We’ve run the numbers, and the ACLU of CT crushed this legislative session! 👀

Watch our Public Policy and Advocacy Team discuss our work — from equitable housing to traffic stops to AI, and keep track of our progress with our newest blog post 📋

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In our recent webinar, our Public Policy & Advocacy Team had a lively discussion about what kind of work they’d done during the session. If you weren’t able to attend, don’t worry! Here are the updates on where things ended up…

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ICYMI: Our Public Policy and Advocacy Team had a great discussion at the wrap-up webinar, looking back on the work we’ve done this session and looking forward to the work ahead

Couldn't attend? Watch it here: youtube.com/live/8xAqswmLU…

“We need to keep in mind the people who aren’t here, the people who lack the freedom to be able to come to the Capitol and talk with the people who are supposed to be representing them.” - Gus Marks-Hamilton, ACLU of Connecticut

The legislative wrap-up webinar is coming up – this Tues. May 14! Be sure to RSVP using the link below to join our discussion where we’ll look back on the work we’ve done this session and look forward to the work ahead. acluct.org/en/looking-for…

Have you RSVP’d for the webinar yet?👀

No parent should have to give birth in a cell with no medical care or be returned to a freezing cold detention center with a newborn baby.
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With the end of the legislative session this week, we want to reflect on all the work the ACLU of CT has done with Smart Justice Leaders and partner organizations. Join us on Tuesday, May 14th for a legislative wrap-up webinar! acluct.org/en/looking-for…

And just like that… The session is over!

But we’re not done☝🏻

Join our webinar on Tuesday, May 14 to find out what’s next.

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A huge thanks to the advocates who championed civil rights & liberties this session - looking forward to more great work together! Join us for a webinar on May 14 where we’ll look back on the work we’ve done this session & look forward to the work ahead.

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The Public Policy and Advocacy Director is a member of the ACLU-CT’s senior leadership team, working with the Executive Director, and provides vision and direction for its policy, organizing, and legislative program. Use the link in our bio to learn more and apply.

'We must contemplate new ways of defining how police interact with the public with an eye toward equity & public safety.' -Chief John “Jack” Drumm, Madison's chief of police since 2010 ctmirror.org/2024/05/07/ct-…

Passing HB5324 would not only 'honor & strengthen the goals of CT's existing anti-racial profiling law' but it would also 'make the roads safer for all drivers, especially for Black & Latinx residents who've been disproportionately subjected to low-level equipment traffic stops.'

It's Sine Die at the CT State Capitol, and the ACLU and our Smart Justice leaders are inside the building and outside the building fighting for your civil rights and liberties.

HB5324, an Act Establishing Secondary Traffic Violations, would help to end unnecessary low-level traffic stops for violations that do not impact public safety but do increase racial disparities in policing.

Call your House Reps & urge them to pass HB5324 today.

Join this conversation at Immanuel Congregational Church on Sunday, May 3 to hear from renowned civil rights leader and activist, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II.

In the final decision in Town of Avon v. Sastre, it's been officially ruled that public agencies can't evade the FOI Act just by handing off documents to lawyers. A huge win for Freedom of Information in Connecticut!

Freedom of speech and the right to demonstrate are foundational principles of democracy and core constitutional rights. If you’d like to learn more about your rights as a protester, go to our Know Your Rights Guide: Protesters’ Rights: acluct.org/en/know-your-r…

HB 5324, An Act Establishing Secondary Traffic Violations, would help to end unnecessary low-level traffic stops in the state for violations that do not impact public safety but do increase racial disparities in policing. Call your House Reps and urge them to pass HB 5324 today.

Call your House Representatives and urge them to vote on and pass HB 5324 today.

The Connecticut Racial Profiling Project analyzed five years of crash data and found that the secondary offenses that HB 5324 names do not contribute to crashes. Here are some examples: