Voting Our Values – Prioritizing San Diegans’ Needs
When the needs of the community are not prioritized, we all suffer the consequences. Understanding the way these systems work is crucial to creating the change our communities need.
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Apr 26, 2021
Explicador Ilustrado: Debemos terminar con prácticas policiales basadas en el perfil o discriminación racial ahora
Habitualmente, la policía detiene a personas según el criterio del agente. A pesar de ser menos probable de portar contrabando, las personas negras y latinas son detenidas según el criterio de un policía en porcentajes mucho más altos que las personas blancas. Todas las personas merecen vivir...
Apr 21, 2021
CoreCivic’s Decades of Abuse: Otay Mesa Detention Center
Our country’s over-reliance on privatized, mass systems of incarceration is rightfully under scrutiny. In the context of immigration detention, advocates have long asserted that it is inhumane to use prison-like facilities to lock up people who are pursuing lawful avenues to remain in the United Sta
Aug 4, 2020
A Moment of Reckoning
This essay and accompanying artwork are together entitled A Moment of Reckoning. The essay decodes the visual voice of the art, in chapters that coincide with the featured protest signs. The ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties commissioned award-winning artist-activist Tony Washington..
May 21, 2020
During COVID-19 Pandemic, the ACLU Remains Vigilant
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the lives of millions of people around the world. It has been especially devastating for the most vulnerable in our society: people of color, people who are incarcerated and people who have no home where they can shelter in place.
May 6, 2020
In the Fight Against COVID-19, Mass Incarceration is our Achilles’ Heel
On March 6, five days before the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic, a senior staff attorney with the ACLU National Prison Project posed a series of challenging questions, beginning with “Are Our Prisons and Jails Ready for COVID-19?”
Apr 15, 2020
In Case You Missed It...
Last Wednesday, April 8, the ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties (ACLUF-SDIC) joined with Jewish Family Service of San Diego to file an administrative complaint with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) calling for an immediate investigation...
Apr 9, 2020
Letter to San Diego County’s Public Health Officer Regarding Advancing Equity Issues Pertaining To The Pandemic Response
The following is a letter addressed to Dr. Wilma J. Wooten, M.D., M.P.H. regarding advancing equity issues pertaining to the pandemic response. A PDF copy of the letter can be found here.
Feb 29, 2020
An inter-generational and multi-ethnic perspective
Jazrene Abildgaard, ACLU-SDIC North County Precinct Captain, speaks to what organizing means to her. #BlackHistoryMonth
Feb 29, 2020
Deaths in San Diego County Jails: The Need for Transparency and Accountability
The recent deaths of Sandra Bland and Jeffrey Epstein briefly catapulted the issue of prison and jail deaths to the national spotlight. Sadly, there is nothing new about people dying while incarcerated, often without having been tried for or convicted of any crime.
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