[ACLU-CU ALERT] EVENT WEDNESDAY/ACTION REQUEST by 3/17

[Champaign County ACLU Announcements]




Dear ACLU Friends,

We want to let you know about an opportunity this WEDNESDAY March 12 at noon at the auditorium of the Law School -- open to the public in person or via livestream -- to hear from someone from the national ACLU office.

A Conversation with Yasmin Cader of the ACLU <https://i-links.illinois.edu/?ref=mrgAAKmRe1eB_3hnj6ovlE3lOYuSSaDbAQAAAETiCoVx_Ln3-y_fYo81-wZJI9quUoiU6f15id2_irbYUdtAhNET3V94kd_j_uKS5EWpOiGfFa3R9TPIL_Vp6IxII_ZJ6niBbdFD3VXCxzrAKj2edMEEK7eQ5FM00vUZ6hnVd6Jk0YjhUocYyiGVoIOgbyZluTjD1-u5ILTD1PEA-Px0CCpgedxU_B827_0V4vzmtsAulmQ0y-av9OW7Abre7F24NSLJsGRJyupyNuymp-cVCR_tZxg7J1IVL2iPEE6h_0Rq-L9mN0fVSJCL5m3DGLw3DhSZUkG203skGqA9>
For the Paul M. Van Arsdell, Jr. Memorial Lecture on Litigation and the Legal Profession, the College of Law is pleased to welcome Yasmin Cader, deputy legal director at the ACLU and director of the Trone Center for Justice and Equality, Cader will be in conversation with professor Colleen Murphy. Free and open to the public; livestream also available: https://www.youtube.com/live/i5Fg9jsgRrE <https://i-links.illinois.edu/?ref=mrgAAIQxEDT8CPKzM-vrl1vynnyRyb5CAQAAAETiCoVx_Ln3-y_fYo81-wZJI9quUoiU6f15id2_irbYUdtAhNET3V94kd_j_uKS5EWpOiGfFa3R9TPIL_Vp6IxII_ZJ6niBbdFD3VXCxzrA9iK4YuH7ggwuHTvnerR4YibsRTI227mYpSSCK7JHmkYGZMI5djHQGHsWE2dHVkpIKO5m2hUFINMV5lcZsmjxdcPaEiGDEy5UsThubJhF-YgnvvnsL-nIe1iKie3AZobl>. 



AND, please consider taking this action before 3/17.

The State Department wants to change passports to have only M and F as options for gender. We are passing this on from the national ACLU:

The State Department is accepting public comments through the end of this week for people to submit their concerns about the new passport policy that forces trans, intersex, and nonbinary people to out themselves any time they have to show ID. And they're required to review every comment before taking action. SO WE ARE FLOODING THE COMMENT PAGE!!!

Donald Trump's transphobic, unconstitutional policies are trying to force trans people out of public life – but with your help, we won't let them. Thanks for submitting your comment today. 
HERE'S THE LINK (with suggested text) to easily SUBMIT A COMMENT:   aclu.org/passport <https://action.aclu.org/reg-action/hands-off-our-passports-stop-attacking-transgender-americans?initms_aff=nat&initms_chan=eml&utm_medium=eml&initms=adv-na-sb-gradead-nat-250228_publiccomment-lgbtq-transrights-tipassports&utm_source=sb&utm_campaign=tipassports&utm_content=adv-na-sb-gradead-nat-250228_publiccomment-lgbtq-transrights-tipassports&ms_aff=nat&ms_chan=eml&ms=adv-na-sb-gradead-nat-250228_publiccomment-lgbtq-transrights-tipassports> 


THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO. Stay strong and feel free to pass this on!

ACLU of CHAMPAIGN COUNTY

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