Get Active

 

Ready to take action? Then get involved with one of these great volunteer opportunities!

 

 

Youth Union

 

Purpose: to provide youth with the tools and resources to advocate for their own rights and liberties.

 

Special Activities:

 

  • Become a new media activist.
  • Help distribute our student rights handbook.
  • Recruit candidates for ACLU Scholarships.

 

Membership Committee

 

Purpose: to recruit ACLU members and be a consistent presence in the community by distributing ACLU materials on our priority issues.

 

Special Activities:

  • Table at community events.
  • Create and distribute educational materials on pressing civil liberties issues.
  • Work with chapter activists to enhance our statewide presence.

 

Racial Justice Campaign

 

Purpose: to combat racism in all its forms by educating and empowering the public on civil liberties issues that affect people of color, and to specifically raise awareness about the continuing problem of racial profiling across Arizona.

 

Special Activities:

  • Help organize Know Your Rights forums.
  • Distribute Know Your Rights information and bust cards.
  • Participate in advocacy efforts to eliminate Arizona's felon voting ban.

 

Observer Committee

 

Purpose: to protect the civil liberties of political activists by monitoring protests and demonstrations and documenting the illegal or improper conduct of law enforcement.

 

Special Activities:

  • Join the on-call response team for protests, demonstrations, raids, etc.
  • Work with board members & volunteer attorneys to organize training schedule.

 

LGBT Rights Campaign

 

Purpose: to influence public opinion on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights BY reforming state policy and advocating in our local communities.

Special Activities:

 

  • Participate in LGBT events such as Rainbow Festival and Phoenix Pride.
  • Empower LGBT students to start their own Gay Straight Alliances (GSAs) on campus
  • Lobby public officials to pass civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation.

 

To get involved, please contact:
Addy Bareiss, Program Coordinator
Email or 602.650.1854 x 115