[ACLU-CU ALERT] REMINDER: LIVESTREAM LUNCH TOMORROW!

[Champaign County ACLU Announcements]

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*DEAR ACLU FRIENDS,*
*Remember -- tomorrow! *
*BE OUR GUEST **for an inspiring *
*Lunchtime **LIVESTREAM WATCH PARTY!*

*FRIDAY **APRIL 4th  12 NOON*
*ROBESON ROOMS A & B*
*CHAMPAIGN PUBLIC LIBRARY*
*200 West Green Street*
(If you plan to come and have not RSVP'd, please RSVP to info at aclu-cu.org.
Even if you just come, we will be happy to have you!)

*KEYNOTE SPEAKER: SHERRILYN IFILL (wow!)*

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*Sherrilyn Ifill (she/her) *is a civil rights lawyer and scholar. From
2013-2022, she served as the President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP
Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the nation’s premier civil
rights law organization fighting for racial justice and equality. She
recently served as a Ford Foundation Fellow and as the Klinsky Visiting
Professor for Leadership & Progress at Harvard Law School. Ifill is
currently the Vernon Jordan Distinguished Professor in Civil Rights at
Howard Law School, where later this year she will launch the 14th Amendment
Center for Law & Democracy. Ifill holds a fellowship at the Museum of
Modern Art in New York. More about the amazing Sherrilyn Ifill.
<https://www.aclu-il.org/en/2025-keynote-speaker-sherrilyn-ifill>



*LUNCH:*
*FEEL FREE TO BRING YOUR OWN. *
*WE WILL PROVIDE A LIGHT LUNCH AND DRINKS FOR THOSE WHO RSVP. *
*OR ORDER FROM THE LIBRARY CAFE <https://champaign.org/visit/cafe>, PAY IN
ADVANCE, AND PICK UP WHEN YOU ARRIVE. *

*DOORS OPEN AT 11:45. PROGRAM 12 noon to 1:30. We will also hear from
Colleen Connell, Executive Director of ACLU ILLINOIS.  *
*Come and be inspired by two amazing activists -- and more! Stay and
socialize until 2 if you can!*

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*CAN'T MAKE THE LUNCH LIVESTREAM BUT WANT TO DONATE
<https://www.aclu-il.org/en/donate-0>? *
*Thank you for supporting our work. So much on our plate! *
*aclu-cu.org <http://aclu-cu.org>*
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