Calling all straight allies, members of the LBGT community and supporters of civil liberties: Come MARCH with us!

On Sunday, June 29, join the NYCLU as we march to celebrate our work promoting and protecting the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender New Yorkers.

Come with us! Feel the energy of NYC Pride and meet other LGBT rights supporters and advocates. We’ll give you a t-shirt and lots of goodies to give out along the way.

The House of Representatives passed an unprecedented wiretapping bill that grants sweeping new spying powers to the President and leaves little court oversight to protect privacy rights.

This bill, if passed by the Senate and signed by the President, will have very serious implications for civil liberties, privacy, and our system of checks and balances.

As part of the NYCLU continuing Civil Liberties Discussion Series, Danielle Tully of the ACLU’s National Security Project will discuss the civil liberties issues at play and the ACLU and NYCLU’s objections to the President’s wiretapping plan.

Please Join Us!

for

A lively, comprehensive assessment of the
U.S. Supreme Court’s
2007-2008 decisions which directly affect civil liberties:

DEATH PENALTY  |  GITMO  |  VOTER’S RIGHTS

with

ARTHUR EISENBERG
Legal Director, New York Civil Liberties Union

STEVEN SHAPIRO
Legal Director, American Civil Liberties Union

Thursday, July 10, 2008

A Concert to Benefit the Youth Programs of the NYCLU

NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
566 LaGuardia Place (Washington Square South)
NY, NY 10012

Monday, July 21 at 7:30 p.m.

Honorary Chairs:
Tony Kushner
and
Stephen Sondheim

Chair, Michael David, Barbara Whitman

Featuring:
Tony Award Nominees and Stars:

• Daphne Rubin-Vega (Rent, Les Mis)


Daphne Rubin-Vega at the 2007 performance

Check out last year's performance here

• Daniel Sunjata (Take Me Out, Rescue Me)
• Kathleen Chalfant (Wit, Angels in America)
• John Gallagher (Spring Awakening)
• Cheyenne Jackson (Xanadu, All Shook Up)
• Celia Keenan-Bolger (Les Mis, Spelling Bee)
• Anthony Rapp (Rent)
• Gavin Creel (Godspell)
• Julia Murney (Wicked)
• Darius de Haas (Marie Christine)
• Todd Buonopane (Spelling Bee)
• Erich Bergen (Jersey Boys National Tour)
• Dana Steingold (Godspell, Spelling Bee)
• The Cast of Godspell
• The Cast of Jersey Boys
• And Founding Performer Liana Stampur with Clinton Curtis

MORE EXCITING PERFORMERS TO BE ANNOUNCED

Last month, in the landmark District of Columbia vs. Heller case, the Supreme Court decided for the first time that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects an individual’s right to possess a firearm for private use.

Until Heller, the court held — and the ACLU agreed — that the Second Amendment protects a collective right that applies only to state-regulated militias.

Which interpretation is correct?

Join the NYCLU’s continuing Civil Liberties Discussion Series for an intriguing conversation between NYCLU Legal Director Arthur Eisenberg, Reason Magazine Associate Editor Damon Root and Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow Walter Olson about the intersection of civil liberties and guns. Should individuals have the right to bear arms? If so, is this a fundamental right guaranteed under the Constitution?

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In January, school safety agents handcuffed Denis Rivera, a 5-year-old special education student, for throwing a temper tantrum in his kindergarten class. Thirteen-year-old Chelsea Fraser was arrested last year after she wrote the word "okay" on her school desk. In October, East Side Community High School principal Mark Federman was arrested after he tried to prevent a student from being humiliated by the police.

We need your help to end the over-policing of schools, and to support graduation not incarceration!

On Thursday, Aug. 14, students, parents, teachers and principals will rally at City Hall to call on the City Council to pass the Student Safety Act. This civil rights bill will provide a common sense solution to the policing excesses besieging our schools.

Tell the New York City Council that you support it! Join the New York Civil Liberties Union and members of the Student Safety Coalition on the steps of City Hall, 260 Broadway, and tell your representatives to pass the Student Safety Act.

11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 14
260 Broadway, New York City

For more information, contact Angela Jones at ajones@nyclu.org or 212.607.3376.