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Tuesday, September 17, 2013—7:30 p.m.
Dumke Commons, Occidental College
1600 Campus Road, Los Angeles
“ T h e R o a d A h e a d f o r
C i v i l L i b e r t i e s ”
A C L U - S o C a l E x e c u t i v e D i r e c t o r
H e c t o r V i l l a g r a
“ S u r v e i l l a n c e , D e t e n t i o n , P r i v a c y & N a t i o n a l S e c u r i t y : C h a l l e n g i n g G o v e r n m e n t O p p r e s s i o n o f
O u r C o m m u n i t i e s ”
A C L U - S o C a l S e n i o r S t a f f A t t o r n e y
A h i l a n A r u l a n t h a m
P o l it i c s P r o f e s s o r T h a l i a G o n z á l e z
Free Public Event, Hosted by the Politics and History Departments and the ACLU-SoCal Pasadena/Foothills Chapter
Contacts: Prof. Thalia González ([email protected]) and
Prof. Marla Stone ([email protected])
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F r e e d o m o f S p e e c h
L G B T E q u a l i t y
C r i m i n a l J u s t i c e &
D r u g P o l i c y R e f o r m
P r i v a c y & S u r v e i l l a n c
R e p r o d u c t i v e J u s t i c e G e n d e r E q u a l i t y
Im m ig r a n t R i g h t s
R e l i g i o u s L i b e r t y P r is o n e r R i g h t s
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ACLU on the Frontline: DefendingOur Civil Rights and Civil LibertiesOrganizing an ACLU Chapter to Serve Occiden-tal College & Surrounding Communities
What: ACLU Organizing Public ForumWhere: Occidental College, Dumke CommonsWhen: Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Eagle Rock, California—31 August 2013: Faced with such challenges as massivesurveillance of personal communications, offensive intrusions into women’s reproductiverights, widespread efforts to deny long-held voting rights, and unheraldedlevels of immigrant deportations, protecting our rights and liberties aremore important than ever.
The 90-year-old American Civil Liberties Union has long stood in the fore-front of battles to protect civil liberties and civil rights in matters like these,
involving freedom of speech, religious liberty, criminal justice and drugpolicy reform, privacy, and LGBT rights, among others.
To help equip a new generation of civil rights activists at Occidental Col-lege, the ACLU of Southern California has been working with faculty to seeif Occidental students, faculty, and staff might be interested in starting anew ACLU chapter to engage civil liberties challenges on campus and in sur-rounding communities.
“Faculty and students at Occidental College have a long history of workingfor social justice and are thrilled to host this exciting event highlighting thepast, present, and future work of the ACLU-SoCal,” says Politics Professor
Thalia González, who has been working with fellow professors Marla Stoneand Thad Russell and ACLU volunteers and staff to organize the September17th discussion.
That evening, ACLU-SoCal Executive Director Hector Villagra will discussthe work the ACLU’s Southern California afliate has been undertaking inrecent months, followed by a discussion between Prof. Gonzalez and Ahilan Arulantham,Senior Staff Attorney at the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, about what life is like foran ACLU attorney.
“The legacy of injustice, segregation, bias, and unfairness has continually constrained
the opportunities in many communities,” continued Professor González. “Only throughcollective resistance can we protect our rights and liberties.”
The evening will conclude with a discussion of the merits of forming a new ACLU chapteron campus, what that would entail, and who would like to be involved.
Contact Prof. Thalia González ([email protected]), Prof. Marla Stone ([email protected]), or ACLU-SoCal Pasadena/Foothills Chapter president Dick Price (213.434.4643)with questions.