Faces of Liberty is about the Bill of Rights, civil liberties and New Yorkers. An educational project of the New York Civil Liberties Foundation and its Nassau Chapter, Faces of Liberty is a travelling photo-journal display of black-and-white photographs and accompanying text that puts human faces on what often can be complex civil liberties issues. The exhibits document 22 stories of men and women, boys and girls, who have stood up for their beliefs often in the face of great adversity. These are people who, in defense of their civil liberties, have been helped by the NYCLU. If your exhibit space is limited, you are welcome to rotate the exhibit or select those cases that you believe would be of particular interest to your patrons.

The downstate edition includes cases primarily from Nassau and Suffolk Counties, the lower Hudson Valley and New York City. The upstate edition presents cases from the Albany, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse areas and New York City. If you are interested in scheduling the exhibit in your library send an e-mail to dep1820@verison.net.

The development of the exhibits is the result of a cooperative effort by the people depicted, volunteers for the chapters and members of NYCLU’s professional staff. The exhibit circulates on a monthly basis in public, college, law school libraries and other venues and is available at no charge except the cost of sending it to the next library on the schedule.

Faces of Liberty Schedule

Downstate Schedule

2009
January 2- 28 Rittenberg Law Library, St. John’s Law School – contact Astrid Emel – 718-990-6826.

February 2 – March 11 – Brooklyn Law School Library – contact Linda Holmes 718-780-7974.

March 16 – April 28 – New York Law School Library – contact Nancy Guida 212-431-2325.

Upstate Schedule

To be announced.