"So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy." — Roger Baldwin-------------------------------------"A nation of sheep soon begets a government of wolves" Edward R. Murrow
Female
89 years old
TACOMA, Washington
United States
Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Disability Rights, Drug Policy, Free Speech, HIV/AIDS, Immigrants' Rights, International Human Rights, GLBTQ Rights, National Security, Police Practices, Prisoniers' Rights, Privacy and Technology, Racial Justice, Religious Liberty, Reproductive Freedom, Rights of the the Poor, Voting Rights, Women's Rights, Cyber-Liberties, Discrimination, the Patriot Act, Student and Youth Rights, the Bill of Rights
Movies
The ACLU Freedom Files, a "10-part series that tells the stories of real people in America whose civil liberties have been threatened, and how they fought back."
Titles include: Religous Freedom, Racial Profiling, Dissent, The Supreme Court and Beyond the Patriot Act
http://www.aclu.tv/
Television
Heroes
Roger Baldwin, Jeannette Rankin, Martin Luther King, Jr., Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Rosa Parks, Clarence Darrow, John Scopes, Lady Liberty--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
About me: The mission of the ACLU is to preserve all of these protections and guarantees:
Your First Amendment rights-freedom of speech, association and assembly. Freedom of the press, and freedom of religion supported by the strict separation of church and state.
Your right to equal protection under the law - equal treatment regardless of race, sex, religion or national origin.
Your right to due process - fair treatment by the government whenever the loss of your liberty or property is at stake.
Your right to privacy - freedom from unwarranted government intrusion into your personal and private affairs.
We work also to extend rights to segments of our population that have traditionally been denied their rights, including Native Americans and other people of color; lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgendered people; women; mental-health patients; prisoners; people with disabilities; and the poor.
If the rights of society's most vulnerable members are denied, everybody's rights are imperiled.
The ACLU was founded by Roger Baldwin, Crystal Eastman, Albert DeSilver and others in 1920. We are nonprofit and nonpartisan and have grown from a roomful of civil liberties activists to an organization of more than 500,000 members and supporters. We handle nearly 6,000 court cases annually from our offices in almost every state.
The ACLU has maintained the position that civil liberties must be respected, even in times of national emergency. The ACLU is supported by annual dues and contributions from its members, plus grants from private foundations and individuals. We do not receive any government funding. Learn more about joining the ACLU.
The Preamble
Who I'd like to meet: Who I'd like to meet:
Anyone! We love people! Why else would we be watching out of people's rights? --------------------------------------------------If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all. ~Noam Chomsky
The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution states, “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” As part of the September Project and Banned Book Week, the UW Tacoma Library, in collaboration with the UW Tacoma Student Chapter of the ACLU, will host a series of events and displays about freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and censorship. The events are free and open to the public.
The events were planned in coordination with King's Books and the Pierce County Chapter of the ACLU. For more information about Banned Book Week events in the Tacoma area, please visit the King's Books website.
Events
Wednesday, October 10, 2007, 7 p.m. In the UW Tacoma Library Snoqualmie Reading Room
Panel Discussion: Banned Books and Freedom of the Mind Our panelists include: author Brent Hartinger, whose book Geography Club was removed from libraries in University Place School District in 2005; Catherine Lord , Branch Manager of the NewHolly Branch and Columbia Branches of the Seattle Public Library and a professional trainer on Intellectual Freedom; and professor Suzanne Holland, Chair of the Religion Department at the University of Puget Sound and an active member of the ACLU.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007, 7 p.m. In the Longshoreman's Hall, UW Tacoma
Film and Discussion: Good Night and Good Luck Directed by George Clooney, Good Night and Good Luck tells the true story of how broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow challenged Senator Joseph McCarthy during his infamous hearings. After the film, UW Tacoma professor Bill Kunz , who recently published the book Culture Conglomerates: Consolidation in the Motion Picture and Television Industries, will comment on the film and lead a discussion.
Displays
September through October UW Tacoma Library
Unfettered Access: Culture, Civil Rights, and Censorship Censorship has been around a long time: it ruined Socrates, it in
