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PAST EVENTS:

A special thank you to those who attended our 2010 ACLU Liberty Awards Event. The honorees were:

• Senator Bettye Davis, Equal Access to Justice Award
• Hugh Fleischer, Charlie Parr Lifetime Achievement Award
• Byron Mallott, Eric Johnson Champion of Native Rights
• Senator John Rader, Champion of Women’s Rights
• Allan Tesche, Champion of the Bill of Rights

Summer '09 IN FAIRBANKS! Come meet other civil libertarians. Hear an update on ACLU activities in Alaska with Fairbanks Board Directors and Executive Director.

Share your concerns and recommendations  for issues to be addressed. Download PDF >

ANCHORAGE:  Mark your calendar – Saturday, April 11.  Meet Denny LeBouef, Director of the ACLU's John Adams Project, assisting in the defense of the capitally charged Guantanamo detainees.  For details, email akclu@akclu.org. 

FILM: Brother Outsider, The Life of Bayard Rustin

We wouldn’t remember Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream Speech” had there not been a March on Washington in 1963. This is the life story of the man who made that historic march possible. Black, gay, master organizer, and ardent believer in the principles of nonviolence, Bayard Rustin’s life is an inspiration for all of us.

CONSTITUTION WEEKEND was held on January 9 & 10, 2009. Thanks to all who attended. We will be posting some photos soon!

ACLU Wins at Pride 2008

The ACLU of Alaska celebrated PrideFest in Anchorage with a stellar contingent of marchers and an Information Booth (with Pride Cones) on the Park Strip. "The ACLU has historically fought for the advancement of LGBT rights. Sponsoring PrideFest and marching in the Parade is a fun way to let people know who we are and to demonstrate our support," said LGBT Public Policy Coordinator, Tiffany McClain.

Perhaps impressed by our foam Statue of Liberty crowns, or grateful for all the Frisbees and beads we gave away to onlookers, Parade Judges awarded the ACLU of Alaska with a 3rd Place trophy for Best Marching/Walking Unit. "This means that next year we'll have to find a way to out-do ourselves," McClain said. "We're the ACLU. We aim to win." She's open to your creative suggestions: tmcclain@akclu.org

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"Last month, California’s Supreme Court recognized the right of same-sex couples to be married. The ACLU of Alaska applauds this recognition of lesbians and gay men as fully equal citizens under the law, and we disapprove of Attorney General Talis Colberg’s attempt to nullify this victory. In November, those who oppose equality will ask Californians to write discrimination into their constitution and to approve the denial of basic civil rights to gays and lesbians. On this basis Attorney General Colberg, along with the Attorneys General of nine other states, has asked California’s justices to postpone the effective date of their landmark decision. The California Supreme Court decision was based on the tenets of the California constitution as it is now—not as it might be in the future. As Americans and Alaskans, we should never seek to diminish civil liberties or to delay the protection of constitutional rights."

—Tiffany McClain
ACLU of Alaska LGBT Public Policy Coordinator