Research & Publications

When one thinks of philanthropy one thinks of five figure gifts to the museum or symphony by ten figure individuals. But philanthropy takes many forms.

In the past few decades, the number of incarcerated women has grown dramatically, from 8,000 in 1970 to nearly 100,000 today. There is growing recognition that mass incarceration is a feminist issue that intersects with multiple systems of oppression.

One of the most critical needs for people reintegrating into the community after incarceration is access to health care, but a systemic failure to provide it has left some in San Diego without means to afford the services they need.

Happy Women’s History Month! We’re continuing our #WeCanWednesday with one of our newest additions to the sdACLU squad! We’re proud to announce hiring of Imperial Valley native Crystal Quezada to its staff.

We ‘CAP’ off Black History Month and kick off Women’s History Month with our Communications Director, Cheryl Alethia Phelps!

Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman made history when she was named San Diego’s first female chief in 2014. As San Diegans and the San Diego Police Department plan for her retirement and prepare to welcome her successor, there are the inevitable reflections on Chief Zimmerman’s career and legacy.

Monica has been with us for over a year now and is deeply embedded in the work that she does with us. A San Diego native hailing from Southeast San Diego, Monica toils tirelessly to fight against injustices that she sees by heading the local bail reform efforts in San Diego...

How fitting is it that we’re featuring Christie Love Hill on Valentine’s day?? Very. Christie manages to balance fighting for the rights of people of color and women daily and a full life outside of the workplace with her family and faith.

When crusading journalist and anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells published an editorial in the Memphis Free Speech on May 21, 1892, challenging the most popular political justification for lynching by declaring that “Nobody in this section of the country believes the old threadbare lie that...