At Hearing, ACLU Urges Florida State Senators to Pass Bill Limiting Solitary Confinement for Juveniles Solitary Confinement Impedes Rehabilitation, ACLU Testifies FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 18, 2013 CONTACT: March 18, 2013 Criminal Justice
Following Push by ACLU, School Board Decides Not to Ban All Clubs in Face of Gay-Straight Alliance New rule created requiring parental consent for club membership; Hundreds attended meeting and 50,000 signed petition supporting 8th-grader’s effort to establish gay-straight alliance FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 12, 2013 March 12, 2013 LGBTQ+ Rights
ACLU of Florida Asks Florida Atlantic University for All GEO Naming Rights Records Open Records Request Filed at Start of Sunshine Week March 11, 2013 Criminal Justice
Monday’s Lake County School Board Vote Could Ban All Clubs to Stop Gay-Straight Alliance ACLU supporting student Bayli Silberstein’s effort, will fly plane with banner reading “Stand With Bayli, Not the Bullies” during school board meeting March 10, 2013 LGBTQ+ Rights
ACLU of Florida Launches Investigation into Police Use of Military Technology & Tactics Public Records Requests in Miami-Dade, Bay, Holmes and Duval Counties part of nationwide ACLU investigation of militarization of law enforcement. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 March 6, 2013 Criminal Justice Free Speech Police Practices
ACLU on State of the State: What the Governor left out “Our election system: it’s not working.” Discussion of civil rights and civil liberties of Floridians absent from Gov. Scott’s State of the State March 5, 2013 Criminal Justice Free Speech LGBTQ+ Rights Racial Justice Voting Rights