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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
📚 Meet us in #Montgomery for a banned book drive and panel discussion on Feb. 21 ! RSVP today 🔗: https://bit.ly/46a9cdc

This event is our chance to support banned books that help us #ResistHate and promote accurate history, LGBTQ+ inclusion and intellectual freedoms.
February 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM
This #PresidentsDay, commit to learning more about how U.S. presidents have used power — for good or harm — and what that means for us today.

📲 Check out #LearningForJustice’s article reimagining Presidents Day as a learning opportunity: https://bit.ly/4agNqXB
February 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM
One hundred years later, Black History Month is still necessary.

#BHM100 #CorrectTheRecord #BlackHistory
February 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM
📅 Feb. 21: Join us in #Montgomery as we highlight and elevate essential banned books that help us #ResistHate and bias and promote accurate history, LGBTQ+ inclusion and intellectual freedoms 📚.

RSVP today for the event and panel discussion: https://bit.ly/46a9cdc
February 15, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Museums are essential to the movement to defend truth & safeguard history. Their work must be protected.

#ApathyIsNotAnOption spotlights the SPLC's #CivilRights Memorial Center in #Montgomery, the Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House in #Virginia & #Atlanta’s APEX Museum 🎧: https://bit.ly/4kkwX7U
February 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The #GoodTrouble quilts celebrate the life and legacy of Congressman John Lewis ❤️.

In or near #Montgomery, #Alabama? Stop by the "Good Trouble" exhibit at the SPLC's #CivilRights Memorial Center until April 13.
February 14, 2026 at 2:01 PM
📣 #Dadeville, #Alabama, residents: Join us on Feb. 26 for a meaningful listening session centered around strengthening #Democracy and #VotingRights through education and planned, peaceful action 🤝.

📲RSVP and let's brainstorm how we can spark change: https://bit.ly/4rNEnn1
February 13, 2026 at 11:00 PM
The SPLC’s Advocacy Institute in Mississippi is an annual nine-week program designed to provide practical, hands-on advocacy experience and training. Register today and learn how to advance policy initiatives to improve the lives of people across Mississippi: https://bit.ly/4awIhtt
February 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Woodlawn, on the grounds of George Washington's Mount Vernon, is one of a number of historic home museums in the U.S. that share an expanded history of the enslaved Black people who lived and worked on their grounds.

Read more from our Weekend Read: https://bit.ly/4txXrqL
February 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Civil rights history was built through strategy and collective action. The Civil Rights Memorial Center preserves the truth behind the movement.

Remembering is an act of protection. #BHM100
February 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Congress is moving on the SAVE Act bills, all of which would restrict the freedom to vote for millions of Americans.

These Jim Crow 2.0 bills target vulnerable people in our communities, who are less likely to have ready access to the documents the bills require.
February 12, 2026 at 10:00 PM
When children learn history that is accurate, comprehensive & inclusive, they understand the forces that shape our world and make connections between the past and the present.

Revisit #LearningForJustice's resource on how you can advocate for honest history education 📲: https://bit.ly/4aMnEur
February 12, 2026 at 9:00 PM
📲 Check out our overview of trends and incidents of hard-right activity in January 2026: https://bit.ly/4kvjo5M

One key takeaway: Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes joined Ivan Raiklin, who describes himself as Trump’s “secretary of retribution,” in calling on Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act.
February 12, 2026 at 6:00 PM
🚨Happening today!

If you're in Dallas County, Alabama, join us this evening for a meaningful listening session centered around strengthening democracy and voting rights through education and planned, peaceful action 🤝. 📲RSVP: https://bit.ly/4abFoxU
February 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Hours after his honorable discharge from the U.S. Army in 1946, Sgt. Isaac Woodard was attacked by SC police while taking a bus home in uniform. The attack blinded him. The NAACP & filmmaker Orson Welles campaigned for the attackers to be punished. #TheMarchContinues
February 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
#OTD in 1864, Kate Holladay Claghorn was born. One of the first women with a Yale Ph.D., she wrote on immigration and poverty and helped found the NAACP in 1909. #TheMarchContinues
February 12, 2026 at 2:35 PM
📚 Meet us in #Montgomery for a banned book drive and panel discussion on Feb. 21 ! RSVP today 🔗: https://www.splcenter.org/banned-book-drive/

This event is our chance to support banned books that help us #ResistHate and promote accurate history, LGBTQ+ inclusion and intellectual freedoms.
February 11, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Anti-voter lawmakers are pushing legislation that would make it harder for millions of Americans to register and vote.

Contact your representative and senators to urge them to vote NO on this attack on our freedom to vote and our democracy. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3XGbjBj
February 11, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Now is our time to join together & address what matters most in our communities❗️

If you're in or near #CampHill, #Alabama, RSVP and join us Feb. 24 for a listening session centered on strengthening #Democracy and #VotingRights through education and planned, peaceful action 🤝: https://bit.ly/4rNEnn1
February 11, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Following a lawsuit alleging that #PrinceGeorgesCounty's redistricting plan violates the U.S. Constitution's “one person, one vote” principle, a court is upholding the map.

The SPLC is disappointed, but our commitment to #FairRepresentation for residents continues 🔗: https://bit.ly/4ar7WU8
February 10, 2026 at 10:16 PM
📣 Check out the new #ApathyIsNotAnOption episode: https://bit.ly/4kkwX7U

Honoring #BlackHistoryMonth, we're uplifting Southern museums — the SPLC's #CivilRights Memorial Center, Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House & #Atlanta's APEX Museum — and how they defend truth and preserve Black history.
February 10, 2026 at 8:00 PM
📣 Don't miss The #GoodTrouble traveling quilt exhibit at the SPLC's #CivilRights Memorial Center! Bring a friend and come check out the exhibit until April 13.

Celebrating Congressman John Lewis, this special exhibit features 30+ original quilts that show a broad range of styles and approaches ❤️.
February 10, 2026 at 7:00 PM
#OTD in 2015, Deah Barakat, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha were murdered in Yusor and Deah's home. Their deaths revealed the deadly consequences of anti-Muslim hate. #TheMarchContinues
February 10, 2026 at 3:00 PM
📣 Exciting things are happening at #LearningForJustice!

Stay in the know and subscribe to the #LFJ team's newsletter for access to new publications and community resources that are dropping soon 📚: https://lfj.pub/LFJNewsletter
February 9, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Today, Feb. 9, is the last day to register to vote in Georgia’s special election to fill the seat that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene vacated.

Early in-person voting begins next week, on Feb. 16, and Election Day is March 10. Double-check your voter registration!
February 9, 2026 at 8:03 PM