Volunteer with the ACLU of Connecticut

Volunteering with the ACLU of Connecticut means joining our growing team of dedicated advocacy volunteers, who help to usher in an era of smart justice, demand democratic control over policing, and fight back against government surveillance. No matter where you live in Connecticut, we need your help on these issues. Please select one of our active campaigns and fill out this short form so we have a better idea what kind of roles you are interested in, and where we may be best able to put your time and talent to use. Thank you!

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Please select which of our active campaign(s) you would like to volunteer with:

Smart Justice is an unprecedented, multiyear effort to reduce Connecticut's jail and prison population by 50% and combat racism in Connecticut's criminal legal system. You can learn more here: https://www.acluct.org/en/issues/smart-justice

Smart Justice is a campaign grounded in the understanding that everyone has a role in ending mass incarceration. If you selected Smart Justice, please select the description that best describes you.

Formerly incarcerated. Refers to people who have experienced an extended period of incarceration through either pretrial detention or a post-conviction sentence which serves as a barrier to gainful employment, safe and affordable housing, quality education, and access to fair and reasonable financial products and services.

Justice-involved. Refers to people who have a record of arrest or other documented criminal record, which serves as a barrier to gainful employment, safe and affordable housing, quality education, and access to fair and reasonable financial products and services.

Justice-impacted. Refers to people who, either through personal relationships, or as a community member or taxpayer, are impacted negatively by the personal and financial costs of incarceration.

Prefer not to say.

I did not select Smart Justice.

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Tell us about your volunteer experience with other nonprofits, issue-based campaigns, or political campaigns.

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Write, call, and lobby your elected officials. Lobby your elected officials through phone calls, letter-writing, letters to the editor, phone banking, or in-person lobbying of your political representatives.

Organize your community. Take a leadership role in bringing like-minded people together in your community and introducing them to our campaigns. Work with our field organizers to plan events and coordinate grassroots actions in your community. Host an ACLU of Connecticut house party or workshop.

Attend our actions and recruit new supporters. Join us for campaign events and grassroots actions and help us identify and recruit new supporters.

Mobilize supporters online. Join our digital mobilizing team focused on increasing the visibility and awareness of our campaign and pushing our supporters to take action.

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If I've entered a mobile phone number, I allow the ACLU and its representatives to contact me via text messages and mobile phone calls about ways to take action and support the ACLU.

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