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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Feb 28, 2020
Meet Melena Taylor!
Melena Taylor, student activist and ACLU-SDIC Precinct Captain, underscores what this work means to her.
Feb 26, 2020
“Organizing is the foundation and voting is a tool to a successful movement.”
We are featuring some of our talented precinct captains and asking them what organizing and voting means to them. Meet Jasmine Young and hear from her in her own words about voting and organizing.
Feb 19, 2020
Meet our Policy Associate, Chelsey Birgisdóttir
Meet our Policy Associate, Chelsey Birgisdóttir! She’s been a part of the #ACLUsquad here at @sdACLU for over half a year advocating for police transparency and privacy in technology. We asked her what her work means to her and here’s what she said.
Nov 18, 2019
San Diego Values Community & Transparency
The California Values Act (SB 54), which went into effect in January 2018, protects the safety and well-being of all Californians by ensuring state and local resources are not used for federal immigration enforcement. In enacting the law, the state legislature acknowledged what community groups...
Sep 30, 2019
Court Rejects UCSD’s Attempt to Sidestep the First Amendment in Controversial Student Newspaper Case
The ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties recently scored a major victory for freedom of speech when the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court ruling dismissing our First Amendment case against the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).
Aug 29, 2019
My Time as a Legal Intern at the ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties
Before law school, I worked for several years in education and saw a number of systemic inequalities and injustices in my community that I felt powerless to address. After doing some soul-searching, I decided to go to law school to work in the public interest sector and better serve these at-risk...
Jun 28, 2019
How It All Began: ACLU and the Uncovering of the Trump Administration’s Family Separation Policy, Part 3
This three-part blog series, co-authored by ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties’ Legal Investigator & Researcher — Mayra Lopez and Immigrant Rights & Binational Affairs Advocate — Esmeralda Flores, is a uniquely personal glimpse into our work to protect immigrants’ civil rights and...
Jun 27, 2019
How It All Began: ACLU and the Uncovering of the Trump Administration’s Family Separation Policy, Part 2
This three-part blog series, co-authored by ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties’ Legal Investigator & Researcher — Mayra Lopez and Immigrant Rights & Binational Affairs Advocate — Esmeralda Flores, is a uniquely personal glimpse into our work to protect immigrants’ civil rights and...
Jun 26, 2019
How It All Began: ACLU and the Uncovering of the Trump Administration’s Family Separation Policy, Part 1
This three-part blog series, co-authored by ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties’ Legal Investigator & Researcher — Mayra Lopez and Immigrant Rights & Binational Affairs Advocate — Esmeralda Flores, is a uniquely personal glimpse into our work to protect immigrants’ civil rights and...
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