FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 04/23/2026
MEDIA CONTACT: Edder Díaz Martínez, Communications Director, 602-832-6039, [email protected]
WASHINGTON — Following the announcement from the Department of Justice of the indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), GreenLatinos Founding President & CEO, Mark Magaña, releases the following statement:
“On this Earth Week, we stand in solidarity with the Southern Poverty Law Center. For more than fifty years, Earth Day has reminded us that progress is not guaranteed. It is earned and defended by people and institutions willing to speak truth to power. Today, that legacy calls us to stand with those advancing civil and human rights.
The indictment of SPLC represents a deeply concerning escalation in the use of governmental power against civil society organizations. When institutions dedicated to justice and equity face actions that may chill or undermine their work, the consequences extend far beyond any one organization.
Civil rights and environmental protection are inseparable. From the farmworker movement to the fight for clean air and water in frontline communities, our work is and will be rooted in dignity, equity, and justice. Efforts to intimidate or weaken civil rights organizations threaten the very foundation on which environmental progress depends.
As leaders working to protect our climate, lands, waters, and communities, we rely on a society where people can organize freely, advocate without fear, and hold institutions accountable. We join partners across movements in affirming that these freedoms are essential to a functioning democracy.
We reaffirm our commitment to a just and sustainable future and to standing alongside those who defend the civil rights that make that future possible.”
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About GreenLatinos
NOTE: GreenLatinos is ONE WORD. GreenLatinos convenes an active comunidad of environmental, conservation, and climate justice leaders rooted in the power and wisdom of our culture, united to uplift our priorities, and driven to secure our political, economic, cultural, and environmental liberation.
GreenLatinos (NOTA: GreenLatinos es UNA PALABRA) convoca a una comunidad activa de líderes ambientales, de conservación y de justicia climática, arraigada en el poder y la sabiduría de nuestra cultura, unida para impulsar nuestras prioridades y motivada a asegurar nuestra liberación política, económica, cultural y ambiental.
