Chapters

CONTACT US: Email: ACLUofCentralIllinois@gmail.com Website: aclu-centralil.org/ Facebook Chairperson: Carol Koos

The Champaign County chapter of the Illinois ACLU has been active for more than 50 years. Our chapter works to support the ACLU’s wide-ranging agenda in the state legislature, to respond to local civil liberties issues, and to keep our community members informed. We serve on citizen advisory panels and partner with other local organizations such as the Bail Out Coalition, NAACP, and Immigration Forum on issues of joint concern, recently including racial disparities in the local school systems, police and bail reform. CONTACT THE CHAPTER: Email: info@aclu-cu.org Facebook Website: www.aclu-cu.org/ President: Jane McClintock JOIN US! The Steering committee of the Champaign ACLU chapter meets on the second Thursday of each month at 7PM. You are welcome to join us topresent a specific concern or find out more about getting involved. Weare currently meeting virtually, and you can get contact information for a specific meeting through our email. Other ways of getting involved: Joining ACLU will mean you will receive the chapter’s annual newsletter, which summarizes the year’s activities and some issuesgoing forward. Sign up on our chapter website for our local “announce” list with an email request, which will let you know in timely fashion about the current local issues and events. Once this is again possible, stop by our table at Urbana Market in the Square for current issue information, know your rights cards, and constitution bookmarks!

The Peoria-area ACLU chapter is the local connection to the state affiliate, the ACLU of Illinois, headquartered in Chicago. As is the mission of the national ACLU for nearly 100-years, the state and local chapters in Illinois remain focused on protecting, and fighting for, the civil rights and liberties of all persons in our geographic area. CONTACT THE CHAPTER: Email: ACLUpeoriaIL@gmail.com Facebook Website: acluofilpeoria.org President: Jessica Thomas JOIN US! The Board-of-Directors for the Peoria-area chapter of the ACLU meet on the 4th Tuesday of each month (except December). Board meetings are open to all, and are held at the Unitarian/Universalist Church, 3000 Richwoods Blvd., in Peoria IL. We also hold monthly discussion group gatherings, which are also open to the public. These discussion gatherings are informal, and free to attend. However, attendees are encouraged to enjoy food, spirits and other beverages served by the host restaurant –Rhythm Kitchen– near the Peoria riverfront, on Water Street at Liberty. These gatherings are held on the 2nd Thursday of the month. The Peoria-area chapter also hosts an annual membership meeting and banquet, an annual picnic, and weekly discussion groups – open to both members, as well as the general public. Our events and opportunities for involvement are listed on our Facebook page and our chapter website: www.ACLUofILPeoria.org.

The Springfield Chapter of the ACLU works in our state's capitol to help support the ACLU of Illinois' state initiatives. We encourage support of legislation supported by the ACLU of Illinois, as well as monitor local ACLU issues like law enforcement practices, access to full range of women's health care, immigration concerns, etc. CONTACT THE CHAPTER: Email: springfieldaclu@gmail.com Facebook President: Kenneth Page JOIN US! The Springfield Chapter of the ACLU meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 5:30 pm. Please email or follow us on Facebook for more information on attending a monthly meeting. If you cannot attend our monthly meetings, there are other ways to be involved: The Springfield ACLU hosts an annual dinner in the fall of each year Founding memeber of the Springfield Immigrant Advocacy Network (SIAN) Annual sponsor of the Coalition of Rainbow Alliances (CORAL) Partnership with Springfield Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Partnership with the Illinois State NAACP Partnership with Springfield Club of Frontiers International (support of Junior Frontiers) Annual sponsor of the Illinois Innocence Project Participate in the annual Juneteenth Parade in Springfield Participate in the annula Pride Parade and events in Springfield