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Published by the Southern Poverty Law Center Fall 2017 Fighting Hate • Teaching Tolerance • Seeking Justice Volume 47, Number 3 SPLC helps nation combat hate after Charlottesville MONTGOMERY, Ala. – As condemn white supremacists an updated edition of Ten Ways the ugly racism and violence of from the start. The more fun- to Fight Hate, its longstanding the growing white nationalist damental problem is that he guide for effectively – and peace- movement exploded into view in has failed to take responsibili- fully – taking a stand against Charlottesville last month, the ty for the fact that his campaign bigotry. The guide sets out 10 Southern Poverty Law Center has energized the radical right principles for taking action, in- took action across multiple in this country,” said SPLC cluding how to respond to a fronts to help the public, policy- President Richard Cohen. “At hate rally that has targeted your VIA GETTY IMAGES POST THE WASHINGTON HOCKSTEIN/FOR EVELYN makers and educators combat it. this point, he simply has no mor- town. The SPLC published full- The SPLC strongly condemned al authority.” page ads in major newspapers, President Trump’s response – his including The New York Times casting of blame on “many sides” SPLC responds to racism and The Washington Post, that and his claim that there were Cohen and other SPLC experts outlined the guide’s 10 princi- some “very fine people” among appeared numerous times in ples, along with information the neo-Nazis and other white su- the national media to help the about how to download the premacists who marched at night public understand the true na- publication for free at www. under torches chanting “Jews will ture of the white nationalist splcenter.org. The guide is be- not replace us.” movement and to offer advice ing distributed to community While the nation recoiled, for countering it. SPLC inves- groups across America. VIA AP PROGRESS THE DAILY M. KELLY/ RYAN white supremacists reacted tigators, meanwhile, exposed And, as hate groups planned with glee to Trump’s remarks, the role of leading extremists in more rallies for the following which were made over several the violence. weekend, SPLC experts spoke days in the wake of the vehicle In addition, the SPLC dis- with officials in major cities to attack that killed 32-year-old tributed resources to help the help them deal with the vola- Heather Heyer as she took part public, city officials and schools tile situation and ensure there in a peaceful, anti-racist demon- counter the hate being spread by would be no repeat of the vio- stration in Charlottesville. the movement. lence in Charlottesville. The “Unite the Right” rally on Aug. 12 in Charlottesville, Va., attracted hundreds of “The problem isn’t sim- Just three days after Char- neo-Nazis (above) and other racists. One woman was killed and more than 30 peo- ply that the president failed to lottesville, the SPLC published Continued on page 3 ple injured when a white supremacist drove his car into anti-racist counterprotesters.

SPLC sues Louisiana companies Judge orders overhaul of prison IN THIS ISSUE that abuse bail clients, extort money mental health care in Alabama NEW ORLEANS – Ronald When he couldn’t make pay- MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The the second of three phases of a a a a Egana’s loved ones turned ments on his bail bond fee, a SPLC won a major victory in its a lawsuit filed in 2014 by the Cohen: ‘Our children to Blair’s Bail Bonds in New bounty hunter arrested him at case against Alabama’s prison Southern Poverty Law Center, Orleans for help, and they were work and took him not to jail but system in June when a federal the Alabama Disabilities Advo- need a role model’ told a $3,275 bail bond fee would to the Blair’s Bail Bonds office. judge declared its mental health cacy Program, and the law firms get him out of jail. Egana was held for hours while care system to be “horrendously Baker Donelson and Zarzaur PAGE 3 But over the next year, they his mother emptied her bank ac- inadequate” – an unconstitu- Mujumdar & Debrosse. ended up paying almost twice count to pay $800 for his release. tional failure that has resulted “This ruling means that pris- a a a a that amount in nonrefundable But, when she arrived at the of- in a “skyrocketing suicide rate.” oners with mental illness may and hidden fees. The compa- fice, she was told she had to pay U.S. District Judge Myron H. finally get the treatment they ny even sent bounty hunters to an additional $1,500. Thompson ordered state offi- have been denied for so long,” kidnap Egana and extort money cials to reform the system and said Maria Morris, the SPLC se- from them. Despite paying, jailed anyway directed them to work with the nior supervising attorney who In June, the SPLC sued to On another occasion, a bounty SPLC and its co-counsel. led the trial team. “The suffering stop these practices. The lawsuit hunter grabbed Egana on his way Thompson identified mul- some of these men and women also seeks class action status so to court in Orleans Parish and tiple areas where the Alabama have endured is excruciating the ruling will apply to others in refused to let him attend the hear- Department of Corrections and inhumane.” similar situations. ing, telling him that he would soon (ADOC) has fallen short of con- Mix It Up at Lunch have a warrant for his arrest. He stitutional standards – ranging Overcrowded, understaffed Fees beyond court requirement even told Egana: “We will see how from a failure to identify pris- Thompson highlighted a key is- Day breaks barriers The lawsuit describes how much money we will get today!” oners with serious mental health sue facing the system: “persistent Blair’s Bail Bonds, New Orleans Egana was held for hours in- needs to the inadequate treat- and severe shortages of men- PAGE 4 Bail Bonds, Bankers Insurance side the Blair’s Bail Bonds office. ment of suicidal prisoners. tal-health staff and correctional Company and Alternative to Even after Egana, his mother “[T]he evidence from both staff, combined with chronic and a a a a Incarceration, a company that and a family friend paid a total sides … materially supported significant overcrowding.” The provided ankle monitoring of $6,000 in fees, a Blair’s bounty the plaintiffs’ claim,” Thompson judge noted that during the tri- One man’s crusade to equipment, worked together to hunter took him to jail because wrote in a June 27 ruling. He lat- al, Corrections Commissioner help those caught in push clients deep into debt with the company claimed that he did er added: “Simply put, ADOC’s Jeff Dunn “described the pris- hidden and illegal fees. not pay what he owed. mental-health care is horren- on system as wrestling with a Trump’s dragnet In Egana’s case, the bond com- Egana was then forced to dously inadequate.” ‘two-headed monster’: over- PAGE 5 pany charged daily fees for an spend days in jail while friends The 302-page opinion came crowding and understaffing.” ankle monitor that was required – and family tried to secure anoth- after a two-month trial that not by the court – but the company. er bond. ended in February. It capped Continued on page 4 2 SPLC REPORT // WWW.SPLCENTER.ORG FALL 2017

A MESSAGE FROM SPLC PRESIDENT RICHARD COHEN SPLC REPORT Published by the Southern Poverty Law Center FALL 2017 America’s children need a role model The Southern Poverty Earlier this year, just days dynamic, perhaps – three words This from a man who encour- But Trump is incapable of ex- Law Center is dedicated to before he left office, President you would never use are integri- aged violence against protesters ercising any moral authority. He fighting hate and bigotry Barack Obama surprised Vice ty, decency or empathy. at his campaign rallies. is incapable of putting country and to seeking justice President Joe Biden by bestow- Ten days after Charlottesville, It’s an incredibly sad state of above self. for the most vulnerable ing on him the nation’s highest Trump was still feeling sorry for affairs for our country. members of our society. civilian honor, the Presidential himself and was pointing the We want our children – who Wallowing in hate, bigotry Using litigation, education, and other forms of Medal of Freedom. finger at others – the media! – learn about the virtues of George The problem with his initial re- advocacy, the SPLC It was a poignant moment. for the hate that he Washington and sponse to Charlottesville wasn’t works toward the day In his remarks, an emotional unleashed during Abraham Lincoln simply that it was too little, too when the ideals of Biden spoke of his deep affection his campaign. early in life – to be late. It was something much equal justice and equal for Obama, saying he had met “The only people able to look up to more fundamental. It was that

opportunity will be a few people with the integrity, de- giving a platform to MICHELLE LELAND the president. We he failed to take responsibil- reality. The SPLC also cency and empathy possessed by these hate groups want the president ity for his role in fanning the sponsors the Civil Rights the president. is the media itself to be a role model, flames of hate. Memorial, which honors Whether you agreed or and the fake news,” to set an example From the time he became the the memory of individuals disagreed with Obama’s poli- he said during a that we want our most prominent of the “birther” who died during the civil cies – whether you’ re Democrat rally in Phoenix children to emulate. conspiracy theorists, who false- rights movement. or Republican, liberal or con- that The New York But today, I can ly claimed Obama wasn’t really EXECUTIVE EDITOR servative – the description rang Times wrote “ri- imagine parents an American, to the time he took Booth Gunter true. Obama is a decent, honor- valed the most saying, “Whatever office, Trump has wallowed in MANAGING EDITOR able man. sulfurous” of his Richard Cohen you do, don’t grow the sewer of bigotry and hate. Christine Harrison Sen. John McCain, a man of presidential campaign. up to be like the president.” In so doing, he energized and STAFF WRITER integrity himself, acknowledged This from a man who hired In times of crisis or tragedy, emboldened the increasingly Jamie Kizzire the same point about his politi- as his chief strategist Stephen we expect the president to rise dangerous white supremacist SENIOR DESIGNER cal opponent during the heat of Bannon, the media executive who above partisan differences or movement that calls itself the Scott Phillips the 2008 presidential campaign. has proudly boasted that as head personal pique. We expect the “alt-right.” of Breitbart News he provided president to remind us of the No, Trump is not a decent FOUNDER & CHIEF TRIAL COUNSEL Where are the values of “the platform for the alt-right.” decency and spirit of America man. He is a man without a mor- Morris Dees America today? This from a man who par- and the shared values that bind al compass. FOUNDER Now, whatever positive words roted and retweeted hate group us as one nation. We expect And that is something I Joseph J. Levin Jr. you might use to characterize propaganda during and after the president to summon our thought I would never say about PRESIDENT & CEO President Trump – successful, his campaign. better angels. the president of the United States. J. Richard Cohen INTELLIGENCE PROJECT DIRECTOR Heidi Beirich MAILBOX OUTREACH DIRECTOR Lecia Brooks This is simply a thank you note truly amazing story, and I can’t monthly donation just met all your bravery in litigation for all you do. We are support- think of another organization of my needs and made me feel more than ever. We’ve always LEGAL DIRECTOR ers and have believed in what and founder who deserves my so good. I am now, from to- admired the SPLC’s effective- Rhonda Brownstein you do for a long time. We deepest respect and appreci- day on, a life-long supporter ness in stemming hatred at its TEACHING TOLERANCE DIRECTOR know that all of your jobs have ation more than Morris Dees of the SPLC. Thank you, thank source. Today, we think the ha- Maureen Costello become much harder since the and the SPLC. you, thank you for doing the tred has a very obvious source. DESIGN DIRECTOR presidential election and even S.F. good things. A.N. & M.E. Russell Estes more so in recent weeks. Our Salt Lake City, Utah V.G. Portland, Ore. CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS AND thoughts are with you every Stowe, Vt. DEVELOPMENT OFFICER day. Keep up your good work The SPLC has worked with Thanks for being out there. Wendy Via and know that there are many intelligence and vigor for val- As a career policeman and in- And I mean that in particular DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES of us who stand with you. ues many others and I share, vestigator, I think I’ve got a given the increasingly vio- AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY F. & I. K. day after day. In an age with so pretty good sense of how much lent manner in which some Whitney Herrington Carlisbad, Calif. much faulty “news” and infor- it takes to achieve justice, espe- people tend to respond these BOARD OF DIRECTORS mation, the SPLC continues to cially in cases that for a variety days. We’ve been long-time Alan B. Howard, Chair These past couple of years be a truthful, thoughtful moral of reasons gather dust or fall supporters and appreciate Henry Solano, Vice Chair have frightened me more beacon to all of us. You can’t be through the cracks. I convey your toward increasing civili- Jocelyn Benson than any other time in my thanked enough. my appreciation for the im- ty of the diversity both in our Bryan Fair life, as the values our current D.M. portant work you do. country and, in an extended Bennett Grau president embodies are com- Claremont, Calif. A.R. fashion, globally. Will Little pletely antithetical to mine, Newport, R.I. R.C. Howard Mandell yours and so many other As a supporter of the SPLC Redwood City, Calif. James McElroy Americans, yet we are at risk since the days of Julian Bond, I wanted to thank you for how Lida Orzeck of losing much that seemed I applaud your ongoing ac- you and the team you are on We were honered to visit the Elden Rosenthal near-immutable for the past tions against hate groups and make the world a better place. Civil Rights Memorial Center, James Rucker Ellen Sudow several decades. Those voic- crimes. I take issue with your I won’t claim to understand the a truly humbling experience. es of hate that have been kept editorial “Welcome to Donald things you sacrifice, but you To further understand the We welcome letters from all Southern Poverty Law quiet now feel emboldened, Trump’s America.” While hate are truly wonderful for doing courage it takes to do the work Center supporters. Send your and it’s not just voices that are crimes have been perpetrated so. Not that a two-line note is you all do day after day inspires comments and suggestions rising. It’s actions of hate. It’s by both far right and left fring- as much as you deserve - but us to lend our support in what- to: Editor, SPLC Report, overwhelming and depress- es, the editorial … implies that not being able to give enough ever way we can. 400 Washington Avenue, ing that so many American his supporters are bigots. But seems a poor excuse for not C. & T.B. Montgomery AL 36104 or fax citizens are thrilled with the I can assure you that many of giving anything. Ft. Wayne, Ind. to 334-956-8488. Send email to [email protected]. direction our president is tak- the president’s supporters are L.J. All letters are assumed to ing this country. I appreciate not hateful and have the same Provo, Utah Regrettably, your approach be intended for publication you more than words can pos- aspirations for themselves and is not only been ineffective, unless otherwise noted. sibly convey. families as most Americans. We first became aware of your it oversees a proliferation © 2017 Southern Poverty L.D. G.G. work and the Southern Poverty in hate. Anger cannot bring Law Center, Inc. No part Tempe, Arizona Simsbury, Conn. Law Center in the case of peace. Only love can bring of this publication may be Mulugeta Seraw. Now, almost peace. Our best approach is to transmitted or reproduced I think so highly of Morris Just wanted to say thank you. 30 years later, we live in the extend kindness to those who by any means without permission. All rights and all the staff members at I needed a place to relieve same city that was the scene of have different views. reserved. Printed on recycled SPLC for their tireless efforts my frustration lately, espe- the Seraw tragedy. And unfor- R.S. paper in the USA. for justice for all. I think it is a cially today. Signing up for a tunately our world still needs Kingsland, Ga. WWW.SPLCENTER.ORG FALL 2017 3

SPLC president testifies to INTELLIGENCE BRIEFS FBI arrests McVeigh copycat assaulted federal officers. in bomb plot Burleson was convicted of Senate on 1st Amendment OKLAHOMA CITY – The FBI interference with interstate arrested a 23-year-old man commerce by extortion, ob- Editor’s note: SPLC President Auburn University, 50 miles As Rep. Mark Sanford recently Aug. 16 on charges alleging he struction of justice, interstate Richard Cohen testified before the from our office in Montgomery. put it, the rhetoric surrounding wanted to carry out a copycat travel in aid of extortion and U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Spencer is a leading white the presidential campaign has bombing of the 1995 attack by several firearms counts. He on June 20. The hearing ex- nationalist figure who popu- “unearthed some demons.” extremist Timothy McVeigh. faced a mandatory minimum amined free speech on college larized the term “alt-right.” Since the election, we’ve doc- Jerry Drake Varnell was sentence of 57 years. campuses. His entire testimony Spencer recently gave a speech umented nearly 200 incidents of arrested after he twice dialed can be read at www.splcenter.org. ending with “Hail Trump! Hail racist flyers being distributed on a cell phone that he believed Abduction, murder charges our people! Hail victory,” as college campuses. would remotely detonate a for white supremacist The First Amendment is of many in the audience sieg hei- We’ve also detected a surge in van loaded with 1,000 pounds HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. – paramount importance, par- led. The event catapulted him bias-related acts of harassment, of explosives that he had Prosecutors are seeking the ticularly at our institutions of to national prominence. intimidation, and violence in parked outside a bank just six death penalty for a 38-year- higher learning. In his first college speech fol- schools and communities across blocks away from the scene of old man with a Nazi swastika Yet, in recent months, the lowing that rally, Spencer stated the country. the 1995 terrorist attack that tattoo and ties to white su- commitment of our universi- that “America … belongs to white This Sunday [June 25], killed 168 people. premacists. Phillip Michael ties to the First Amendment has men. …We own it.” Richard Spencer is scheduled The explosives were Stroupe II stole a bicycle at been tested as speakers from a In advance of Spencer’s to speak at a rally at the Lincoln inert — provided by an un- gunpoint on July 22 and es- newly energized white national- scheduled appearance at Memorial, something that is dercover FBI agent who had caped into Pisgah National ist movement have been making Auburn, we suggested to uni- almost sacrilegious. been introduced to Varnell Forest. After a six-day man- the rounds on college campuses. versity administrators and to He’ll be joined by the found- during an eight-month ter- hunt, he was apprehended These speakers – particu- the college club we sponsor at er of one of the white nationalist rorism investigation in which after abandoning a vehicle larly Richard Spencer and Milo Auburn that they hold an al- groups that’s been recruiting on the suspect was repeatedly that had been reported sto- Yiannopoulos – have drawn pro- ternative event. We have no college campuses. asked if he was certain about len and its owner missing. tests, not simply from students, objection, of course, to peaceful Their First Amendment his intention to carry out the The missing man was found but from loosely organized, vi- student protests. But we’d sug- rights must be protected. intended bombing. dead days later. olence-prone outside groups of gest that students not give racist But we must not ignore the so-called anti-fascists. speakers an audience. increase in white nationalist ac- Militia member gets 68-year Skinhead avoids prison time The presence of these anti- And we certainly don’t want tivity around the country and on prison sentence NEW YORK – John Young, fascist groups has led to an students to do anything that our college campuses. LAS VEGAS – Gregory P. 21, of the ultranationalist equal, yet opposite reaction – would allow racist speakers We need to fight speech that Burleson was sentenced to skinhead crew 211 Bootboys, the formation of groups to portray themselves as First threatens our nation’s demo- 68 years on July 26 for his avoided prison after plead- dedicated to fighting the anti- Amendment martyrs. cratic values with speech that role in the 2014 Cliven Bundy ing guilty on July 20 for his fascists. As what happened at Given the climate in our upholds them. ranch standoff, in which he role in the politically moti- Berkeley demonstrates, it’s a country, I worry that we’ll see It’s an obligation that univer- was identified as a “follow- vated beating of two brothers combustible situation. more violent confrontations on sity officials have and one that er-gunman” supporter of outside a Manhattan bar a This April, Richard Spencer college campuses when school everyone in public life, starting Bundy who threatened and month earlier. was scheduled to speak at starts this fall. with the president, has as well. SPLC provides resources, intel HEATHER HEYER HONORED AT From page 1 movement and avoid violent take responsibility for the surge CIVIL RIGHTS MEMORIAL CENTER confrontations. It’s a project of in hate that his campaign un- Afterward, Boston Mayor the SPLC on Campus program, leashed, that he fire the white The SPLC honored Heather Heyer less than a week after she Marty Walsh credited the SPLC’s which currently has chapters at nationalist sympathizers in his was killed while protesting white supremacy in Charlottesville, advice for the peaceful outcome 30 colleges across the country. administration, and that he direct Virginia. Her name and image were added to the Wall of as 40,000 anti-racist demonstra- For K-12 classrooms, the federal agencies to take the threat Tolerance inside the Civil Rights Memorial Center on Aug. 18. tors took to the streets in his city SPLC’s Teaching Tolerance of white supremacy seriously. “Like the civil rights martyrs whose names are inscribed on the to protest a far smaller white project provided a collection More than half a million peo- Civil Rights Memorial, Heather took a stand against hate and big- nationalist rally. of resources to help students ple have signed the petition. otry and made the ultimate sacrifice,” said Lecia Brooks, director understand the issues surround- A week after Charlottesville, of outreach for the SPLC, which built and maintains the memorial. College campuses ing Charlottesville. In response Trump’s chief strategist, Stephen “By speaking out for justice and equality, she embodied the spirit The SPLC also released The Alt- to SPLC surveys, teachers have Bannon – the former head of of the civil rights movement, and the life she led deserves to be rec- Right on Campus: What Students have reported a sharp spike in Breitbart News who has boast- ognized along with the names of other martyrs of the movement.” Need to Know. The guide ex- classroom bigotry and the bul- ed that he turned the website Heyer, 32, was killed Aug. 12 when a car plowed into a crowd plains the racist ideology of the lying of minority children as a into “the platform for the alt- of counterdemonstrators who were protesting a rally of neo- so-called alt-right, profiles its result of the Trump campaign. right” – was ousted from the Nazis, Ku Klux Klan members and other white nationalists. leaders, and offers instructions The SPLC also established a White House. The tribute features a black-and-white digital portrait of Heyer to help students counter the petition demanding that Trump on the 20-by-40 foot Wall of Tolerance. Confederate monuments The digital wall displays the names, cascading continuously, of The Charlottesville tragedy also more than 500,000 peo- turned the nation’s attention ple who have pledged to back to the issue of Confederate take a stand against in-

monuments in public spaces. justice. CONTRIBUTED The SPLC offered its exper- Also on the wall is a tise with Whose Heritage?, a photo of Heyer’s mother 2016 guide that documented a and a quote from the eu- CHIP SOMODEVILLA/GETTY IMAGES CHIP SOMODEVILLA/GETTY total of 1,503 Confederate sym- logy she gave her daugh- bols in public spaces, along with ter: “They tried to kill a guide to help communities that my child to shut her up. are grappling with the issue. Well, guess what? You “It’s beyond troubling that just magnified her.” there’s a complete lack of moral Heyer will also be leadership from the top,” Cohen honored with a memorial IN MEMORY OF said. “But the good news is that plaque in an area of the HEATHER HEYER compassionate people across memorial center dedi- AUGUST 12, 2017 The turmoil in Charlottesville began with a march. White nationalist Richard Spencer our nation are pushing back cated to contemporary appeared with other extremists, including former Klan leader David Duke, to pro- against hate and taking a stand civil rights martyrs. mote a rebranding of white supremacism in America known as the “alt-right.” for justice and equality.” 4 SPLC REPORT // WWW.SPLCENTER.ORG FALL 2017

SPLC, Bogalusa City Court reach partial settlement in debtors’ prison case ARSENAL MEDIAWORKS BOGALUSA, La. – Louisiana’s campaign to eradicate debtors’ authorized by state law, to help Bogalusa City Court has prisons and unfair court prac- fund the court. agreed to issue $50 refunds tices that discriminate against One plaintiff was jailed be- to settle part of a federal law- people because of their poverty. cause he couldn’t pay a fine for suit that describes how the “We’re pleased the Bogalusa stealing $5 worth of food to feed court and a city judge operated City Court will return mon- his family. He was released af- a modern-day debtors’ prison by ey to people entangled in this ter a family member paid the illegally jailing indigent people harmful practice,” said Sam extension fee. too poor to pay fines and court Brooke, SPLC deputy legal di- The Bogalusa City Court re- costs, the SPLC announced rector. “Nobody should be jailed lies on extension fees and court Teaching Tolerance’s annual Mix It Up at Lunch Day helps students move out of in June. or threatened with jail if they costs to cover funding shortfalls their comfort zones, break down social barriers and sit with someone new at lunch – a simple act that helps create healthy, welcoming schools. are too poor to pay a fine. This that range from 20 to 30 percent Illegal fees will be returned agreement is an important step each year. The lawsuit alleges The court will issue a refund forward, but a small step. The that the court’s reliance on these Teaching Tolerance helps children to people who, within the last rest of our case will go forward costs and fees creates a perverse two years, paid a $50 “exten- because we believe serious un- and unconstitutional financial break down social barriers sion fee” to avoid jail and get constitutional practices are incentive for Black to find defen- Now in its 16th year, Teaching day’s worth of activities,” said more time to pay the court. The likely to continue in the court.” dants guilty, charge illegal fees Tolerance’s Mix It Up at Lunch Monita Bell, Mix It Up coordi- refund will be given to anyone Judge Robert J. Black re- and jail them for nonpayment. Day program has encouraged nator. “That’s why we provide who paid the fee on or after June quired anyone who needed Despite the partial settle- hundreds of thousands of stu- high-quality, free resources on 21, 2015, and completes a claim additional time to pay fines ment, numerous issues remain, dents to identify, question and our website, to help schools really form by the city’s deadline. It’s and court costs to pay $50 as a including whether the city cross social boundaries. This prioritize empathy, kindness and estimated that 100 people could condition of avoiding jail for court is adequately taking into year’s event falls on Oct. 31. inclusion on a year-round basis.” be eligible. nonpayment. The SPLC lawsuit account people’s ability to pay Students tend to self-segre- Schools that work toward this The SPLC filed the lawsuit describes how the judge creat- before punishing them for out- gate in cafeterias, which makes goal earn the designation “Mix It in 2016 as part of its multistate ed this illegal fee, which is not standing fines. them a prime location for pro- Up Model Schools.” In 2017, 76 moting inclusion. The Mix It schools earned that recognition. Up program offers an array of “We are extremely proud to Alabama prisoners to receive mental health free online resources designed recognize these schools,” said to help students explore the is- Teaching Tolerance Director sue of social boundaries. Maureen Costello. “They care on heels of important SPLC victory wholeheartedly embraced the Year-round opportunities spirit of the day and the values From page 1 As the trial progressed, a pic- care for suicidal prisoners. The Thousands of schools partici- we promote through Teaching ture emerged of a corrections judge referenced Wallace’s testi- pate in the one-day event each Tolerance – empathy, kindness The judge noted the ADOC system that rarely connects mony and death throughout his year, and many incorporate the and respect for differences. They fails to provide individualized prisoners to caregivers, cannot final order. spirit of Mix It Up and the values not only set a great example for treatment plans, disciplines provide them with safe environ- it promotes into their programs other schools but for the world.” mentally ill prisoners for their ments or needed therapy, and ‘Grave risk’ throughout the year. symptoms and segregates them fails to identify those who most “The case of Jamie Wallace is “Healthy school climates FOR MORE INFORMATION for prolonged periods. need help. powerful evidence of the real, require more than just one tolerance.org The ADOC, it became clear, is concrete and terribly per- Officials knew of problems fatally slow to respond to suicid- manent harms that woefully “ADOC officials admitted on the al thoughts among prisoners but inadequate mental-health care stand that they have done lit- keen on saving money. inflicts on mentally ill prisoners tle to nothing to fix problems Incarcerated witnesses told in Alabama,” Thompson wrote.

SHUTTERSTOCK on the ground, despite their the judge about horrific con- Several expert witnesses testi- knowledge that those problems ditions in areas designated for fied about horrible conditions may be putting lives at risk,” mental health treatment. in Alabama’s prisons, which are Thompson wrote. among the nation’s He noted, “The skyrocketing most overcrowded suicide rate within ADOC in the “The skyrocketing suicide rate and understaffed. last two years is a testament to Conditions are the concrete harm that inade- within ADOC is a testament to so grim and danger- quate mental-health care has ous, said nationally already inflicted on mentally ill the abuse already inflicted on renowned prison prisoners.” mentally ill prisoners.” psychology expert In 2016, the state agreed to Dr. Craig Haney, To support teachers who embed anti-bias principles in their schools, Teaching settle the first phase of the law- that the ADOC is Tolerance is awarding $500 to $5,000 grants for the 2017-2018 school year. suit, regarding violations of the Expert witnesses recount- “rolling the dice” in its handling Americans with Disabilities Act. ed hearing prisoners plead with of prisoners with mental illness, Grant program aims to The ADOC committed to pro- them from their cells during of- placing them at “grave risk.” vide services and fair treatment ficial visits. Dr. Kathryn Burns, chief to prisoners with disabilities. “This place is killing me,” a psychiatrist at the Ohio further anti-bias education The third phase in the lawsuit, 24-year-old prisoner named Department of Rehabilitation The SPLC’s Teaching Tolerance classroom-level. At the school expected to be tried later this Jamie Wallace had said, “please and Correction, said the ADOC program supports teachers who level, leadership teams will use year, will determine whether get me out of here.” mental health system is the not only embrace anti-bias princi- the grants to improve school the prison system’s poor med- During the trial, Wallace tes- “worst system” she’s ever seen – ples but embed them throughout climate, reduce hate, support cul- ical services violate the Eighth tified about the ADOC’s failure so bad that “it’s difficult, really, their schools. That’s why it has turally responsive practices and Amendment’s ban on cruel and to provide him with treatment to call this a system.” launched a new program to direct- implement anti-bias curricula. At unusual punishment. other than medications. He told In May, Thompson prelim- ly fund those efforts. the classroom level, teachers will the court that the only times inarily approved a settlement The Teaching Tolerance use the grants to fund program- System was fatally slow he received even minimal at- between the parties on the is- Educator Grants will range from ming that promotes empathy and During the trial that began in tention from mental health sue of involuntary medication $500 to $5,000 and will support kindness, positive identity de- December, SPLC lawyers pre- professionals was when he was that would protect inmates’ due projects that promote affirm- velopment, perspective taking, sented witnesses and evidence on suicide watch. process rights. ing school climates and educate critical thinking about injustice depicting a cash-strapped, un- Less than a month after his Under the settlement, young people on how to thrive in and collective action. derstaffed prison system whose testimony, Wallace died by sui- the state Department of a diverse democracy. For more information, or failure to ensure proper mental cide in an ADOC prison cell. Corrections must revise the Teaching Tolerance grants to submit an application for a health care amounts to “deliber- After Wallace was found dead, way it decides when a prisoner will fund two different types Teaching Tolerance Educator ate indifference” – a violation of Thompson ordered the ADOC to should receive medication de- of projects: school-level and Grant, visit www.tolerance.org. the U.S. Constitution. enact a 15-point plan to better spite his protests. WWW.SPLCENTER.ORG FALL 2017 5

SEEKING JUSTICE BOARD MEMBER VOLUNTEERS LEGAL After ICE came, a Mississippi SERVICES TO HELP DETAINED IMMIGRANTS family faces prospect of poverty By Elden Rosenthal LUMPKIN, Ga. – Hidden away in the woods of southwest BATESVILLE, Miss. – Rita Jorge is not one of them. McAndrew has worked with Georgia sits the euphemistically named Stewart Detention still felt sore from giving birth a As a younger man, he crossed migrant communities since Center. The facility, owned and operated by the for-profit corpo- few days earlier. But in the early the U.S. border with Mexico 1991. He was once an avid ath- ration CoreCivic, holds men that U.S. Immigration and Customs morning of March 28, she rose to several times without autho- lete in the mold of a small, Enforcement is seeking to deport. make breakfast for her husband rization. And, living in the U.S. fast soccer forward, running Located just outside the tiny rural community of Lumpkin, and children. She did not know without documentation is a civ- circles around larger oppo- Stewart is surrounded by two tall fences topped with razor wire. they were all being watched. il infraction, not a crime. nents – and he still pulls for the Access is severely limited. No one is allowed a contact visit. Adjusting to the arrival of a But Trump’s immigration underdog. As a member of the Lawyers may not bring a laptop or even a phone into the facility. new baby girl made for a hectic dragnet effectively criminaliz- Catholic Redemptorist order It is a prison, plain and simple. morning. Rita’s 9-year-old son es people like Jorge, whose real of priests, he serves the “most Inside are 1,900 adult men. Some were picked up near our missed the bus; her husband name is being withheld to pro- abandoned,” often society’s Southern border. Some were arrested in the towns where they Jorge planned to drive him to tect his family. (Rita is not her outcasts. His primary work, he had lived peacefully for years. school. At about 7:25 a.m., she real name, either.) said, is the spiritual care of the Last June, I spent a week working as a volunteer lawyer at rushed the two out the door of Now, any immigrant with- Spanish-speaking residents of Stewart as part of the SPLC’s new Southeast Immigrant Freedom the family’s double-wide trail- out proper documentation who rural Mississippi. Initiative. The initiative has a small permanent staff in Lumpkin er, then went to the bathroom. is charged with or convicted of living in a double-wide trailer, along with SPLC lawyers who trav- When she returned to the kitch- any offense, or even suspected of A ‘soft target’ el back and forth from Atlanta, 140 miles away, and a rotating en, she found her son standing a crime, is now an enforcement For the past eight months, the cast of volunteer lawyers. there, alone. priority – no matter how minor priest has spent more and more I learned some immigration law on the fly, interviewed detain- “Some police are looking the offense and no matter if the time making calls, organizing ees, and appeared at two hearings. Most days lasted 10 hours. around in the trucks outside,” the person has paid their debt to so- letter-writing and visiting fam- The work was intense. It was also deeply disturbing. boy said. From the window, she ciety. And the “crimes” of many ilies like Rita’s. All the detainees I had contact with were attempting to es- saw her husband standing near his immigrants stem directly from “He’s a soft target,” McAndrew cape from violence and poverty in Central America. None had a work trucks, surrounded by men their immigration status. Jorge’s said of Jorge. “ICE is abusing the criminal record. All were under the age of 30. One man had been soft target.” shot in the abdomen by a drug dealer. Another had two cous- Among three families of such ins murdered by a narcotics gang. All the men I interviewed had “soft targets” in Mississippi who family members in the United States who were willing to take are in touch with McAndrew, them in and be responsible for them. MIKI MCCURDY there are 13 children – all American folklore refers to our ongoing experiment in demo- American citizens except for cratic equality as a “melting pot.” Inside the pedestal of the Statue one – who stand to lose their ba- of Liberty is a plaque that famously declares “Give me your tired, sic needs: shelter, food, clothing, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” education, mental health ser- No longer do those words ring true. vices and more because of the Now, we talk of building a border wall. Our government ar- detention or imminent depor- rests the huddled masses yearning to be free of insufferable vi- tation of their fathers. olence, and we return them to an uncertain future. “I’m on a crusade right now to While I was in Lumpkin, I could not help but think of my deal with this,” McAndrew told the grandparents, who fled Russian oppression before World War I, SPLC recently. “What’s happening and of my father and his family, who found sanctuary from Hitler to Jorge [and Rita] has happened in America in the late 1930s. If my family members had sought to so many other people.” refuge and freedom in the America of 2017, they would have But despite McAndrew’s best been unceremoniously returned to the hell they were escaping. efforts – long drives to Jena, let- The experience brought home to me in a most personal way Father Michael McAndrew, a Catholic priest living in Greenwood, Miss., who serves ters of support and help for the what had been an abstract political discussion about our nation’s the “most abandoned” members of his community, is on a personal crusade to help provide basic needs for immigrant families. family – Jorge was deported immigration policies. My conclusion: Something must change. in July. I urge lawyers who can spare a week, along with non-lawyers wearing vests emblazoned with was returning to the United In an interview with the who speak Spanish, to consider volunteering for this project. You “Police” across the backs. Rita sent States after being deported. SPLC, Rita wondered aloud might save a life. her son, a U.S. citizen, back outside U.S. officials can exercise their why ICE arrested him when to ask what was happening. prosecutorial discretion to stop her family was at its most vul- Elden Rosenthal is an attorney in Portland, Oregon, and a member of Moments later, he returned the threat of harm to children nerable – just home from the the SPLC Board of Directors. The details for volunteering for the SIFI with an answer: “They’re not like those who will be impover- hospital with a baby only five project can be found at www.splcenter.org. just checking the trucks. They’re ished if Jorge is deported. But days old. Indeed, Jorge had told checking Papa.” they repeatedly do not, thanks ICE about the baby. Rita watched the men hand- in part to the Trump adminis- Still, the agents left Rita alone cuff her husband and take him tration’s new policies. with her three children and away. She didn’t know exactly “Homeland Security Secretary without so much as a call to lo-

who they were. She could see no John F. Kelly has made it clear cal domestic support agencies, CONTRIBUTED uniforms other than the “Police” that ICE will no longer exempt which is routine for local police. vests, and there wasn’t a squad any class of individuals from re- “Throughout this case, I have car in sight. But, after several pan- moval proceedings if they are been upset that ICE could pick up icked hours, it became clear that found to be in the country ille- a person and not address the care they were U.S. Immigration and gally,” a May 17 public statement of a five-day-old child,” McAndrew Customs Enforcement agents. from ICE reads. wrote in late May to U.S. Rep. Her husband had been taken to The agency’s newfound zeal Bennie Thompson, the area’s con- the LaSalle Detention Facility in has already caused the number gressman and one of the federal Jena, La., nearly 300 miles away. of arrests of noncriminal immi- lawmakers tasked with oversee- His last border-crossing was grants to soar. Between Jan. 22 ing ICE. “I call what they did child 12 years ago. Until he was de- and April 29, they increased by endangerment.” tained in March, he worked as a nearly 160 percent over the same The danger now comes from roofer, and a good one, in a county period last year. impending poverty. Rita turned where a tradesman with a spe- After the stunning, early- to her brother – her last lifeline – cialty can make $850 in a week. morning raid, Rita knew she to buy food and help with the needed help for her children. $600 rent. Food for her, the baby, SPLC founder speaks at guitar auction Bad hombres? She found it from several friends her son and her eldest daughter SPLC Founder Morris Dees spoke to a packed house at an auction in support During his campaign, President and neighbors, including Father costs $160 a week. of his organization at Brooklyn Bowl in New York City in May. Jerry Garcia’s famed Wolf guitar was offered by an unnamed SPLC supporter and purchased Donald Trump suggested he Michael McAndrew, an enthusi- With Jorge gone, Rita has no by Brian Halligan for $1.6 million. The bid was matched anonymously, so the would focus on deporting the astic 70-year-old Catholic priest income. Soon, the money she has SPLC will receive a total of $3.2 million for its work fighting hate and bigotry. “bad hombres.” living in Greenwood, Mississippi. will run out. 6 SPLC REPORT // WWW.SPLCENTER.ORG FALL 2017

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Matthew Abbrecht Joseph J. Bevilacqua Samuel Cohen Sidney Duzen Lucille Louie Gee Marian and Joseph Hay Mark Kesner David Luthringer Sheila Abdus-Salaam Anthony Bevilaqua Shirley Cohen David Reed Eastwood William Lewis Gehringer Kimberly Hayman Irving Kesten Marjorie Hartshorne Lybarger Nathan Ackerman Mara Bhaerman Stewart Cohen George Echt Michael Geisser Russ and Helen Hazelton James Carty Key Rever Lyles Russell Kenneth Adair CV and Sylvia Biederman David Kent Cohoon Clarice Eder Charles Gensler Francis X. Hearne Mary Krock Kibler Helen Lynd Molly Adams Bonnie Kay Flowers Biemer Mary Francis Hill Coley E.J. Edge Jr. Sam Gensler Goldee Hecht-Meyer Bill Cole Kiernan Susan D Lyons Adamson Family Valerie Bird Richard Collins III Jordan Edwards Dieter Georgi Virginia Thompson Hegland Terence C. Kiernan Frank C. Mabee Jr. Jennie Addison Bill V. Bishop Les Combs Adrien Tara Egan Martin Gerotwol Eric Heit Joseph P. Killackey Bruce MacCallum Dale and Burton Agata Richard I. Black A. Mark Conard Jeremy Egnatios Suresh Ghiya David Helper Martin Luther King Jr. Ilene Mack Susan Agger Virginia Bloch Dan Lee Conner Ann Eickmeyer Renee Gibbons John W. Henneman Suzanne T. Kinkead Marguerite Mackey Steven Agresta Max and Pearl Bloom Lee R. Conner Malcolm Chases Eisenberg William E. Gienapp Hallard Ivan Hentschel Ronald Franklyn Kirby Polly Mackie Roger Ailes Israel Blumenfeld Phillip A. Contreras Morton Eisenberg Richard E. Gift August and Luise Henze Rioghan Kirchner Benedicta B Malcioln Beth Pearthree Albertson Leah Blumenfeld Leonard Cooper Elizabeth Cueva Elder Quince Gilbert John and Betty Herbers Mary Bullowa Koplik Kleiner R.S. Manian Bud Alcock Betty Bohan Edith Cordin Mike Elkis Barbara Gilfix John Norton Herbers Jr. Mendel and Rose Klepper Charles B. Manley Deconja Alexander Julian Bond Georgia Galvin Corey Merle Else Jay Ginter Jose F. Hernandez Fred Klessig Harold Joseph Mansfield Jr. Ron Alexander Michael Bond Alan Richard Cork Elmore Eltzroth Dola Giorgi Robert E. Herst Anita Koblitz Tom E. Marchbanks Roberta Alkire Carl Boronkay Augusta Cornell Bernice "Bunny" Shier Emont Anne and Manuel Gitlin Thomas P. Heslin Jr. Dorothy Kollender Joan Beth Marcotte Helen Alkon J. Christopher (Kit) Bottkol Mae Cottle David Epstein Alan Glass John Heyman Vincent Koster Sandy Marks Richard Allgaier Betsy Boyle Byron Max Courtney Nancy Evans Jacqueline Glasthal Basha Hicks Keira Kraft Hugh Marse Philip L. Altman Geraldine Braden Francis Crabble Elizabeth Rogers Van Evera John Glennon George Higginbotham Herbert Kramer Barbara Schofield Marshall Richard Amandes Edith Brafman Edward Crawford Jr. Richard Everett Ronald Curtis Glover Mildred Higginbotham Richard Kramer Clifford Marshall Herbert Amdur Vincent Braithwaite Bertha Lee Criss Syrilla H. Everson Daniel Martin Godina Xochitl Gil Higuchi Mildred Kravitz Dorothy and Charlie Marshall Joseph Lynn Ames Estelle Brandon Delores Critelli Karen Evertson Vera (Dees) Goeppner Forest G. Hill Oscar Krichner Bill Martens Jeremy Gold Amor Phyllis Brandt Jeff Crofts Raymond L. Extract Connie Gjelhaug Weiss Goffredi Joseph Benjamin Hill Jacob Kroitor Dawn Valore Martin Dominick Anderocci George M. Brantz Lisa Crowder Carol Falcone Sheila Gold Robert and Marcia Hill Michael Kropp Trayvon Martin Charles Anderson Thomas Robert Brashler Rodger Crowe Cheaber Hudson Farmer Victor Gold Aaron Hirose Clotilde Kuchle Beatrice and Robert Martinez Jerry Anderson Ann Brent Bob Cruz Nathan Diamond Faulk Alan Goldberg Noah Hirsch Mary Lou Kulsick Jeff Mason Maya Angelou Miklos N. Breuer Cyndie Culpeper Jared Harlan Feigenbaum Ira Goldberg Shirley and Sunmner Hoisington Susie LaBord Edith Massiah Carol Ann Jane Bridgman Jeremy Cummings Richard Feinberg Joel Goldberg Charles F. Holland David Lagraffe Albert Matlin Helen and M.D. Anthony Catherine MacDonald and Sebastian Curat Jean Feirman Laurie Sue Weisberg Goldberg George A. Holland Felix Lakenbacher A. Frederic Matthews Lawrence Antler Lee Brinkley Conny Dwayne Curtis Esther Feldman Morris Goldfield Chourtney Louise Hollao Phyllis Landau Leslie Max Rachel Appel Kevin Britius Ed and Kay Cushman Alice Cruz Fellez Sally Goldman Cherie Holm Bob Landress Mordecai Maynard Marylee Armour Charles Bronz Michael David Cushman Isabel B. Ferguson Arthur Goldstein Diana Mae Hopper Michele Langowski Jane McClung Cesia Swartz and Christy A. Brook Leonard Cutler Jill Suitor and Scott Field Edith Goldstein Jeff Hopper Rachel Lapidus Eileen Dora McElligatt Margaret Armstrong Martin Brooks Alan Dailey Elaine Fiffer Sandy and Merilyn Goldstein Roger Horn Gregory Shawn Larson Marjie Hawthorne McFarland Bevery Arnold Earl V. Brown Catherine Dang Louis N. 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Auleb Ruth Burney Robert Davidson Esther Flashner Charna and Bill Gould Kathy Hutson Zena Lerman Leila Melhem Gilberto Sotelo Avila Jack Burns Benjamin G. Davin Rebecca Flint Philip Graber Isabel Illiano Zena Lerner Thelma Menaker Rosemary Kenney Babb Linda Burns Big Jim Davis Jean Flynn Sandford A. Gradinger Janet Ivanoff Mira J. Leslie Arnold Mendales John Bacheller Jr. Stephen Burns Chuck Baba Davis Samuel J. Fogel Betty Graham Ruth Knight Ives Helen Lester Audree Menken Barbara Bachschmid Carl Buxbaum Maggie Floyd Davis Beatrice and Seymour Folkman Martha and Cecil Graybill Birdel Sr and Gladys D Jackson Patricia Lesyna Bruce Messier Ann Baker Andrew Byers Scott Haston Davis Mary J. Folks Curtis Green Gregory Jackson Helene Levey Sheila Michaels Leslie Baker Cynthia Cabbage Marrine Moore Davis Audrey A. Ford Hattie Green Karen M. Jacob Douglas Levin Marilyn Jean Michaelson Kathleen T. Baldwin Helen Josephine Cable Helen Laverne Day Bill Ford Lee Greenbaum Robert Jacobs Leslie Levin Margaret Mickle Marcia W. Barrabee Andrew Campbell Don Decker Nancy Foster Ernestine Greenberger Florence Jacobson Harold A. Levine Donald T. Miesbauer David Barrett Gregory Cane Jim Deegan Walter E. Foster Sr. Fritzie and Bob Greene Beverly Jaeger Leonard and Florence Levinson Alexandra Corry Miles Gloria Malzone Barrie Robert Cane Fronda DeHaan Edward A. Fox Marty Greenfield André T. Jagendorf Karla B. Levy The Miles Family Betty Barry Saul Cantor Eugene Dektor Joe Hardeman Foy Micky Greenfield Robert and Helene Jawer Joseph Lewis Daniel Miller Floyd Bartel Sandra Carlton Mary DeLand Ronald R. Frank Reginald Wilbert Griffin Mason Tyler Jayne Marc Lewkowicz Mary K Miller Clifton Jenks Batson Oma Jane Carney Louis Delsoldo Kenneth M. Frankel Catherine Grinkley Odessa M. Jeffries Arnold Lieber Michael G. Millman Ethan Bauch Ray Carpenter George Depee Constance Karesh Franzblau Leonard B. 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Justin Mike Little Marie Mitchell Paul Benzer John P. Cavanaugh Richard Dienst Wilhelmina Fritzlin Ed Halbach Betsy Kagan Jean Lloyd Howard Earl Mitchell Sr. F. Lawrence Benzie James W. Cecil Lynn B. Dillard Esmé Frost Edward C. Halbach Jr. Gerald Kagan Margaret Loewith Peter Model Janet Berend Hilton Chaloner Robert Dinnel Helen Frumin Franklin L. Hall Nancy Lee Kalb Peter Loffler John E. Mohamed Nathan Berger Marianne Chan Jack Dinsfriend Sue Fuller Millie Hall Dr. and Mrs. Irwin Kantor Jerry Lohmann Gregory Mohar Mary Jane Bergren Peggy Kidwell Chandler Margaret Mary Doherty Alyssa Funke Veronica M. Hamel Cliff Kaplan Gordon Lokke Frank Mondry Marian Mayer Berkett Ruth Chandler Molly Dolan Richard "Dick" Fuqua Bruce Hardesty Esta Kaplan Sara Long Beverly Farrell Moodie Lauren Berlant Lewis Chaplowe Norma Don Sidney Furie Louis O. Harper, Elsie S. Harper and Florence Katz Ellen Lord Elizabeth Ann Mooney Jack Berman Thankamma Cheriyan Frank Doremus Asata Gabriel M.M. Harper Norton Katz Elizabeth Anna Low LG Moore Mona Berman Mitchell D. Chester Norman Dorsen David La Vack and Eddie Gaines Michael Harpold Vera Kauffman Morris Lowenthal Viola Moore Walter Berman Scott Christianson Julia Dorsey Wauhillau Gale Mort Harris Anne Keat Cynthia Loyer Gregory Moore Jr. Norbert Bernadzikowski Neil and Ann Ciminero Bert Downs Daryl Gano Samuel Harris Berenice Keeler Janie L. Lucas Susan Moran Edith and Leo Bernardini Jamie Cinnato Helen Drellich Leonore N. Ganschow Barbara R. Harrison Ruth Komuro Kehoe Justin Lucchino Betty Morganroth Joan Sanderson Bernick Philip Clarkson Sr. Robert F. Drinan Margaret Robilliard Garcia L. Randolph Harrison Irma and William Keller James Luke William Morrill Selma Bernstein Yvonne Clement Robert A. DuFresne Sanford Gardinger Rick Harrison David Kelly Zena Luman Raymond Neuman Morrison Richard Berry Clara M. Coan June Whitehill Dukehart Mary J. Garrison-White John Joseph Harte Howard R. Kelman Ward Lundquist Jack Morse Harvey Bertcher Thomas Berry Cobb Virginia Duncan Dorothy Garson Nabra Hassanen David Edward Kempner Taliesin Myrddin, Namkai Meche and Kenyata Cobb Jr. Suzy Dunton David Garza Andrew "Drew" Hatch Robert Daniel Kennedy Ricky John Best David Cohen Leonard L. Duroche Isaac Gathings Ehud Havazelet Betsy Davis Kerr Tribute Gifts continued on page 8 8 SPLC REPORT // WWW.SPLCENTER.ORG FALL 2017

SPLC supporter, educator Scroll of Remembrance The Southern Poverty Law Center pays tribute to the memory of deceased supporters who was ‘cause without a rebel’ included the SPLC in their wills or other planned gifts. The SPLC gratefully acknowledges John and Jacqueline Bartley As a union representative at their bequests, received from July 1, 2016, through July 31, 2017. met on their very first day of col- Muskegon Community College, lege in Clarion, Pennsylvania. John would stand his ground Murray Alpert Mayer B. Goren Nancy E. Pearl Both were biology majors, and and still manage to keep his Warren Anderson Rosalie K. Grad Anitra Christoffel Pell Ruth P. Anderson-Arent Charles C. Granade Rose Penn soon a romance began that would colleagues and administra- Patricia G. Andes Doris Gras Jane Perlstein not waiver from that fateful day. tors congenial when he spoke. Mary Ashdown Melanie Haddox Burnley Perrin John would go on to earn his His honesty and integrity were Kathleen T. Baldwin Jordan R. Hairston Judith A. Polay Ph.D. and become a strong ad- transparent, and John did not Robert P. Balgley Amy Hanan Charlotte Primack vocate for science education act in hopes of praise. Marcia Ballon Bettie C. Hannan Arlene M. Putt throughout his teaching career. Beverly Baum Minna W. Hewes Jane Redmond Paula J. Benson Robert W. Hewitt Charles M. Richardson Jackie also served as a college Quiet, endearing resolve Toby Berger Ina Helene Heyman L. I. Rigg professor. “John tried to do the right thing,” Paul S. Berman Audrey Hirsch Margaret R. Rigney “For many years, John de- Jackie said. “I saw him cry twice. Elayne P. Bernstein-Schwartz Clara Hockmeyer Jonathan Rinehart voted himself to the Michigan Once, at an international con- Harvey Bertcher David W. Holmes Margaret B. Robinson Science Olympiad, first as an ference just after the Berlin Donald J. Billman Gay G. Johnson Mary Ann Roman event organizer and, later, as state Wall fell, a scientist who had for Virginia W. Bingham Leslie F. Johnson Anita Rosen Rose Boghasen Susan D. Karlin Julia Rosin director,” Jackie said. years continued his Ann Bower Marvin Kennedy Linda J. Rubin “Nothing made him research without Alene Bricken Jenny S. Koortbojian Barbara L. Russell smile or brought him support of any kind Olive J. Brose Susan C. Kulstad Florence W. Sacks

out of himself more CONTRIBUTED and without being Ann C. Brown Maria F. Laezza-Moggioli Reva Schlesinger than to see kids ac- able to communicate Wilbur L. Bryan Joseph Lamas Maurice Schoenbrun Beatrice Chauncey Donald Law Sylvia Shapiro knowledged for their it to the rest of the Yvonne F. Clement Carol A. Leach Phyllis Shapiro work in and passion world, had taught Bridget L. Cooke Rebecca N. Leager Ruth Share for science, and he himself English and Virginia B. Cowles Jeanne C. Leclercq Sarah J. Siegel freely gave hours of found the resources Ann R. Davidson Barbara F. Lee Robert Simonson his time for that par- to attend so he could Henry K. Davis Harry G. Lefever Earline Sloan John and ticular cause.” present his paper. Glenn E. Davis Catharine W. Levine Billie K. Smalley Jacqueline Bartley Gerry S. De Harven Susan Levinkind Claybourne C. Snead She described That man’s tenac- Frances B. De Vincent Walter J. Ligon Ruth Steisel John as a “cause without a rebel,” ity and passion moved John to Robert Dick Esther Liss Arthur H. Stone and he and Jackie would provide tears when he told me the story. Jane E. Donovan Rita Lund Anne Stranczek support for several charitable or- The second was, when his father Ann H. Dorfsman Seymour Mack Mary J. Strattner-Gregory ganizations that focus on human watched the video of Rodney Kate B. Doster Marilyn J. Mariani Margaret A. Strong and civil rights. King being beaten, said ‘Maybe Karen Dresser Dorothy A. Mariner Carl Terwilliger Grace Dunham Eugene P. May Adolphus Thomas “Being introverts, neither of they have a right to be angry.’ Margo C. Elliott Norma J. McCallan Patricia G. Thomas us was particularly drawn to ac- He watched his father have that Carol L. Evans Betty Rossell McGowin Jean M. Trubey tivism,” Jackie said. “But as our epiphany, and it moved John Frank J. Faciana Wanda E. McNeill Gladys W. Turner income allowed over the years, to tears when he recounted the Patricia O. Fender Barbara W. Miller John G. Verkade we agreed on donations to a core conversation to me.” Zelda Fichandler Gail A. Milne Richard Viehweg group of charities.” When John passed away in Elaine E. Fineran James C. Mitchell Irving L. Vinson Cecelia H. Fink Herbert Molin Harlan P. Wallingford One of those was the 2011, Jackie inherited an IRA Barbara Fitzpatrick Neal R. Montanus Althea O. Watson Southern Poverty Law Center. from him. To honor her hus- Patricia A. Flynn Julian Moss Avery Weisman “John spoke up, wrote let- band, she converted that into Marsha Forcum William A. Moye Laura B. Wells ters, and defended his LGBTQ a life insurance policy with the Sylvia S. Friedman William H. Muir Sarah R. White colleagues,” Jackie said. “He SPLC as owner and beneficiary. Michael Frome Ethel A. Netburn Carol A. Whitehurst Warren L. Furnish Donald A. Neumann Ruth Wiley empathized with students as he John Bartley was his own Martin Gerotwol Katherine Newcomb Joseph B. Williams learned about their struggles to man, and his quiet resolve en- Bodil Gerotwol Marion M. Nobel Dorothy Wittcoff attend the community college, deared him to everyone he met. Robert A. Gilbert Tamaki T. Ogata Bernard Wolk and went out of his way to make Today, his resolve to help the Paul J. Gold Marsha D. Ogilvie Connie M. Wright his classes open and accessible least among us continues at the Helen R. Golden Joseph E. Padula Leonard Zahn to everyone.” SPLC, and we are grateful. Thomas K. Goldstick Lois J. Paradise Emery J. Zobro

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Barbara Moser Jack Pendergast Adam Rice Andrew Schauer Lawrence Silk Irving Streit Ronald S. Vaughn Brian Willoughby Walter Mosley Bruce Pennybacker Tamir Rice Anne and Frederick Schecter Joseph Silva Carter Jay Stroud John D. Lewis and Dianne L. Velez Gail Adam Wilson Charlotte J Moulton Johnye Kate Zellner Perkins Donald Richards Henry Scheier Arthur W. Silver Alicia Rodela Sue Liza L Veto Lenore Wineberg James M. Moyer Grahame Perry Jane Richtmyer Morris Schertz Madelyn Cannon and Stewart Silver Ann Susel Hilary Harold Vickman Robin Winick Gloria Muchler Malcom Petal Gayle Riedmann Burton and Florence Schild Alan Silverman Kevin J. Sutherland Mirta Vidal Peg Winkler Doreen Mulman Adeline Pfister Margaret Rifkin Jack Schillinger Terry Lynn Simmons Mildred Sutton William A. Vogele Howard E. Wise Eileen Murphy Frank J Pfizenmayer Peggy Ripp Marian Schipper Mattye M. Sinton Louise Sweet Alisha Volotzky Howard Witt Pauli Murray Jim Phillips Katherine Ritenbaugh Edward Schmelzer Shirley Sjobakken Florence Swenson Ruth Vurek Leona Woestendiek Sam Naimark Wes Phillips Mary Rittenberg Sidney Schmuckler John Sjoberg Herman and Leah Tabak Paul W. Wagner Richard Wolf Patricia Nakashima Sister Marie Philp Richard Roast Isadore Schneider James Skiba Katherine Tabatowski Morley Walker David Wolfe Rick Best and Taliesin Namkai-Meche Carol A Pieper Mary Jane Elizabeth Robertson Lou and Ida B. Schneidman Beatrice S. Sloane Jared James Tanner Myles and Susan Wallace Lester M. Wolfson Jean Neal Linda Pincus Alison Beth Robinson Sophie Scholl Cindy Smith Helen Tarapata Frank Waltermire James Wolgemuth Karl Neid Steve Pingry Michael A. and Joel Robinson Louis Schroder Fae and Con Smith Dmytro Tataryn Anne Walz Ginnie Spiegel Woodard Nonna Nella Antoinette Pisacane Walter Robinson Frank Schuchat John Leigh Smith Norman Taylor James Ward Joseph and Deana Woody Helene W. Nelson Matt Pitzer Florence W. Roessler Eunice M Schwab Carl O. Smith Jr. Steven J. Taylor Eleanor M. Warner Sol Woolis Trish Nesmith Adele Pollard Brian Rogers Robert Schwartz Daniel J. Snyder Jr. Trevor Taylor Jan Trenholm and George Warren Manning Workman Helen Nettleton John and Irene Popson Posy Rohan Armando Sciascia Arnold Kay Solomon Richard Tennant Selma Warren Lonnie C. Wormley I James Newfield Art Porter Larry Root Sam Scott Vireinder Sood Studs Terkl Joseph Washington Robert Wrenn Neva Watson Newlin Suzanne Porter Dan Rosard James Martin Seamon Jr. Robert F. Southard Elwyn and Margaret Tesche Twilla Watkins Esther Wride Beverly Newman Matthew Ryan Powell Mary Rosenberg Henrietta Sebastian Henrietta Sparks Lillian Thiede Lonnie C. Watson Grace Sang Wurtz DeWitt Newton Robert Poyneer Jerome Rosenfeld Margaret Seehafer Edward Bruce Speers Chris M. Thomas Robert Webb John Wylie Samuel Nichols Elvis Presley Bob Rosenholtz Stanley G. Seewaldt Robert Spivey Jim Thomas Jeani Wehe Jean Villa Wynn Diana Nielsen George Price Martin Bernard Rosensky Alice Seid Robert C. Spodick Lacy and Eva Thompson Bill Weifenbach Julius Y. Yacker Geraldine Noe Patricia N. Prinz Mildred Rosenthal Norman A. Seifert Lucious and Callie Stafford Elaine Thurston Paul Weinberg-Berman Joanne Yancey Richard J. Nolan William (Bill) Aron Proctor Malcolm Ross Joan Seiss Tom Staley Helen and Harold Tieger Eric Weinberger Ming Hong Yang Virginia Sue Nolly Alice Pueschner George Rothaizer Landy Senter Henry King Stanford Emmett Till Jack Weinman Bill and Fran Yockey Sidney Norinsky James Puskar Ruth and Gunther Rothenberg Florentin Serrano Barbara Rauscher Stanton My Aunt Grace Tilley James C. Welbourne Nora York Catherine Nozaki Hilary Putnam Timothy Rowe Delores Seth Annie Stauber Eleanor Tinkey Mary Wells EJ O’Brien John Radner Howard Rubin Ruth Share Janet B. Steck Ray and Shirley Toncray Irene Welton Ann Young Tom O’Brien Harriet Radzin Kathleen Rubin Emil Sharlap Ralph S. Stedman Jr. Cristobal Velarde Tostado Judy Wendorff Gail Young James O’Fallon Jane Slichter Ragsdale Patricia Carson Ruskin Richard Sharon Lila Stein Jacqueline Traut-Kendall Howard Werner Marion Zachmann Joan Ogilvie Saajid Rahim Robert Lowell Russell Winslow Shaw Paul L. Steinberg Mary Lou Treat David Westendorf Ann Zack Harvey E. Olsen Rasiklal Rajani Ruth Pannier Russell Frely Elizabeth Shea Malcolm Steinberg Sr. Phyllis Trevsch Walter E. Westman David Zaffina Ester Olson George Ramer Lillian Ryave Frely Sheam Lowell Steinfeld Kenneth C. Trotter Burns H. Weston Ruth Zalar Lee and Josephine Olson Rosendo Ramirez Clara Rychlowski David Shelton Mark Steinhacker Paul Trump Althaea White Lawrence Zalcman Esther Orr Thomas Jesse Ramirez Aaron Ryen Emma Shelton Frank S. Stella Tom Tubessing Marty White Julian M Zander Nancy B. Osborne William C. Ramsey Lin B. Saberski Peter Shiras Leonard A. Stept Thomas E. Tunney III Mary Ann White Marge Zazove Michael Oxley Susan Rand Jerome Sackman Judith Shore Aaron Stern Thomas Tunnry Jodie and Myrtle Whitehead Carl Zeff John and Barbara Paice Vera Ratcliff Irvin Salky Brant A. Short Rabbi Jack Stern Jr. Morris Turim Russel Whitesel Jack Zeipen Aram and Adan Parker Eva Ravitz Lou Martin Samuel Lou Shroder Pamela Sternberg Douglas James Weddell Turnbull Ouida Jordan Whitfield Elaine Zelman Mary Parker Nick Ray David Sanborn Blanche Shropshire James Stevenson Leah Ufberg Linda Whitlock Allen Zemmol George Mark Paskos R.K. Ready Gale and Bertha Sandler Lois Shuler Nancy Thayer Stewart Samuel Urbach Abe Wiener Michael Ziepin Helen A. Patnick Malcolm Redmond Thomas Sauerman Emma Shulman Jame Bradley Stimmell William Valis Albert Wilansky Dorothy Ziman Jerome Patterson Henry M. "Hank" Reed III Florence Saunders Harold Shwartz Glenn Stoddard Marie Vandenberg George T. Wilcox Lynce Zink Yvonne Paul Kenneth J. Relihan Hannah Savage Shamima Sultana and Siddiqui Charlotte Diana Miller Storthz Bruce VanderJagt Marie Wilczynski Pearl (Pete) Zinober Gordon Pavy David Reynolds Betty Sazer Bertha and Mitchel Siegel Richard Stout Jr. Lenore VanSant Hayden B. Williams Erika Zuntz William Wallace Pearson Dennis Rezendes Elizabeth Schafer Richard Siegel Russell Strange Craig Vaughan Smith Williams Gary Zussman