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Friend,

I want to personally thank you for being a part of this incredible community of caring advocates and supporters — tenacious people who believe in truth, equity and liberation.

This holiday season, we’re deeply inspired by your passion, dedication and courage. You sparked hope when it mattered most.

Without the ongoing support from people like you, the Southern Poverty Law Center could not counter far-right extremism and defend our civil rights. Thank you for believing in our work.

This year has been difficult, but you have helped us push back against discriminatory policies, hate violence and racist rhetoric that continue to plague our country.

There were also moments when, together, we persevered and made a difference.

Below are just five examples of your impact in action. Each story represents a victory you helped make possible through your commitment for a better future for all. I hope you take a moment to read these stories that show progress is possible.

As always, thank you for being a driving force in our work toward a more equitable future for all.

May this time of year greet you with warmth, hope and unity.

— Andrea @ SPLC

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From: Southern Poverty Law Center
Date: Friday, Dec. 19, 2025
Subject: [YOUR IMPACT] The work your support helped to shape in 2025
To: [email protected]

Friend,

The challenges we faced in 2025 proved just how essential you are to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s work.

Whether we’re challenging cruel cuts to lifesaving basic needs programs, confronting hate violence or dismantling threats to American democracy, you have stood by our side every step of the way.

Below are five examples of the impact your support made in the march for justice in 2025. Each feature is a testament of the power we have when we work together to overcome hate and build stronger, more resilient communities.

— Your friends at the Southern Poverty Law Center

Two men pass out packs of water during the SPLC's Truth, Poverty & Democracy Tour.

Your generosity helped connect Mississippians to critical resources: Thanks to you, the SPLC served and heard from those directly impacted by systemic inequities across the state.

How you’re supporting stronger Mississippi communities >>

Yellowhammer Fund Executive Director Jenice Fountain, left, and Women in Training President and CEO Adeyela Bennett in July 2023. (Courtesy of Yellowhammer Fund)

Your help secured this legal victory: When the Alabama attorney general threatened to criminalize the Yellowhammer Fund — a reproductive justice organization helping pregnant people access legal abortion care in other states — we sued and won.

How you helped defend reproductive rights >>

Your support helped secure a landmark victory: We stopped the shutdown of the Job Corps program — a lifeline for low-income students across the country.

Here’s how you protected the future of these students >>

As Tina Payne, 58, waited to be approved for Medicaid, she spent months relying on her family and friends for help and deferring doctor’s appointments she could not afford. (Credit: Myisa Plancq-Graham)

You’re defending people from cruel cuts to basic needs programs: With your support, the SPLC is helping people like Tina — who was denied lifesaving health care coverage — by addressing systemic failures.

See how you’re helping challenge the status quo >>

Yolawnda Cohen-McKinney is founder of the Da Gullah Geechee Pavilion on South Carolina’s Hilton Head Island. The Gullah community there has endured despite a flood of hotels and other development projects that continue to impact their culture and way of life. (Credit: Myisa Plancq-Graham).

Your advocacy is preserving a legacy: How the SPLC is protecting Sapelo Island’s Gullah-Geechee community, now on the brink as the world encroaches.

How you’re defending one community’s heritage >>

Thank you for making this work possible, Friend.

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