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Act Now: Tell Congress NO backroom deals on telecom immunity From ACLU National:Executive Director Colleen Connell wins Ruth Goldman award The ACLU of Illinois' Executive Director Colleen Connell is being honored by the American Constitution Society at their "Legal Legends Luncheon". Colleen is the first recipient of the Ruth Goldman award.Case in Point: Torture & Spying As though to provide further evidence for yesterday's post, the AP reports that the Pentagon has dropped charges against Mohammed al-Qahtani, formerly accused of being the "20th hijacker" for the attacks of 9/11. Despite having held this man for 6 and half years (he was captured in Afghanistan in December 2001), accused him of the gravest crimes, tortured him and "lost" the records of his detainment, the government now will not be trying him.Spying on Americans In theory, the unprecedented surveillance of the the American public by the Bush Administration is justified by the idea that it will make us safer. We swap our private phone calls, our biometric data, even our bodily integrity for the notion that the government will thereby be able to find and prosecute terrorists, and protect us from harm.Join us at the 2008 ACLU National Member Conference - June 8-10 in DC! Throw the kids in the station wagon & find your pocket Constitutions, it's time to take the Capitol by storm! Join Ed Yohnka (Communications Director) and Allie Carter (Senior Field Manager) on the Illinois delegation to the ACLU's 2008 National Member Conference!High School Students Outed to 'Prevent PDA' The ACLU of Tennessee is representing two high school students outed by their high school principal. According to 365gay.com:Blogs AbuzzA public high school principal who posted the names of two boys on a list of students believed to be couples, revealing their relationship to their parents as well as other students and teachers, violated the students' constitutional right to freedom of association, the American Civil Liberties Union charged Tuesday.read more and leave a comment » Our student speech case Nuxoll v. Indian Prairie School District #204, has been getting a lot of coverage in the blogosphere since last week's decision. Eric Zorn talked about the case, and had to watch his own speech! It hit... read more and leave a comment »Safe Schools for Bloomington-Normal On April 22nd, students, parents and educators came together for a “Making Our Schools Safe for LGBT Students" community forum at Normal Community High School. A story on the forum is available from the Bloomington Pantagraph: http://pantagraph.com/articles/2008/04/23/news/doc480ec85f8a631418463241.txt. A radio piece... read more and leave a comment »Member Conference Podcast Writeup Sessions from the 2008 Member Conference are available online as podcasts to download. If you don't have time to listen, you can read this summary of the final panel of the day, featuring Congressman Ray LaHood: http://peoriastory.typepad.com/peoriastory/2008/04/lahood-tells-al.html. Thanks to Elaine... read more and leave a comment »From the Bloomington Pantagraph: Creating safe school environment for all will be focus of forum Join ACLU Youth-at-Risk project director Sarah Schriber on April 22nd for a forum on Safe Schools. Here's what the Bloomington Pantagraph wrote: Creating a safe school environment for all students, regardless of their sexual orientation, will be the focus of... read more and leave a comment »Update: Send a Letter to the Editor Demanding Accountability for Torture Despite President Bush's stunning admissions last Friday, the traditional media has largely ignored the news that specific torture techniques were approved and authorized by the highest levels of the Bush Administration.Tell Congress - It's Time for an Independent Prosecutor on Torture and War Crimes Stand Against Torture - Join the ACLU in calling for a special prosecutor on torture and war crimes.Friday Civil Liberties Activist Round Up Some of the latest challenges to our civil liberties, and what you can do about it:Podcasts from the Membership Conference If you couldn't attend the 2008 ACLU of Illinois Membership Conference this past weekend in Peoria, you can listen in to the sessions via podcasts. Go to http://www.aclu-il.org/conference/agenda.shtml and click on the podcast to any of the sessions. The last... read more and leave a comment »From the Chicago Tribune: "Cook County juvenile facility severely understaffed, leader says" The ACLU of Illinois is actively monitoring and enforcing a federal court settlement in a class action lawsuit, which requires the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center to provide safe and clean living conditions for the children in their care.... read more and leave a comment »From the Peoria Journal Star: ACLU's Illinois branch holds state conference in Peoria for first time Thank you to everyone who attended the 2008 ACLU of Illinois Membership Conference! In the next few days, we will be posting information and podcasts related to the Membership Conference. Here's the article that the Peoria Journal Star wrote about... read more and leave a comment »ACLU Client Diane Schroer featured in Media That Matters A video featuring ACLU client Diane Schroer is featured in a film festival:What is a vote worth? Woman walks 600 km to vote in historic Bhutan poll:Privacy & Obama's PassportThe Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan may lay claim to having the world's most enthusiastic voter -- a 65-year-old woman who walked 600 kilometres (380 miles) to cast her ballot. Apparently Senator Barack Obama's private passport files were breached on no less that 3 separate occasions by contract workers at the State Department.Wiretapping Update from ACLU Washington Legislative Office You Made It Happen |
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