policy

Long Road to Nowhere: How Southern States Struggle with Long-Term Incarceration

February 24, 2021

Policy

Seeking social justice at the state house

February 19, 2021

Shay Farley

Content Archive

SPLC Action Fund Releases Its 2024 Policy Platform

Parents, Medical Experts, Faith Groups and 21 States Urge Appeals Court Not to Reinstate Alabama Law Criminalizing Healthcare for Transgender Youth

SPLC Action Fund Applauds Passage of Bill Removing Confederate Holidays; Urges Governor to Sign Without Delay

SPLC Action Fund Commends Recommended Name Changes for Military Bases; Urges Removal of Confederate Symbols From All Installations Before Deadline

SPLC Action Fund Condemns Passage of Trans Bathroom and Alabama Don’t Say Gay Bill

Doctors and Families to Challenge Alabama’s Criminalization of Healthcare for Transgender Children and Adolescents

The Southern Poverty Law Center Urges Gov. DeSantis to Veto House Bill 1557; Reimagine Ways to Empower All Florida Students and Parents

Fighting Voter Suppression: Seeking equal and open access to voting in the Deep South

Long Road to Nowhere: How Southern States Struggle with Long-Term Incarceration

Seeking social justice at the state house

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