<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="display: block;"><img id="<ii_m836w30y0>" src="cid:15BB0DA2-82B6-4203-B8FC-25B773C3D97C" alt="ACLU-CU-LOGO.alt2.jpeg" class="Apple-web-attachment" style="opacity: 1;"><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size: small;"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size: small;"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4">Dear ACLU Friends,</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size: small;"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4" color="#073763">We want to let you know about an opportunity this <b>WEDNESDAY March 12 at noon</b> 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.</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><h3 style="font-size: 16.8px; margin: 0px 0px 3px; color: rgb(19, 31, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px;"><br></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 3px; color: rgb(19, 31, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px;"><a href="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" title="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" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(19, 31, 51);"><font size="4">A Conversation with Yasmin Cader of the ACLU</font></a></h3><div style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 21px;"><p style="color: rgb(88, 89, 91); font-family: Arial; margin: 0px 0px 21px; line-height: 22px;"><font size="4">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: <a href="https://i-links.illinois.edu/?ref=mrgAAIQxEDT8CPKzM-vrl1vynnyRyb5CAQAAAETiCoVx_Ln3-y_fYo81-wZJI9quUoiU6f15id2_irbYUdtAhNET3V94kd_j_uKS5EWpOiGfFa3R9TPIL_Vp6IxII_ZJ6niBbdFD3VXCxzrA9iK4YuH7ggwuHTvnerR4YibsRTI227mYpSSCK7JHmkYGZMI5djHQGHsWE2dHVkpIKO5m2hUFINMV5lcZsmjxdcPaEiGDEy5UsThubJhF-YgnvvnsL-nIe1iKie3AZobl" title="https://i-links.illinois.edu/?ref=mrgAAIQxEDT8CPKzM-vrl1vynnyRyb5CAQAAAETiCoVx_Ln3-y_fYo81-wZJI9quUoiU6f15id2_irbYUdtAhNET3V94kd_j_uKS5EWpOiGfFa3R9TPIL_Vp6IxII_ZJ6niBbdFD3VXCxzrA9iK4YuH7ggwuHTvnerR4YibsRTI227mYpSSCK7JHmkYGZMI5djHQGHsWE2dHVkpIKO5m2hUFINMV5lcZsmjxdcPaEiGDEy5UsThubJhF-YgnvvnsL-nIe1iKie3AZobl" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(81, 96, 166);">https://www.youtube.com/live/i5Fg9jsgRrE</a>. </font></p><p style="color: rgb(88, 89, 91); font-family: Arial; margin: 0px 0px 21px; line-height: 22px;"><font size="4"><br></font></p><p style="color: rgb(88, 89, 91); font-family: Arial; margin: 0px 0px 21px; line-height: 22px;"><font style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><font color="#ff0000" style="font-size: 36px;">AND, please consider taking this action before 3/17.</font></font></p><p style="color: rgb(88, 89, 91); font-family: Arial; margin: 0px 0px 21px; line-height: 22px;"><font style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><font color="#58595b" style="font-size: large;">The State Department wants to change passports to have only M and F as options for gender. </font></font><span style="font-size: large;">We are passing this on from the national ACLU:</span><br></p><table role="presentation" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" style="color: rgb(88, 89, 91); font-family: Arial; border-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><tr><td valign="top" style="border-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(60, 53, 50); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 15px 0px 20px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(212, 212, 212);"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px;"><b>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.</b> <strong>And they're required to review every comment before taking action. </strong><b style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">SO WE ARE FLOODING THE COMMENT PAGE!!!</b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" style="color: rgb(88, 89, 91); font-family: Arial; border-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><tr><td valign="top" style="border-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 22px; padding: 15px 0px 20px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(212, 212, 212);"><span style="font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(60, 53, 50);">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. </span><br><p style="font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(60, 53, 50); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px;"><b style="color: rgb(88, 89, 91); font-family: Arial;">HERE'S THE LINK (with suggested text) to easily SUBMIT A COMMENT:</b><span style="color: rgb(88, 89, 91); font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(88, 89, 91); font-family: Arial;"> </span><strong style="color: rgb(88, 89, 91); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </strong><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(88, 89, 91); color: rgb(88, 89, 91);"><a href="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" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://action.aclu.org/reg-action/hands-off-our-passports-stop-attacking-transgender-americans?initms_aff%3Dnat%26initms_chan%3Deml%26utm_medium%3Deml%26initms%3Dadv-na-sb-gradead-nat-250228_publiccomment-lgbtq-transrights-tipassports%26utm_source%3Dsb%26utm_campaign%3Dtipassports%26utm_content%3Dadv-na-sb-gradead-nat-250228_publiccomment-lgbtq-transrights-tipassports%26ms_aff%3Dnat%26ms_chan%3Deml%26ms%3Dadv-na-sb-gradead-nat-250228_publiccomment-lgbtq-transrights-tipassports&source=gmail&ust=1741708547689000&usg=AOvVaw2PhWJhPFB6KHpMyiEgps6q" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">aclu.org/passport</a> </strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px;"><font color="#58595b"><span style="caret-color: rgb(88, 89, 91);"><b></b></span></font></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div><div style="display: block;"><br></div><div style="display: block;"><p style="color: rgb(88, 89, 91); font-family: Arial; margin: 0px 0px 21px; line-height: 22px;"><b style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><font size="4">THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO. 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