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Success Stories from Across America

People across the country are successfully defending their rights. Below are just a handful of examples.   

Want to get involved and start your own success story?  Check out the Action Checklist and the "In Your Community" feature.

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Demand police oversight

Demand police oversight

October 20, 2009 Learn more

BayWalk sidewalk to remain public

BayWalk sidewalk to remain public

October 8, 2009 Learn more

F is for Failure

F is for Failure

November 12, 2009 Learn more

Key West screening of Freedom from Abuse

Key West screening of Freedom from Abuse

November 6, 2009 Learn more


Act now for gender equality in Tampa

November 17, 2009 Learn more

Join us in challenging Florida's adoption ban

Join us in challenging Florida's adoption ban

September 17, 2009 Learn more

Join us to discuss key immigration issues

Join us to discuss key immigration issues

October 1, 2009 Learn more

Help restore voting rights at workshop this Saturday

Help restore voting rights at workshop this Saturday

October 1, 2009 Learn more

Educating Youth About the Bill of Rights

Educating Youth About the Bill of Rights

Amanda Gelender has been an activist and lobbyist on several key issues in her school and in her community, including the death penalty, the "war on drugs," marriage equality, student rights, racial profiling and police brutality. Learn more

"I Want To Use My Education As A Springboard To Social and Civil Activism"

"I Want To Use My Education As A Springboard To Social and Civil Activism"

Having grown up with his gay father and his partner, Lee Morehouse has a unique perspective on family life. Unfortunately, it is a perspective that is often criticized by both students and administrators in the Kansas City public school system. Learn more

Teen Helps Promote Access to Health Care

Teen Helps Promote Access to Health Care

For the past three years, Cristhian Ponce Barranco has been a dedicated leader in the New York Civil Liberties Union's Teen Health Initiative, a peer education and outreach program that promotes minors' rights to access health care Learn more

High School Student Raises Awareness Through Popular GSA Group

High School Student Raises Awareness Through Popular GSA Group

Trevor Gilmore, a dedicated Boy Scout from childhood, had to work hard to establish the first Gay Straight Alliance at his high school in a politically conservative region. His hard work paid off. Learn more

A Guardian of Free Speech in High Schools

A Guardian of Free Speech in High Schools

Jarred Gamwell came to the ACLU for assistance in April 2004 after being censored by his high school principal when he was running for student body president. Learn more


 
 

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