Upcoming NYCLU Events
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03 / 4
Start: 7:00 pm
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The NYCLU Civil Liberties Discussion Series takes place from 7 – 8:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month. Each session consists of two parts: a guest speaker and open discussion. This month's discussion focuses on reproductive rights in New York. As President Bush has stocked our courts with conservative judges and the federal government continues to erode protections guaranteed by Roe v. Wade, we must take action to modernize our reproductive rights laws — laws that have not been updated since 1970 — in a way that will ensure healthy futures for us, our sisters, our daughters and for the next generations of New Yorkers. | ||
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03 / 6
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
A clip from "Brother Outsider - The Life Of Bayard Rustin""From the Margins: A look at the Intersection of Race, Gender & Sexuality" Drawing from the life and work of individuals such as Bayard Rustin and Huey P. Newton, the discussion will delve into the intersecting oppressions of race and sexuality, looking through the critical lens of where we have come from, the current state we are in and the struggle that continues into the future. | ||
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03 / 11
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Are you a young NYCLU supporter who is able and excited to … - serve as an ambassador for a great organization and contribute your skills and creativity to the forming and shaping of this group, Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
New York is the first state in the country to sign a contract with the federal government to implement a national identity card. National IDs would violate Americans' privacy rights by helping to consolidate data and facilitate tracking by the government. The government, your employer and your neighbors don’t need to know where you go or what you buy. Come to the forum, "Your Papers Please: What the Real ID Act Means for American Values," to learn more about the Real ID Act and how to stop it. St. John’s Episcopal Church Start: 7:00 pm
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A Celebration of Activism with Jim Hightower Sponsored by Common Cause/New York and New York Civil Liberties Union This event features New York area activists featured in Jim's new book, including: Martin Dunn, Dunn Development, Queens And representatives of: Slow Food USA Musical entertainment will be provided by the Granny Peace Brigade. Tuesday, March 11, 7 to 9 p.m. | ||
03 / 12
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03 / 13
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Get the flier! As federal protections of abortion access are weakened, New York’s leading reproductive rights organizations have been asking this question. The Bush administration has filled the courts with ultra-conservative judges that have made devastating decisions regarding women’s health. The Supreme Court’s unprecedented move to uphold the federal abortion ban last April was a wake-up call that we must fight to ensure that New York continues to protect and respect a woman’s ability to make private reproductive health care decisions. | ||
03 / 14
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03 / 15
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03 / 16
Start: 11:30 am
End: 2:00 pm
South Suffolk Chapter of the National Organization for Women, Pro-Choice League, Inc., the Suffolk County NYCLU and Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic, Inc. present "Brunch with Bill." Come hear legendary reproductive and civil rights activist Bill Baird speak on "Choice: Past, Present and Future." Sunday, March 16 Joining the discussion will be: Since the 1960s, Bill Baird has been fighting for, and securing, our privacy and reproductive rights. Among Baird’s landmark U.S. Supreme Court cases establishing rights to privacy, birth control and abortion, is Baird v. Eisenstadt, the 1972 case which laid the groundwork for, and was quoted in, Roe v. Wade the following year. | ||
03 / 17
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Get the flier! The evening will include a community gallery and discussions of the issues and ways to take action. | ||
03 / 18
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03 / 19
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03 / 20
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03 / 21
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03 / 22
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03 / 23
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03 / 24
Start: 8:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm
Hosted by the NYCLU’s Young Professionals, the Big Gay Variety Show will feature fun and exciting performances by songstress Our Lady J; Another Gay Movie's Michael Carbonaro; Mac Award-nominee Kate Pazakis (The Sexless Years); comedian Jeff Hiller; Melanie Adelman and Ellie Dvorkin from Mel and El: This Show Rhymes; hip hop artist Soce the Elemental Wizard; Transamerica's Bianca Leigh; Todd Buonapane from Broadway's 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; comedienne Poppi Kramer from The Biggest Loser; comedian Shawn Hollenbach; singing sensations The Dreams; and the Sizzle Twins. | ||
03 / 25
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03 / 26
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm
What: A forum on GENDA, the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act. GENDA would add gender identity and expression to the list of protected classes in the state's existing Human Rights Law. It would protect transgender individuals and those who don’t fit the stereotyped norm of gender, like a feminine man or masculine woman, from being denied or fired from a job, harassed in the workplace, evicted by their landlords, refused service in a restaurant, given inadequate medical care and otherwise treated as second-class citizens solely because of their gender identity and expression. | ||
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03 / 31
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04 / 1
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm
The NYCLU Civil Liberties Discussion Series takes place from 7 – 8:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month. Each session consists of two parts: a guest speaker and open discussion. Each month the Discussion Series hosts a speaker from the NYCLU, ACLU or other advocacy group to discuss a current civil liberties issue or controversy. Please join us Tuesday, April 1 at 7 p.m. in our offices at 125 Broad St., 19th floor. Following the presentations, NYCLU staff will lead a discussion with the speakers and attendees. Pizza and drinks will be provided to get the discussion going. | ||
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04 / 4
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
AN INNOCENT MAN IN GUANTANAMO: Five Years of My Life When: 7 p.m. Friday, April 4 Where: South Court Auditorium Cost: $15 general admission and $10 library donors, seniors and students with valid identification In October 2001, 19-year-old Murat Kurnaz, a Turkish citizen and legal resident of Germany, traveled to Pakistan to learn more about his Muslim faith. A few weeks later, on the day he was to return to Germany, Kurnaz was arrested at a police checkpoint without explanation. Kurnaz was then handed over to the U.S. military and transported to a U.S. military base in Afghanistan. After two months, Kurnaz was taken to Guantanamo and held prisoner for five years. | ||
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04 / 15
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Are you a young NYCLU supporter who is able and excited to … - serve as an ambassador for a great organization and contribute your skills and creativity to the forming and shaping of this group, | ||
04 / 16
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04 / 19
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
Join the NYCLU at the second annual peaceXpiece Earth Day concert and fair! Stop by our table for information, giveaways or just to say hi. Noon Saturday, April 19 at the Central Park Bandshell. Admission Free! The fesitval includes creation of a 1,000 piece green mural; performances by five nationally touring music acts including Matt Pond PA, Glint and supernumblivemachine; and keynote speeches from political leaders including NYCLU Executive Director Donna Lieberman. Click here for more information. | ||
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04 / 24
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Get the flier! Your Papers Please: What the Real ID Act Means for American Values Thursday, April 24 at 7 p.m. | ||
04 / 25
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
This vigil will honor the life of Lawrence King and other LGBTQ youth victims and survivors of violence, and allow LGBTQ/allied youth, providers and others to come together and inspire each other. Friday, April 25 from 6 to 8 p.m. Directions: A,C,E,F,V to West 4th Street; 1 to Christopher Street Glow-sticks will be distributed for the vigil, or bring your own. For more information, please contact Erica Braudy at ebraudy@nyclu.org or 212.607.3361. | ||
04 / 26
Start: 11:00 am
End: 6:00 pm
Join the NYCLU at the fifth annual Brooklyn Peace Fair! Stop by our table for information, giveaways or just to say hi. Saturday, April 26, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission Free! (Must bring photo ID) Speakers and presenters include: Debbie Almontaser, Eric Adams and Major Owens Performances by: Abiodun (Last Poets), Aja Monet (Def Poet), Ajah-Yo (Afoxe), Amanda Diva and Friends, Dragons of Zynth, Invincible (Anomolies), Mental Notes, Queen God!s, Ra Hendrix, Remi Kanazi, Stephanie Rooker, The Raging Grannies and their Daughters | ||
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