American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia
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Mission Statement
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is the nationwide non-profit, non-partisan organization devoted to ensuring free speech, equal rights, and other civil liberties. With a membership of over 3,000, the ACLU of the District of Columbia (ACLU-DC) now defends and expands civil liberties in the Nation’s Capital, including important Federal employee matters. Those who join us also become members of the National ACLU. Until April 2009, the ACLU-DC also serviced civil liberties, including several U.S. Supreme Court cases, in Prince George's and Montgomery Counties, which is now covered by the ACLU of Maryland. And until 1973, the ACLU-DC similarly covered Northern Virginia, including the landmark Loving Supreme Court case striking down laws prohibiting mixed-race marriages. The ACLU of Virginia now handles cases from Northern Virginia.
About This Cause
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is the nationwide non-profit, non-partisan organization devoted to ensuring free speech, equal rights, and other civil liberties. With a membership of over 3,000, the ACLU of the District of Columbia (ACLU-DC) now defends and expands civil liberties in the Nation’s Capital, including important Federal employee matters. Those who join us also become members of the National ACLU. Since the formation of the ACLU-DC in 1961 (formerly known as the ACLU of the National Capital Area), our Mission has been to protect and expand civil liberties through legal action, legislative advocacy, and public education. Until April 2009, ACLU-DC also serviced civil liberties, including several U.S. Supreme Court cases, in Prince George's and Montgomery Counties, which is now covered by the ACLU of Maryland. And until 1973, ACLU-DC similarly covered Northern Virginia, including the landmark Loving Supreme Court case striking down laws prohibiting mixed-race marriages. The ACLU of Virginia now handles cases from Northern Virginia. Each year we review more than 10,000 requests for legal assistance. Sometimes a local case goes all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. We also work with government agencies, trying to defend liberty without litigation. Besides individual court cases, we are using public education, coalition-building and legislation to get, for instance, effective citizen review systems for police in our local jurisdiction.