This OTYCD entry originally posted in June 2017.
Support the work of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a civil rights organization that is tracking right-wing and white supremacist hate groups.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Planned Parenthood, and other worthy causes received a lot of attention in the months following Trump’s election. While the SPLC hasn’t exactly been neglected, it should receive more attention.
The SPLC, headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama, has been fighting hate and bigotry since 1971. Its most famous successes might be a series of lawsuits that effectively bankrupted the Ku Klux Klan. It tracks hate groups of all sorts, and its Hatewatch pays particular attention to far-right groups and white supremacists.
Its #ReportHate website function lets you tell them about hateful incidents you have witnessed. Its HateMap lets you see where hateful groups might be operating near you. It creates documentaries, lesson plans, and related materials that teach how to fight bigotry. It runs the Civil Rights Memorial Center in Montgomery.
Visit the SPLC website:
Read its excellent guide, Responding to Everyday Bigotry:
https://www.splcenter.org/20150126/speak-responding-everyday-bigotry
See its Hatewatch page:
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch
Like it on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/SPLCenter
Follow it on Twitter:
@splcenter
Donate to the SPLC:
https://donate.splcenter.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=463
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