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🚨The SPLC's 2024 #YearInHate & Extremism report tracked 1,371 U.S. hate and antigovernment extremist groups 🔗: www.splcenter.org/yihe2024

Some used tactics like violence and propaganda to manipulate our political system — causing division, demoralizing people and dismantling democracy. 🧵#YIHE24
The new episode of #ApathyIsNotAnOption wraps up 2025 with a look back at some of our fav moments this season 🎧: https://bit.ly/4kkwX7U

Listen as we relive convos with icons Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw, Pulitzer Prize winner Nikole Hannah-Jones, journalist Jose Antonio Vargas & more!
December 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Last week, the Florida House held a Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting. Over 300 people turned out to make their voices heard, but the committee did not allow for any public comment and ended the meeting early.

Make your voice heard: https://bit.ly/4obmCf1
December 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Overcrowding and understaffing often results in dangerous consequences for people at Gulf Correctional Institution.

Nearly every person interviewed reported that gangs essentially run the institution, with some officers afraid to intervene, indifferent or complicit. https://bit.ly/4rxXJgv
December 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🤳Take a virtual tour of the SPLC's #CRMC using our app and learn about #CivilRights martyrs: https://apple.co/3EBHHvv

The CRMC opened in 2005 to honor the lives of 40 people killed during the Civil Rights Movement who brought awareness to social justice issues across the South.
December 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🔔Tomorrow: Don’t miss your chance to join the SPLC at the #CRMC for an exclusive screening of “The Quilters” and a community conversation.

This short film shines a light on the incarcerated men who design and sew quilts for foster children, showing #RestorativeJustice in action. #SPLCAL
December 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The torch is passed to each of us to protect our #CiviRrights and lead change to make the vision of a just and peaceful world a reality 🤝.

Revisit this #LearnForJustice series and learn from the #CivilRightsMovement for #Equality: https://bit.ly/4dCPNTH
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The National Park Service will no longer offer free admission on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth, but visitors will receive free admission on President Trump’s birthday.

Trump has made eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion efforts a centerpiece of his administration. cnn.it/4pWGZ0W
Interior Department overhauls free admission days for national parks to include Trump’s birthday and remove Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth | CNN Politics
Visitors will now have to pay a fee on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth.
cnn.it
December 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
From arguing in court to #StopHate to uplifting communities that are trying to better their areas, the SPLC has stood firm in working to dismantle white supremacy across the U.S.

📣 And we won't stop now! Read up on some of our latest work 📲: https://bit.ly/3XTZibA
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
📆 Dec. 13: The SPLC will be in #MobileCounty, #Alabama, and we're calling on residents to join us for a community listening session. RSVP: https://bit.ly/3Y7gYjp

This is our chance to connect on ways to tackle the issues that are impacting the community most. Let's listen, build & act together 🤝.
December 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Critical thinking skills are essential for resisting harmful disinformation and countering hate and bias. #RefuseHate

It's on us all to introduce media literacy concepts to children and young people. Revisit #LearningForJustice's resource to learn how you can help 🔗: https://bit.ly/3SmUzfg
December 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We all see it ⬇️

U.S. hate-based crimes continue year after year, with incomplete data burying their severity.

Read up on how the SPLC is working to expose hate and extremism and counter disinformation and conspiracy theories with research and resources 📲:

https://bit.ly/3XTZibA

#RefuseHate
December 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The freedom to vote is the most sacred right we have, yet it is under constant attack. Since the Shelby County v. Holder decision, a slew of discriminatory anti-voter bills have been introduced or enacted to restrict access to the ballot box.
December 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🎦 Join the SPLC at the #CRMC on Dec. 9 for a screening of “The Quilters,” a short film centering #RestorativeJustice and the incarcerated men who design and sew quilts for foster children.

🤝 Join us for the film and take part in the discussion afterward.
December 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Following #Alabama’s 2024 legislation banning publicly funded diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and so-called “divisive concepts,” campuses across the state are facing significant challenges to maintaining spaces that support marginalized communities.
Campus outrage mounts after the University of Alabama suspends student magazines | Alabama Reflector
Student organizations have put out statements of support and have planned demonstrations following Nineteen Fifty-Six and Alice Magazines were suspended.
alabamareflector.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Transgender youth have been the target of sustained fearmongering, disinformation and legislative discrimination for the last decade.

Understanding gender-affirming care helps create safer spaces for trans and nonbinary youth. https://bit.ly/4loEC4z
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Rosa Parks’ defiance in the face of injustice — and the boycott that followed — remains a learning opportunity for us all today.

To mark the 70th anniversary of the #MontgomeryBusBoycott that led to guaranteed equal protection under law, read our Weekend Read 🔗: https://bit.ly/3MiMvfH
December 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
📢 #Mobile, #Alabama, residents: RSVP and join our listening session on Dec. 13 to share concerns & spark collaboration: https://bit.ly/3Y7gYjp

We want to hear from YOU:

What problems are impacting your local community most❓

How can we come together or move our communities forward ❓
December 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#OTD in 1955, the Montgomery bus boycott began after Rosa Parks’ arrest. Black residents organized for 13 months until Montgomery’s buses were integrated in 1956. Collective action changed history. #TheMarchContinues
December 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Advocates from across Florida filled the Capitol today for the Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting. Over 300 people showed up to oppose the mid-cycle redrawing of state district maps. Despite the turnout, the committee did not allow for any public comment.
December 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Florida’s voters already settled this issue. Over a decade ago, they approved amendments to their state constitution that ordered politicians to stop creating biased voting maps.

Keep politicians accountable to the people. 📢 Advocate for fair voting maps: https://bit.ly/4obmCf1
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Join SPLC Alabama for a discussion on issues affecting local communities and ways to encourage and engage Autauga County residents to remain civically involved. 🗣️🤝🏽

Register here: https://bit.ly/48kNMLY
December 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Drawing on first-person accounts as well as thousands of public records from the past 10 years, the SPLC’s new report shines a light on the root causes of violence and the alarming lack of accountability at Gulf and in the Florida Department of Corrections.

Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4rxXJgv
December 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Inclusive education promotes affirming and safe learning spaces for all young people 👩🏾‍🤝‍👨🏻 considers the representation of diverse identities in curricula and policies 🤝 and is intentional in creating equitable opportunities for all kids to thrive ❤️.

📣 Our uniqueness is integral to the U.S.'s future!
December 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“Mid-decade redistricting at the behest of a partisan president is unethical, dangerous and sets a terrible, irreversible precedent,” wrote Jonathan Webber, the SPLC’s Florida policy director, in an opinion piece published in the South Florida Sun Sentinel.

Read more: https://bit.ly/44zVkIg
December 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
🎯 FACT: Healthy, diverse communities thrive when everyone feels included, respected and safe.

Revisit the SPLC's guide for tips on how to support those who have been targeted by hate-fueled acts and help youth #RefuseHate, manipulative rhetoric and supremacist narratives: https://bit.ly/3LSAX2p
December 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM