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How To Vote Your Values & Fight For Your Rights

Watch our recent town hall to hear this important conversation in the lead up to the elections.

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The recording includes ASL interpretation and closed captioning.

From limiting abortion and how we vote to erasing transgender youth from public life and censoring what we can read and learn, politicians are attacking our fundamental rights as never before. Many of the elected officials who have enacted these radical policies think these issues are decided and they’ve won the battle. That couldn’t be farther from the truth.

This November 8th, we have the power to send a message to elected officials about what we value and what we want them to prioritize. That power comes from you.

During this town hall, we discussed how you can hold politicians accountable during this election season by engaging your networks. We shared tools and resources so that you can vote your values and have informed conversations with friends and families. In addition, our experts provided insight into what’s at stake for civil liberties in the midterms and how down ballot races like Secretary of State and District Attorney can tip the balance for or against civil liberties. The event also included a special live performance.

The featured speakers were Brigitte Amiri, Deputy Director of the ACLU’s Reproductive Freedom Project; Sophia Lin Lakin, Interim Co-Director of the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project; Chase Strangio, Deputy Director for Transgender Justice of the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Project; and Rebecca Lowell Edwards, ACLU Chief Communications Officer. Activist and poet aja monet also made a guest appearance.

Speakers

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Rebecca Lowell Edwards

Former Chief Communications Officer, ACLU

Rebecca Lowell Edwards was the Chief Communications Officer. In this role, she fostered awareness and understanding of the ACLU mission to realize the promise of the United States Constitution for all and expand the reach of its guarantees. This included overseeing the media relations, branding, and engagement strategy functions. Previously, she served as senior VP,…
Rebecca Lowell Edwards
Brigitte Amiri

Brigitte Amiri

Deputy Director, ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project

Brigitte Amiri is a deputy director at the ACLU's Reproductive Freedom Project. She has been litigating reproductive rights cases for nearly twenty years. She is currently involved in numerous challenges, including leading the lawsuit against Kentucky's 6-week abortion ban and is a member of the team challenging Texas Senate Bill 8. Ms. Amiri has been…
Brigitte Amiri
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Chase Strangio

Deputy Director for Transgender Justice, ACLU LGBTQ & HIV Project

Chase Strangio is Deputy Director for Transgender Justice with the ACLU’s LGBT & HIV Project and a nationally recognized expert on transgender rights. Chase’s work includes impact litigation, as well as legislative and administrative advocacy, on behalf of LGBTQ people and people living with HIV across the United States. Prior to joining the ACLU, Chase…
Chase Strangio
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Sophia Lin Lakin

Director, ACLU Voting Rights Project

Sophia Lin Lakin (@sophlin229) is the Director of the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project, and directs and supervises the ACLU’s voting rights litigation strategy nationwide. Sophia has an active docket protecting voting rights and combatting voter suppression and discriminatory redistricting plans across the country and has led or worked on successful challenges to discriminatory voting laws…
Sophia Lin Lakin