55 years in the fight against hate. Still pushing forward.
We’re ready for what comes next.
Not alone in this work.
Together, we will confront injustice. www.splcenter.org/beacon-hope-...
Jon is absolutely right about this!
B of A is planning to force its customers into mandatory arbitration, a rigged system that would make it a lot easier for the Bank to break the law and get away with it.
But people can avoid this, and opt out, and they SHOULD.
Two wins from last week you might have missed!
1) A district court blocked Trump from defunding NPR and PBS, ruling that EO 14290 was unconstitutional.
2) A district court blocked the Trump-Vance administration from terminating $10 billion in child care, family assistance, and housing funds.
Good News! Federal Court orders ICE to end inhumane conditions for immigrants in Baltimore’s courthouse holding cells.
Congratulations to our grantee Amica Center for Immigrant Rights.
Impact Fund granted $10,000 to help fund this case in September of 2025.
The courts, over the past year, have provided a significant guardrail because of the power of people. Because people have stood up in what is now nearly 700 cases – the largest effort we’ve seen against this administration. And the president is losing 70% to 80% of the time.
It was not surprising to us, as lawyers, when we started seeing the millions who came out for No Kings, the largest single-day mobilization of people in U.S. history. Because we had been seeing it with people in court. This year will be highly litigious; we will be in court every single day. The fight is going to require all the lawyers, but ultimately, it is going to be the people.
The courts have been and will continue to be a critical check on the Trump-Vance admin’s unlawful actions – but it is ultimately the people who have the power to stop this rapidly accelerating autocratic playbook.
📷: CEO @skyeperryman.bsky.social at Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library
This is an extraordinary labor win.
This season, the WNBA *minimum* saalry will be higher than the former *maximum* salary.
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Lawsuit filed! Two California hospitals are illegally cutting off medically necessary healthcare for transgender youth. We've sued to stop them.
The lawsuit challenges the hospital system’s January 20, 2026, announcement that it would stop providing healthcare to treat transgender youth — care that every major medical organization recognizes as well-established and medically necessary.
More: buff.ly/MJZntdc
No Kings Nonviolent Protest on March 28. A yellow flier saying No Thrones, No Crowns, No Kings.
Masked agents in our neighborhoods. Families who can't afford groceries, rent, or a doctor's visit. This is happening right now, and silence is not an option. Find your local #NoKings event and show up on March 28.
www.nokings.org
Advocates in Minnesota and elsewhere have reported that some older adults have stopped accessing services like health care and community activities because of the fear that immigration enforcement activities have created in their communities.
Congress must act.
We now provide Rapid Response Grants of up to $20,000 for immigration-related cases challenging unlawful/unconstitutional practices. If you’re working on urgent litigation and need assistance for out-of-pocket costs, please apply!
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Truly hilarious quote in this Law360 article:
"A California federal judge quickly narrowed a pool of 92 prospective jurors Thursday in a class action against Elon Musk as Musk's attorney lamented there are 'so many people who hate him so much.'"
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A Trans pride flag waving proudly in the wind with following text: New Blog Post: Families Win Key Protections After DOJ Targets Records of Transgender Patients. Impactfund.org/legal-practitioner-blog
Last summer, the Department of Justice tried to gain access to the private medical records of 3,000 transgender youths at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
We stopped them.
More: buff.ly/zYBzNkH
On This Day in 1919, Fred Korematsu was born.
"Protest... One person can make a difference, even if it takes forty years." - Fred T. Korematsu
Fred T. Korematsu was a Civil Rights activist who protested the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II by becoming a fugitive. His bravery is particularly resonant today.
So many thanks to:
* The parents who organized and fought so hard
* The many queer adults who protested with us, especially @lalgbtcenter.bsky.social
* The families who served as plaintiffs
* The advocates at @lawyers4goodgov.bsky.social , @westerncenter.bsky.social and @impactfund.bsky.social .
Statement on ICE Killings: “The murders of Renee Good and Alexander Pretti are violent and shocking acts that should be followed by immediate calls for investigation and accountability. Instead, they are being used as tools of intimidation. The Impact Fund stands with the people of Minneapolis who will not be intimidated. We join with them as they raise their collective voice in defense of their city, their neighbors, and the values of democratic government.” — Lindsay Nako, Impact Fund Executive Director Impact Fund
Impact Fund condemns the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good by ICE agents in Minneapolis. Read the full statement here: ImpactFund.org/statement-minneapolis-killings
Alex Pretti deserved to live.
We are deeply saddened by Alex Pretti's killing by ICE agents in Minnesota. He was 37. This senseless tragedy was beyond unnecessary, and our hearts go out to his parents and family.
Victory! The Department of Justice has withdrawn its subpoena demanding the medical records of over 3,000 transgender youth at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
Yesterday, the Department of Justice withdrew its subpoena demanding the medical records of over 3,000 transgender youth at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
Read more: www.impactfund.org/legal-victor...
Martin Luther King with the text "Happy MLK Day!"
"Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way."
New blog post: Impact Fund grants $120,000 to Social Justice Lawsuits - impactfund.org/social-justice-blog
This fall, we granted out $120,000 to help fund lawsuits for good. Read more at impactfund.org/social-justice-blog
Today, we celebrate Harvey Milk's fearless advocacy for justice, and monumental success for gay rights.
"Harvey... imagined a righteous world inside his head and then he set about to create it for real, for all of us." - Anne Kronenberg, Milk's campaign manager.
Renee Nicole Good deserved to live.
We are deeply, deeply saddened by the killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent on January 7. She was a poet, a U.S. citizen, and the mom of a 6-year-old boy. This senseless tragedy should never have happened.
A tweet from ACLU_nationwide saying "BREAKING: A federal judge blocked the Trump administration's attacks on Head Start programs that provide education and care to children from low-income families."
This is the second court to block Trump’s attacks on this critical programming. We, alongside the ACLU, will continue to fight for children and families in court.
A picture of Ella Baker and the caption "Civil rights leader Ella Baker was born on this day in 1903."
Ella Baker believed in grassroots organizing and direct action as an answer to fear, isolation, and intellectual detachment. That belief is exceptionally relevant today.
Today, we honor her memory.
#BlackLivesMatter #CivilRights
The DOJ Civil Rights Division is a critical tool for ensuring equality. We are all lessened without it.
The proposed “SANDBOX Act” would create sweeping deregulation for AI companies. Today, alongside 220 other organizations, we signed a letter raising significant concerns about the SANDBOX Act.
The SANDBOX Act would grant AI companies waivers that allow them to be exempt from federal regulations governing AI products for up to a decade.
We, alongside 220 other organizations, have written a letter raising concerns: buff.ly/QsJVLZr
This #GivingTuesday, join the fight for social justice. Consider donating to the Impact Fund.
At the Impact Fund, we realize social justice by taking the powerful to court and helping other litigators do the same. Help fund this work: impactfund.org/donations
"Grantee Victory! EPA to enact program that evaluates how pesticides harm the hormone systems of humans and wildlife."
"EPA is now committed to much needed steps to protect farmworkers and the public from the potential endocrine-disrupting harms of pesticides," said Sylvia Wu, attorney for Center for Food Safety, counsel for the plaintiffs in the case.
We granted $27,500 to help fund this case in 2024.
A black square with a solitary frame and the text "Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance"
Trans people deserve to live free from violence and fear.
Us too!
Grantee Victory! $8.5 million in reparations for Black Portlanders whose homes were seized and destroyed in the 1960's and 1970s.
In the 1960s and '70s, the city of Portland seized and destroyed homes in the neighborhood of Central Albina, a thriving Black community, under the guise of "urban renewal".
This case, brought by twenty-six Black survivors and descendants of families whose homes were destroyed, settled this June.