[ACLU-CU ALERT] ACLU AUG 2025 NEWSLETTER

[Champaign County ACLU Announcements]

Never-Regular, Always True… 
News from Your Local ACLU

https://www.aclu-cu.org <https://www.aclu-cu.org/>

AUGUST 2025
 
Dear Members and Friends,
 
SAVE THE DATE! Our annual meeting is 
Sunday, October 5 from 3 – 5
at the Lake House in Crystal Lake Park. See you there!
 
WTF?! THINGS ARE FALLING APART! 
Join us to learn what ACLU is doing in Illinois to protect our democracy. And what you can do to help. We need your participation now more than ever. And we need each other. Speakers, snacks and short business meeting.
 
MORE EVENTS:

Monday, August 25, 2025
7 pm
Yellow & Co., Mahomet
15th Congressional District Town Hall
Speakers include Ed Yohnka from ACLU-IL and Jane McClintock from ACLU-Champaign County. (Rep. Mary Miller has been invited but hasn’t responded. Oh my!)
 
More info and register for a free ticket here: 
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/15th-congressional-district-town-hall-tickets-1574942638829
 
 
PRIDEFEST *** Later than usual but still on!
Saturday October 25 
March with ACLU in the parade! It’s a blast!
Join us afterward at our table at the Pride Fair.
More info at the annual meeting and next newsletter.
 
 
URBANA SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE
ACLU of Champaign County supports the ordinance still under consideration by the Urbana City Council concerning the acquisition of surveillance technology by the Urbana Police Department. We feel strongly that surveillance technology should be acquired only with public consent and should include policies that regulate its use. Most Urbana residents we have spoken with feel strongly about protecting their private data and their civil rights and liberties. This ordinance has been vetted by the ACLU of Illinois legal staff.
 
YOU CAN READ THE ORDINANCE BY SCROLLING DOWN to PAGE 4:
https://mccmeetings.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/urbanail-pubu/MEET-Packet-bc637dfc7d1f4c3ca4401b3a1f353dbc.pdf
 
READ OUR RECENT LETTER TO THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR HERE: aclu-cu.org/SurveilOrdAUG25.pdf <http://aclu-cu.org/SurveilOrdAUG25.pdf>
 
SPEAK UP -- If you live in Urbana, express your support for the ordinance (Ordinance No. 2024-12-042. AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING APPROVAL, POLICY, AND REPORTINGREQUIREMENTS FOR POLICING SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY AND DATABASES) to your City Council representative. YOUR VOICE MATTERS!
 
Write the full council at this address: citycouncil at urbanail.gov <mailto:citycouncil at urbanail.gov>
Or find your council member’s address here: https://www.urbanail.gov/city-clerk/page/city-council
 


LEARN: About the recent Supreme Court session from experts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsI22gZ41nE
 
Remember -- you can join ACLU, renew or donate here: https://www.aclu-il.org/en/donate. If you are a state or national member and live near Champaign County, you are a member of our chapter. We are happy to have you and appreciate your support!
 
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Thanks for supporting ACLU of Champaign County!
 
 
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