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The far right is escalating its attacks on our freedoms — banning books, violating constitutional rights and stripping away dignity from our communities. With your support, the SPLC is fighting back. Just one example: Our lawsuit in Florida, Nancy Tray, et al. v. Florida State Board of Education, et al., where nearly 2,700 titles were targeted for restriction or removal from libraries, including classic works by Maya Angelou, Maurice Sendak and Ernest Hemingway. We’re standing up for parents who refuse to let hate win. The SPLC will never back down from a fight. For over 50 years, we’ve taken on white supremacists and exposed far-right extremists to stop them from realizing their dangerous agendas. And right now, we cannot lose momentum as we head into 2025, which is why your support is so critical. These are just a few of the cases among dozens of others on the SPLC’s legal docket heading into 2025: A.A. v. St. Bernard Parish School Board: The SPLC is representing the families of students with disabilities in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, to challenge that system’s use of punitive, educationally inadequate alternative schools where children with disabilities languish for indeterminate periods without due process. Cousins et al. v. The School Board of Orange County: The SPLC is representing the families of LGBTQ+ students who are silenced, shamed and stigmatized by Florida’s sweeping “Don’t Say Gay” law. It prevents young people from accessing life-saving information and inspires a climate of bigotry in schools. Rinderle v. Cobb County School District: The SPLC is representing Katie Rinderle, a fifth-grade gifted specialist in Georgia’s Cobb County School District who was fired from her teaching job in 2023 for reading My Shadow is Purple, an age-appropriate picture book about self-acceptance and navigating gender stereotypes, to her class. Together, we can create a world free of hate and bigotry. Your Giving Tuesday gift is more than a donation — it’s a powerful statement of your commitment to justice and equity. Every dollar makes a difference, and today your impact will go 200% as far! Double your impact in the fight for a better future and help us reach our $1 million goal. Don’t wait — give generously today and help fuel the urgent work ahead.
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