# @splcenter on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DY2mL0Jlk9u
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/79114709-splcenter-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/3f00ec3892.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-05-27T19:00:53.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) — https://gondola.cc/splcenter

## Caption

“The First Amendment protects everyone’s right to ask for charity when we need help or have fallen on hard times.” — Micah West, SPLC Senior Supervising Attorney

With the ACLU_MS, we've filed a class action complaint challenging #Mississippi’s Safe Solicitation Act, which criminalizes holding signs requesting charity on public streets and sidewalks without a permit.

Read our press release at the 🔗 in our bio.

#PovertyIsNotALine

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## Tags

mississippi, povertyisnotaline

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