UPCOMING EVENTS

Special FREE Event in the Lowcountry!
Citizen’s Advocacy Training on February 23rd

Thursday February 23 Ÿ 6 p.m.
Charleston YWCA Ÿ 106 Coming Street

Citizen’s Advocacy Training Workshop

Learn how to effectively get your message across to elected officials about issues that matter with special focus on voting rights, immigration, reproductive freedom, and equality

Free parking 
Free heavy snacks and beverages

Please RSVP.  Space is limited.

PAST EVENTS

January 28, 2012. Annual General Membership Meeting

Thank you to all those who attended the meeting held at the USC School of Law in Columbia.  The members of the Board of Directors were introduced, a review of the ACLU of SC in 2011 was presented and a legal update was given by our Legal Director Susan Dunn.

Straight Ally Workshop in Charleston

On October 15, the ACLU of SC and AFFA sponsored a workshop in Charleston for all who support LGBTQ rights.   We had a great turn-out and excellent session.  Are you interested in hosting a similar event in your town?  Let us know and we will work with you to make it happen!

Debate on Voter ID

On October 5, Nancy Abudu of the ACLU Voting Rights Project, pictured right, participated at the Charleston School of Law Constitutional Debate on Voter ID Issues in South Carolina. Ms. Abudu has been lead counsel in civil rights cases in state and federal courts since joining the Voting Rights Project in Atlanta, GA in 2005.  Immediately prior, she was staff attorney at the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, in Atlanta.  She has been a contributing author to ACLU publications including Voting Rights in Indian Country (2009) and The Case for Extending and Amending the Voting Rights Act (2006).  She has also authored publications on international human rights violations in Zimbabwe and Darfur. 

Voter ID Forum at Furman
Thursday, September 22
7 to 8 p.m.
Younts Conference Center
Victoria Middleton, Executive Director of the ACLU of SC was a panelist

The 22nd Annual South Carolina Pride Parade and Festival
Saturday, September 3
Finlay Park
Columbia

Redistricting Workshop
On June 22, over 25 concerned citizens from the Hilton Head area attended the workshop hosted by The ACLU Voting Rights Project and the ACLU of South Carolina.  Thank you to the Hilton Head area members who organized this event.  If you are interested in hosting a workshop in you area, please contact jlandry@aclusouthcarolina.org.

Upstate Pride 
On June 4th, upstate members and supporters of LGBT rights marched together and enjoyed the festival in Barnet Park in Spartanburg.  The turnout was impressive and we enjoyed meeting all those who stopped by our tent to say hello, learn about the ACLU of South Carolina and its mission in our state, and to sign up for e-mail updates.

Charleston Pridefest On Saturday, March 14, we marched with Pride and then greeted visitors at our information booth at the festival in Riverfront Park in North Charleston.  A big THANK YOU to the volunteers who made the ACLU of SC participation possible and fun, and thanks to Charleston Pride for organizing such a successful event.  Smiling faces from the event.

Stand Against Racism On April 29th, the ACLU of SC joined the YWCA and other partner groups at the Charleston YWCA for its second annual Stand Against Racism,  to help raise awareness that racism still exists in our communities and that it cannot be ignored or tolerated.  Special thanks to our volunteer/intern Ingrid Lesemann who represented us on the YWCA Stand Against Racism planning committee and managed our information table at the Stand.

Upstate Members meeting
Victoria Middleton, Executive Director of the ACLU of South Carolina, met with Greenville area members at Coffee Underground on March 22, 2011 to discuss ACLU issues and advocacy in South Carolina.

Law Lecture With Nadine Strossen Nadine Strossen, Professor of Law at New York Law School and past president of the ACLU (1991-2008) spoke Furman University on March 21, 2011.