The ACLU Lunch: Fighting For A More Perfect Union

April 21 · 12:00pm - 1:30pm

In-person & Virtual
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Please join the ACLU of Illinois for our annual Lunch on Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 12:00 PM. The event will be held at the Hilton Chicago and a virtual livestream will be available. We look forward to gathering with members of the ACLU community from across Illinois to celebrate the work of the past year, recommit to the ongoing fight for civil rights and liberties, and raise funds critical to our work. The program will feature Melissa Murray on the most pressing issues facing our country and the fight ahead. We encourage you to sponsor a table or purchase individual tickets today!

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2026 ACLU Lunch: Fighting for a More Perfect Union

Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Hilton Chicago, International Ballroom
720 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. CT | Registration & Reception
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. CT | Lunch & Program*
*A virtual livestream of the program will also be available.

If you are unable to attend but would like to support the Lunch, click here.

Interested in volunteering at the event? Please fill out our volunteer sign-up form here.

Featured Speaker

Melissa Murray

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Melissa Murray is the Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law, and Faculty Director of the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network. Murray brings her work as a leading scholar of constitutional law and reproductive rights and justice to the public through her role as the co-host of the popular Supreme Court podcast, Strict Scrutiny, and as a legal analyst for MS NOW. Previously, she was the Alexander F. and May T. Morrison Professor of Law and Interim Dean of Berkeley Law, the first Black woman to lead a top ten law school. Murray’s articles have appeared in leading law journals, including the Harvard Law Review, the Yale Law Journal, and the Columbia Law Review.

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The ACLU of Illinois strives to create inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals to fully engage with its programming. The in-person program will have ASL interpretation and live captioning, and the virtual program will have live captioning. If you would like to request other reasonable accommodations to better participate in this event, please email lunch@aclu-il.org.