Past Events
50TH ANNIVERSARY BILL OF RIGHTS AWARDS DINNER – April 16th
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50TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER - Monday, April 16th
Join us as we say farewell to Johnny Barnes
and pay tribute to
David Isbell, Frank Kameny and Ralph Temple at our
Golden Anniversary Dinner
–celebrating 50 years from Loving v. Virginia to United States v. Jones: D.C. GPS case
Honoring
Jane Mayer, investigative reporter with The New Yorker and
Jose-Antonio Vargas, multimedia journalist and founder of "Define American"
With Guest Speaker
Linda Greenhouse, former New York Times Supreme Court Correspondent
and well-know public television commentator
 Jane Mayer 2012 Edgerton Recipient |
 Jose-Antonio Vargas 2012 Edgerton Recipient |
 Linda Greenhouse Guest Speaker |
We come together at this Dinner to celebrate the past, present and future of the ACLU of the Nation’s Capital along with its accomplishments and work in alleviating preventive detention and police misconduct, employment discrimination and censorship, as well as the promotion of academic freedom, church-state separation, first amendment rights and overall defense of civil rights that involve infringement of civil liberties. Click here for full story.
For information on seats and sponsorships, click here, or contact Beverly Miller at (202) 457-0800, Extension 121. Seats are priced at $150 each (tax-deductible over the $70 per plate charge). For online ticket sales, sponsorshorships or to make a donation, click the buttons below. This promises to be an exhilarating, exciting, and enlivening event.
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D.C. Statehood Winter Teach In Planned Jan 7, 2012
January 05, 2012High Ranking Senate and House Staffers Headline
New D.C. Statehood Song to be Unveiled
Darrel Thompson, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Senate Majority Leader and Keenan Keller, Senior Democratic Counsel for the House Judiciary Committee headline a distinguished group of presenters, including Aimee Ochetti, Director of Government relations for UDC and Wade Henderson, Executive Director of the Leadership Conference On Civil Rights, that will discuss "Making Congress Move" at the D.C. Statehood Winter Teach In. Come. Learn More. Act Now. Be a part of the Solution, not part of the Problem.
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| Darrel Thompson | Aimee Ochetti | Wade Henderson |
At The Carnegie Institution
16th and "P" Streets, N.W. - Washington, D.C.
5:30 to 7:00 p.m. - Saturday, January 7 2012
Don't Miss This! Free For The Public!
RSVP to Johnny.Barnes@aclu-nca.org or (202) 457-0800
As with the Summer Teach In, this Teach In will be followed by an evening of entertainment. While the Entertainment Program is not free, tickets are priced to be affordable, and a new D.C. Statehood Song will be introduced. View event flyer »
The new song has been produced by Leonard, Coleman and Blunt, former Lead Singers with the Temptations, Drifters and Platters and features a special appearance by Ms. Ayanna Gregory, daughter of Comedian and activist Dick Gregory.
The Work of Artist Laura Elkins to be Featured at D.C. Statehood Winter Teach In
December 21, 2011Proceeds to benefit the ACLU-NCA D.C. Statehood Fund
Artist Statement - Civil Liberties
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During lunch dates over the past several months, Johnny Barnes and I often discussed the issues that drive his desire for statehood for the District. Although I certainly miss having the representation I always took for granted before I moved here, I have serious personal and political issues with the District government -- I was a hard sell. However, as the conversations became more specific, and Johnny explained to me how our rights and riches are subject to the whims of Congress, he sealed the deal. He told me about his plans for the Teach In and asked me to create paintings for the event that address some of the civil rights issues behind the statehood movement.
Civil Liberties, my response to Johnny's request, is part of an extensive, ongoing series of paintings titled The White House Collection, self-portraits as First Ladies. By embracing First Lady imagery, I create self-portraits that are deeply personal, while inherently historical and political. The work addresses social and cultural issues, including current events, while maintaining the intimate, everywoman quality of the self-portrait. The work is part of a long painting tradition of creating a persona, often fictional, through self-portraiture. In fact, the fictional quality of the official First Lady portraits attracted me to this idea in the first place. This conceptual device allows me an imaginative and expressive vehicle to explore individual autonomy and mutability, not to mention, in this case, civil liberties in the District!
D.C. Statehood Winter Teach In Planned Jan 7, 2012 – Professor G. Derek Musgrove to Moderate
December 12, 2011New D.C. Statehood Song to be Unveiled
A committed and enthusiastic group of citizens, led by Elinor Hart, have been urging Members of Congress to co-sponsor H.R. 265, the D.C. Statehood Bill introduced by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton.
 Elinor Hart |  G. Derek Musgrove, Ph.D. |
Our Winter Teach In will be dedicated to 1) informing participants of those efforts; 2) enlisting additional support for the work of Elinor's group; and 3) organizing external efforts to promote D.C. Statehood. Themed "How to make Congress move," the Winter Teach In will feature a General Session and two Break-Out Sessions.
We have excellent presenters lined up, including staff from Congress, the Executive Branch and private sector activists and lobbyists who know how to get things done in Congress. Because of limited capacity, kindly let us know if you plan to participate in the Teach In. A complete Agenda will then be sent to you later. Read more »
UDC Law and ACLU-NCA Co-Host Forum "(In)Secure Communities"
November 21, 2011The affects of the mandatory Secure Communities Program was the subject of a Forum held recently at the UDC-David A. Clarke School of Law and co-hosted by the ACLU of the Nation’s Capital. Several experts presented including Jaime Farrant, Executive Director of Ayuda; Gwendolyn McDowell Washington, an immigrant specialist with the D.C. Public Defender’s Service; Ronald Hampton, a retired D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer, having served for twenty-four years; and Attorney Viviana Martinez, Chief of Staff for Cook County, Illinois Commissioner Jesus G. Garcia.
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YOU'RE INVITED: Help Celebrate ACLU Board President Susan Herman's New Book, Taking Liberties
October 16, 2011|
The ACLU Washington Legislative Office invites you to raise a glass of wine as we toast ACLU board president Susan Herman in celebration of her new book |
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Susan N. Herman, President of the ACLU, explains through a series of gripping episodes the story of ordinary Americans losing basic constitutional liberties in the post-9/11 world through blacklists, watchlists, unchecked surveillance, and supersized criminal laws. Herman spells out in vivid detail why all Americans should be worried about the governmental dragnet that has slowly and at times imperceptibly expanded its coverage over the American public. The erosion of civil liberties doesn't just impact immigrants, Muslim or Middle Eastern-Americans, or Guantánamo detainees, but every American and the very structures of our democracy. Taking Liberties is a wake-up call for an American populace that remains largely unaware of the post-9/11 big government regime's insidious and continuing growth. |
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Free Movie Premiere in Honor of the MLK Memorial Dedication
August 17, 2011There are many events planned for the week of August 22nd, as a lead up to the Martin Luther King Memorial Dedication Ceremony. This is one of them. Many are ticketed and cost money, however, many are free. The Movie Premiere is free.
View the flyer for full details.
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A-List Treatment for the ACLU-NCA at Capitol Pride
June 20, 2011
June 11, 2011: stepping out onto P Street to an eruption of applause from a sprawling crowd, lining both sides of the road, one might get the feeling of being a rock star. How does one receive such a reception sans hit-album, one might ask? Simply by walking in the Capitol Pride Parade with the ACLU of the Nation's Capitol. Amidst the cheers, the chants, the comradery and the condoms that soared through the air, it wasn't difficult to realize that sporting an ACLU banner definitely gave one "star quality." The welcome couldn't have been warmer.
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