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Washington D.C. Rally for Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:45:13 -0700

Start: Mar 21 2010 - 5:34pm

End: Mar 21 2010 - 5:34pm

The NYCLU’s going to Washington to fight for immigration reform.

Get on the bus!

Our broken immigration system has led to a civil rights and liberties crisis in New York and across the country. The NYCLU and our allies are mobilizing in Washington, D.C. to ensure that President Obama and Congress pass comprehensive immigration reform this year that protects everybody’s rights. Thousands of people will be there. Will you?

Oral Argument in Hurrell-Harring v. State of New York before the State Court of Appeals in Albany

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:51:08 -0700

Start: Mar 23 2010 - 2:00pm

End: Mar 23 2010 - 2:00pm

On Tuesday, March 23 at 2 p.m., the State Court of Appeals will hear oral argument in Hurrell-Harring v. State of New York, the NYCLU's landmark legal challenge to the state's fractured and dysfuctional public defense system.

The lawsuit argues that New York’s failure to provide adequate funding, resources and oversight to the public defense system threatens to deprive people cgharged with crimes who cannot afford lawyers of their constitutional right to meaningful and effective assistance of counsel.

Comprehensive Immigration Reform Discussion: Albany

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:06:49 -0800

Start: Mar 24 2010 - 4:00pm

End: Mar 24 2010 - 4:00pm

Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Presentation to the Action Program Commission of the Capital Area Council of Churches

4 p.m. Wednesday, March 24
First Lutheran Church
646 State St. at Cortland in Albany

Please call Melanie Trimble at (518) 436-8594 or email mtrimble@nyclu.org if you would like to attend this presentation.

Justice Speaks: An Open Mic Night in Hempstead to Promote Social Justice

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:59:34 -0800

Start: Mar 25 2010 - 7:00pm

End: Mar 25 2010 - 7:00pm

Click here to view or download the flier (PDF).

Join us on Thursday, March 25 in Hempstead for an open mic night to benefit the NYCLU.

Everyone's invited to take the stage and express themselves with a song, poem, story or however they choose.

Voices from the Community: A Buffalo Discussion on Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:15:36 -0700

Start: Mar 30 2010 - 7:00pm

End: Mar 30 2010 - 7:00pm

Join us at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo on Tuesday, March 30 for a community discussion on how comprehensive immigration reform can benefit citizens and immigrants alike. The discussion will approach this large and important issue from several angles, including immigrant, religious and civil liberties perspectives.

Panelists include:

Sophie Feal, supervising immigration attorney, Erie County Bar Association

Lourdes Iglesias, executive director, Hispanics United of Buffalo

The Big Gay Variety Show

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:55:37 -0700

Start: Apr 13 2010 - 7:00pm

End: Apr 13 2010 - 7:00pm

The Third Annual
BIG GAY VARIETY SHOW

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