San Fernando Valley Chapter Board Elections

Dear ACLU Member:

It is time for our 2023 San Fernando Valley Chapter Board Election. ACLU Chapters are comprised of dedicated volunteers who work in partnership and coordination with ACLU staff to carry out advocacy, outreach, and engagement of local supporters to advance civil rights and liberties in their communities.

On this page, you can read candidate profiles, submit your vote, and, should you opt-in, stay connected with the ACLU of Southern California.

In accordance with our bylaws, ACLU members who reside in the chapter’s region elect Chapter Directors to open Board seats. Candidates are running for three-year terms and the board is composed of staggered terms to allow one-third of the Board to term-out every year.

This election is open to ACLU members only. To verify your eligibility as a member, enter the last three digits of your membership number before submitting your ballot. Given our strong stance on privacy rights, votes are kept in complete anonymity.

Votes must be submitted by Saturday, September 30th at 11:59 p.m.

Should you have questions about your membership, this election, or ACLU of Southern California chapters please email activist@aclusocal.org.

Thank you for your continued support,
ACLU of Southern California

OFFICIAL ELECTION BALLOT

Voting instructions:

  • Review the candidates' profiles.
  • Write-In Candidates – please include your name, email and phone number to be contacted by a member of the board.
  • Mark your votes by Friday, September 30 at 11:59 p.m. PT.
  • Enter the last three digits of your ACLU member number.

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Slate of Candidates

Anne Hines
I am a retired Unitarian Universalist minister and have served on the San Fernando Valley chapter Board since 2017. I grew up in Altadena, and I’ve lived in the San Fernando Valley since 2002. In a way I’ve been an activist for issues of peace and justice from the time I was in elementary school. Having a venue for speaking and acting for justice was one of the reasons I entered ministry. In the past I’ve participated in prison ministry and reform, death penalty abolition, immigration rights, etc. Currently involved with anti-racism work and gun violence prevention; also volunteer at Ten Thousand Village, a Fair Trade store in Pasadena.

Sumy Takesue
Sumy Takesue was born in Hawaii to a father who emigrated from Japan in the 1920’s, unable to become an American citizen until 1952 when Asians were finally allowed to naturalize, and a mother who was born on a Kauai plantation and given an American name by a White grade-school teacher because her first name was “not American.” Both learned English as a second language. Both insisted on the importance of voting and upholding the rights of all. Today, when the rhetoric of the “yellow peril” has returned in full force, it is imperative that we, as ACLU members, continue to hold our government accountable for its actions. I hope to receive your vote today to the San Fernando Valley Chapter Board of the Southern California ACLU.

Katherine Tattersfield
I am a San Fernando Valley activist and community organizer. I am an organizer with Valley Justice Coalition & a member of Intiate Justice Action.

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