Why We Marched and What Comes Next

January 24, 2017

On Friday, January 20, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States.

On Saturday, January 21, more than 3.3 million people joined women’s marches in over 500 cities across the U.S. As crowd estimates still continue to trickle in, political scientists are already certain of one thing: Saturday’s demonstrations were the largest in American history. Demonstrations took over major cities and small villages alike, and women, men, and children of all ages and races gathered together in amphitheaters, on streets, and at capitol buildings to make their voices heard. The ACLU was proud to stand with them.

Criminal Justice, Free Speech, Immigrants’ Rights, LGBT Rights, Police Practices, Privacy Rights, Racial Justice, Religious Liberty, Students & Youth Rights, Voting Rights, Women’s Rights

Feel like you’re at risk? Here are some resources for you.

December 20, 2016 — The 2016 election is over, but the rhetoric and acts of hate targeted at specific groups following Election Day has left many of us feeling at risk.

In the ten days following Election Day, the Southern Poverty Law Center tallied more than 900 hate incidents across the country – many targeting Black people, immigrants, Muslims, and Jewish people.

We want to make sure that you know your rights and have access to the resources you need. Please check out these resources below to get information from the ACLU about what to do if your rights are violated.

Criminal Justice, Immigrants’ Rights, LGBT Rights, Police Practices, Racial Justice, Religious Liberty, Women’s Rights

What is the Election’s Impact on Human Rights?

November 17, 2016 — Like many Americans, last Tuesday I found myself first in shock – but then fear for our country and for the civil liberties values we cherish.

This was because of how the campaign of President-elect Donald Trump stoked racist, xenophobic and Islamophobic fears, promising polices that, if enacted, would be an unprecedented all-out attack on the rights of Americans.

The day after the election, the ACLU of Florida staff met first to come to terms with our collective shock at the civil liberties challenges we are now surely facing, then to immediately begin planning how we will deploy our resources and the tens of thousands of ACLU members in Florida to respond to them.

We are now preparing to fulfill the role the ACLU has always played since it was established in 1920: standing up against and challenging any government abuses of rights and liberties.

People understand this about the ACLU. That is why, in the week since the election, the ACLU has received an unprecedented outpouring of support. We are now hard at work putting that support to work.