Voices From the 2006 ACLU Membership Conference
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From Oct. 15 to 17, 2006,
the ACLU held a Membership
Conference that included
conference speakers, performances, ACLU
clients and leaders, and ACLU members who came to Washington
D.C. to stand up for freedom.
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Oct. 15, 2006
Debby Miller was concerned about
the lack of checks and balances in government and the Patriot Act. MP3
 Trevoy
Ross, right, wanted to learn
more about racial profiling and all the ACLU's issues. MP3
Terry Neneth Parshley went
to the conference to learn more about bolstering rights for children. MP3 |
Oct. 16, 2006
 Elvia
Meza, right, went to the conference
to lobby on Capitol Hill about immigrants rights. MP3
Jeremy Gunn, ACLU's Program
on Freedom of Religion and Belief director, responded to the idea
of "government-sponsored religion."
MP3
After learning about a Pentagon secret database
on Kot Hordynski's peaceful protest group, the ACLU filed a lawsuit. MP3
Jeff Rank
spoke about the repercussions of criticizing President Bush. MP3
Retired ambassador Joseph Wilson talked about
his recent experience in relying on the First Amendment. MP3
 Carol
Mehlman, right, went to the conference to re-energize
her work with civil liberties. MP3
ACLU President Nadine Strossen discussed how
the ACLU is facing the current civil liberties climate. MP3
Louise Melling, ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project
director, discussed the project and the 2006 ballot initiative in
South Dakota. MP3
 Chris
Goodman, worked on the Baltimore Algebra Project, which addressed
education equality. MP3
James Kenly said he was surprised
to be spending his retirement defending his civil liberties. MP3
Betty Kenly went to show her support for the ACLU
and defend American freedoms. MP3
Jameel Jaffer, deputy director of the ACLU's
national security program, explained the government's use of ideological
exclusion. MP3
Caroline Frederickson, ACLU Legislative Director,
detailed her office's involvement in lobbying Congress. MP3
 Poetry
Slam poets Sekou (tha misfit), right, and Steve Connell sampled their
ACLU performance. MP3
Abdullah Al-Kidd, a U.S.-born American citizen
and an ACLU client involved in a lawsuit against the government, was
wrongfully arrested and detained. MP3
Sondra Goldschein, ACLU lawyer, discussed Cecelia
Fire Thunder's speech on reproductive health. MP3
Suzie Newman, went to
add her voice against the military commission's act. MP3
 Kathleen
Rumpf, right, relayed her experience in prison to
put a face on incarceration issues. MP3
David Roisen said he went to the conference
because "my
parents raised me right."
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Oct. 17, 2006
June Penell Stevens is a retired librarian
and discussed book removal from libraries. MP3
 Anthony
Romero, executive director, right, reflected on the 2006 ACLU Membership
Conference. MP3
Barrie Gewanter relayed
why she loves working for the ACLU. MP3
Cameron Frazier told about his experience
with freedom of expression in the classroom. MP3 Lucas Guttentag, ACLU Immigrants' Rights
Project director, discussed the lawsuit against Donald Rumsfeld. MP3
Cheryl
Contee talked about her concerns
with the Patriot Act. MP3
Shantel Reynolds discussed the public's
responsibility in the political process. MP3
 Alondra
Jones and Ron Bilbao, right, challenged education issues in their
schools. MP3
Steven Shapiro, ACLU legal director, discussed
several current cases. MP3
Hope Reichbach challenged the
military's recruitment policies at her school. MP3
Brent
Miller, right, met with Rep.
Allen Boyd about preserving civil liberties. MP3 |
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The
CIA Torture Program
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ACLU attorney Steven Watt and journalist and Ghost
Plane author
Stephen Grey discussed the CIA torture program known as
extraordinary
rendition.
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The
U.S. vs. John Lennon:
Screening and Discussion Learn
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The ACLU and NYCLU hosted a
screening of The U.S.
vs. John Lennon. The documentary flashed back
to a time of an increasingly unpopular war, a restive public, a
president
engaged in secret surveillance, and the world-famous musician who spoke
out and was threatened with deportation as a
result.
The screening was followed with a panel discussion featuring Art Eisenberg, Legal Director of the NYCLU; Jameel Jaffer, ACLU attorney; Eve Cary, who represented the NYCLU and ACLU at Lennon's deportation hearings; and Joe Treen, who wrote a series of articles about the Lennon INS hearings for Rolling Stone.
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Q&A between the audience and panel.
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inSecurity Learn
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Award-winning slam poets Steve
Connell and Sekou (tha
misfit) debuted, "inSecurity,"
written
exclusively for the ACLU and its members at the opening night of the
Membership Conference.
MP3
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ACLU
v. NSA Learn
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Court Rules the Bush Spy Program Illegal
In the first federal challenge ever argued against the president's NSA
spying
program, a district court declared the program unconstitutional and
called
for an immediate halt to this abuse of presidential power.
Ideological
Exclusion: ACLU Attorney Jameel
Jaffer Learn
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"Ideological exclusion" is the
practice of denying
visas to individuals whose politics the government disfavors. The USA
Patriot Act gave the Bush administration new license to engage in
ideological
exclusion. The ACLU, the PEN American Center and other groups, have
filed a lawsuit.
MP3
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ACLU Remembers
Sept. 11, 2001 Learn
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In September 2006, ACLU staff and leaders talked about where
they were on Sept. 11, 2001, and commented about the state of civil liberties
directly after the terrorist attacks and where we are as a nation.
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Executive Director, Anthony D. Romero, right, won a victory against the Bush
Administration's illegal NSA spying program and sought truth and accountability
in the torture of detainees.
> ACLU in action MP3 | Podcast
> ACLU response MP3 | Podcast
Nadine Strossen is the President
of the ACLU. She was in Washington D.C. on Sept. 11, 2001, for an ACLU gathering
to discuss civil liberties.
> Traveling on Sept. 10, 2001 MP3 | Podcast
> The ACLU goes into action MP3 | Podcast
> President Bush's speech MP3 | Podcast
 Patricia
Perry, right, mother of John Perry who lost his life helping those trapped
in the World Trade Center. John was a member of the Nassau
County NYCLU Chapter board.
> John W. Perry remembered MP3 | Podcast
> State of civil liberties today MP3 | Podcast
Steve Shapiro is the
ACLU's legal director. Since September 11, 2001, the ACLU has won a victory
against the Bush Administration's illegal
NSA spying program and has sought
truth and accountability in the torture and of detainees in U.S. custody.
> The ACLU goes into action MP3 | Podcast
> How the ACLU responded MP3 | Podcast
> Courts support the people MP3 | Podcast Art
Eisenberg is the NYCLU's legal director. Since the attacks, the
NYCLU has worked to ensure
protest rights and also challenged the random
search policy in the New York City transit system.
> Immediate implications MP3 | Podcast
> Subway search challenge MP3 | Podcast
Donna Lieberman is
the executive director of the NYCLU. Since September 11, 2001, the NYCLU has
worked to ensure
protest rights and also challenged the random
search policy in the New York City transit system.
> How the NYCLU responded MP3 | Podcast
> NYCLU and free speech MP3 | Podcast
 Sheryl
Douglas, right, a longtime ACLU staff member, talked about her son's fourth
tour of duty in Iraq that would begin September 2006.
> Military and civil liberties MP3 | Podcast
Shin Inouye worked in
the media relations department in the Washington D.C. Legislative office.
> Memories from Washington D.C. MP3 | Podcast
> State of Washington D.C. today MP3 | Podcast
> The past guides the future MP3 | Podcast |
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