澳彩开奖

Montgomery, Ala 鈥� The 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖) is celebrating 50 years of advocacy with a virtual, livestreamed event, 鈥湴牟士�奖 50th Anniversary Celebration,鈥�聽to be held Thursday, Nov. 18 at 7:00 p.m. CT/8:00 p.m. ET.聽

鈥淭he 澳彩开奖 has grown from a small law firm dedicated to protecting the achievements of the civil rights movement to a true catalyst for change and progress in the Deep South and across the country,鈥� said Margaret Huang, president and chief executive officer of 澳彩开奖. 鈥淭hese great strides have been made possible by the work of our amazing staff and the support from hundreds of thousands of individuals across the country committed to change.鈥�

The organization was founded in 1971 with the support and leadership of the late Julian Bond, on the heels of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s which brought many new laws but little relief for many in the South. For the past five decades, the 澳彩开奖 delivered landmark Civil Rights decisions, advocated major reforms, and blazed new paths including:聽

鈥⒙犅� 聽Forcing the integration of the Alabama state trooper force;聽
鈥⒙犅� 聽Shattering barriers to equality for women;
鈥⒙犅� 聽Shutting down some of the nation鈥檚 most violent white supremacist groups like the United Klans of America by winning crushing, multimillion-dollar jury verdicts on behalf of their victims;聽
鈥⒙犅� 聽Amid a resurgence of the Klan in the 1980s, launching聽Klanwatch (now the Intelligence Project), an investigative unit dedicated to tracking and exposing the activities of white supremacist and other hate groups.聽
鈥⒙� 聽 Creating Teaching Tolerance (now Learning for Justice) to create anti-bias films, books, curricula and other resources for the classroom and distribute them, free of charge, to K-12 teachers across the country. 聽
鈥⒙犅� 聽Fighting for the rights of foreign guest workers and working to protect the rights of immigrants and their children to ensure they are treated with dignity and fairness.

The organization has worked to dismantle the vestiges of Jim Crow, reform juvenile justice practices, and challenge continuing barriers to equality for children, the LGBTQ+ community and people with disabilities.聽

Huang added, 鈥淎s we look forward to the next 50 years of this organization, we see a real opportunity to sharpen our impact and be more connected to the communities we serve 鈥� and who share our commitment to change and progress.鈥澛�

Over the last few years, the 澳彩开奖 has continued to expand its reach and impact in the Deep South including:

鈥⒙犅� 聽Ahead of the 2020 elections, 澳彩开奖 started its Vote Your Voice initiative 鈥� a program investing up to $30 million in organizations across the region working to conduct voter registration, education and mobilization activities among people of color over several election cycles. In 2021, 澳彩开奖 expanded Vote Your Voice to also support organizations鈥� voting rights and fair redistricting efforts. The initiative is focused on supporting democratic participation by people of color in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi 鈥� the Deep South region that is the focus of the 澳彩开奖鈥檚 work. During the 2020 election cycle up through today, the project has awarded and distributed over $23 million to 55 organizations. 聽
鈥⒙犅� 聽Last month, the organization also announced plans for building a greatly expanded, community-centric office complex in the metro Atlanta area. The organization鈥檚 vision is to use the new office building as a tool to spark investment and opportunities into an existing neighborhood and support the work of area community organizations and nonprofits.

This virtual celebration will highlight the 澳彩开奖鈥檚 long history of fighting for racial justice in the South and beyond, while outlining the organization鈥檚 future efforts to work closer with community partners in four, impact areas: dismantling white nationalism, eradicate poverty, protecting voting rights, and advocating for the decarceration and decriminalization of Black and Brown people.聽

The event will also feature appearances from notable guests and speakers, including:聽Mayor of Montgomery Steven Reed; U.S. House of Representatives Members Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Jerry Nadler (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Jim Clyburn (D-SC) and Judy Chu (D-CA);聽United States Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA);聽United States Senator John Ossoff (D-GA);聽Stacey Abrams; Derrick Johnson, President of the NAACP; Anthony Romero, Executive Director of the ACLU; and Fatima Goss Graves, President/CEO of National Women鈥檚 Law Center, among many others.

Click HERE to experience the 澳彩开奖 50th Anniversary today at 7:00 p.m. CT/8:00 p.m. ET.

The full url to access the livestream is: www.splcenter.org/our-50th-anniversary-celebration