Join us Saturday, October 2, 2004 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago's Crystal Ballroom when the ACLU honors eight stalwart civil libertarians with its highest awards. This special evening also includes a keynote address by Morris Dees, Executive Director of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Irwin Askow and Lois Lipton will receive the Roger Baldwin Lifetime Achievement Award; Jack Block and Martin Castro are being honored with the Edwin A. Rothschild Civil Liberties Award; Mary Morten is the recipient of this year's John Hammell Award; and Judy Gaynor, Alan Saks and Esther Saks will receive the Annetta Dieckmann Award.

Tickets to the black tie (optional) gala are $300, all but $50 of which is a tax deductible contribution to the Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU. For more information, contact Marcia Liss at 312/201-9740 ext. 303 or via e-mail, mliss@aclu-il.org.

Among the live and silent auction items are a trip for four to Honduras, airfare included courtesy of Orbitz.com and a ski trip to Vail, Colorado.