A man who has come under fire for establishing an all-white community in Arkansas will come to Wetumpka this month to speak at the Southern Cultural Center, a Neo-confederate group based out of Wetumpka.

Eric Orwoll is a co-founder of “Return to the Land,” a group that is looking to use the First Amendment right to “freedom of association” to set up communities that can skirt anti-discrimination and fair housing laws.

A post to the Southern Cultural Center Facebook page announces that Orwoll will be the speaker at the group’s August monthly meeting. The SCC describes Return to the Land as “an organization dedicated to fostering intentional communities for those who value their European heritage.”

Return to the Land is planning three communities to be located in the Deep South or Appalac

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