Search results for ‘southern poverty law center’


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    Prosecutors Against Gun Violence (PAGV)

    Prosecutors Against Gun Violence (PAGV) is an association of county and city prosecutors who support left-of-center gun control policies. PAGV issues statements supporting restrictive and opposing liberalizing legislative and legal changes to gun laws, and hosts summits for its members to discuss gun policy. PAGV is a member of Disarm
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    New Jersey Ida Just Recovery Fund

    The New Jersey Ida Just Recovery Fund is a donor-advised charitable fund operated by the left-of-center Amalgamated Charitable Foundation, a collection of donor-advised funds (DAFs) that was created as a spin-ff from the  Service Employees International Union-controlled Amalgamated Bank in 2017. Amalgamated Charitable funds a number of left-of-center advocacy
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    Alabama Forward

    Alabama Forward is a critical race theory-aligned coalition that supports a variety of Alabama-based left-of-center voter engagement projects and member groups. Background Alabama Forward was founded in 2021 by activist Evan Milligan as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit organization in Montgomery, Alabama. The group has member organizations, which are a
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    Georgia Muslim Voter Project (GAMVP)

    The Georgia Muslim Voter Project (GAMVP) is a left-of-center voter registration organization that is focused on increasing voter turnout for Muslim communities. The organization has participated in multiple lawsuits against voting laws in Georgia, most recently against Senate Bill 202 which was enacted in 2021.
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    Greater Washington Community Foundation

    Greater Washington Community Foundation is a left-of-center community foundation located in Washington, D.C. that provides funds to a wide array of left-of-center organizations. Like most community foundations, the organization offers opportunities for donors to create managed gift funds within the organization from which they can direct gifts. It controls more
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    Montana Human Rights Network

    The Montana Human Rights Network is an advocacy organization that advocates for left-of-center policies at the state and local level in Montana. The organization was formed in 1990 as a joint effort of ten affiliated organizations in response to white supremacist organizing in Montana in the late 1980s. While the
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    Matthew Shepard Foundation

    The Matthew Shepard Foundation is an activist group which promotes the normalization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) lifestyles in society, law, and popular culture. The foundation is named after Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming who was violently assaulted by two men and left
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    Healing and Recovery After Trauma (HeaRT)

    Healing and Recovery After Trauma (HeaRT) is a nonprofit legal institute that focuses on providing legal representation to detainees at Guantanamo Bay and operates other projects concerning art and public awareness. HeaRT was founded in 2020 by Beth Jacob, an attorney who began representing Guantanamo Bay detainees in 2005 while
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    Abortion Fund of Ohio (AFO)

    Abortion Fund of Ohio is an abortion fund founded in 1992 as Women Have Options to provide financial assistance for women seeking an abortion, 1 including transportation, housing, and legal assistance.
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    We Are Many-United Against Hate

    We Are Many-United Against Hate is a left-of-center activist organization founded on the premise that the United States is beset by racial bigotry, especially white supremacy.
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    Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)

    Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is the second-largest public school system in the United States, consisting of more than 571,000 students and 74,000 staff. 1 It is governed by a board of elected officials, chosen
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    Atlanta Solidarity Fund

    The Atlanta Solidarity Fund (ASF) pays bail and provides legal support for left-wing activists in and around Atlanta. ASF has supported protesters charged with domestic terrorism for their roles in allegedly violent protests against “Cop City,” a planned police-training facility in Atlanta. ASF is fiscally sponsored by the Network
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    Tom Jurgens

    Tom Jurgens is an attorney at the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). In March 2023, Jurgens was arrested and charged with domestic terrorism for allegedly participating in a violent protest against “Cop City” in Atlanta, Georgia. According to the SPLC, Jurgens attended the event as a legal observer of
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    James Marsicano

    James Marsicano (also known as “Jamie Marsicano”) is a left-wing activist with multiple arrests stemming from protests against the police. As of March 2023, Marsicano was a law student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In March 2023, Marsicano was arrested on charges of domestic terrorism for
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    National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE)

    National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) is a left-of-center association that focuses its efforts on the concept of “media literacy.” 1
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    Network for Strong Communities

    Network for Strong Communities is a left-of-center organization that provides legal assistance to left-wing protesters arrested during demonstrations. One of the organization’s initiatives, the Atlanta Solidarity Fund, attempted to assist in bailing out 23 protesters charged with domestic terrorism in Atlanta, Georgia, in March 2023 after a demonstration against a
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    FJC: A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds

    FJC: A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds is a donor-advised fund (DAF) founded by the late philanthropist Marty Silverman. Since its founding it has disbursed nearly $700 million in grants through donor advised funds, has provided nearly $400 million in loans, and has served as the fiscal sponsor of over 400
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    Mississippi Votes

    Mississippi Votes is a left-of-center, youth-focused get-out-the-vote organization based in Jackson, Mississippi. 1
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    Learning for Justice

    Learning for Justice is a project and educational arm of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), 1 a left-of-center watchdog criticized for falsely accusing mainstream right-leaning and center-right organizations of being far-right, racist, and violent extremists.
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    Marvin Naiman and Margery Goldman Foundation

    The Marvin Naiman and Margery Goldman Foundation is a private foundation based in Wilmington, Delaware which gives grants to many left-of-center organizations, including the J Street Education Fund, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the New Era Colorado Foundation, the New Israel Fund, and the