<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;"><p class="MsoTitleCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 28pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 26pt; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);">Never-Regular But Ever-True… <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoTitleCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 28pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 26pt; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);">News </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 22pt; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);">from</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 26pt; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"> Your Local </span></b><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192);">ACLU </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 26pt; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><img height="97" src="cid:0171F042-2B42-4550-8C32-7F62A93B9019" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_4" alt="cid:clip_image001.jpeg"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(68, 114, 196);">aclu-cu.org JUNE 2025<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(68, 114, 196);"> </span></p><p class="MsoTitle" style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 28pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 26pt; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);">Dear ACLU Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Hurray for everyone who came out to protest in Urbana on June 14!</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">This was an epic national protest that sent a powerful message! In Illinois, there were over 40 protests in response to the escalating threats to our rights and democratic institutions. We have to keep building on this momentum. It’s critical for us to be out in the streets peacefully <b>demanding</b> that this administration respect the rule of law and submit to the checks and balances that have kept our democracy going for over two centuries. We did it on June 14 and we will have to do it again and again so don’t recycle those signs yet.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Know Your Rights When Protesting: <a href="https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 784px;"><tbody><tr><td width="33%" valign="top" style="width: 392px; padding: 0in;"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 392px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding: 0in 0in 0in 15pt;"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(35, 42, 51);"><img border="0" height="141" src="cid:436585A1-734C-4770-8865-B013F03DFDD6" alt="Dissent is patriotic sign.jpeg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_3"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td width="33%" valign="top" style="width: 392px; padding: 0in;"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 392px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding: 0in 7.5pt;"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(35, 42, 51);"><img border="0" height="142" src="cid:B95004A5-7AF5-4B52-A383-A1461CA21BD3" alt="Free speech free country sign.jpeg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(68, 114, 196);"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(68, 114, 196);"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(68, 114, 196);"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(68, 114, 196);">WE NEED TO KEEP SPEAKING OUT EVERYWHERE, EVERY DAY!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Our government is doing so many things all at once that skirt the rule of law, that ignore checks and balances, and that overreach the authority of the executive branch. <span style="background: white;">We are seeing efforts nationwide to silence dissent, punish political opponents, undermine the role of the courts, target immigrants and communities of color, and much more. </span><b>We have to speak up and speak out! And keep speaking out! </b>To help,<b> </b>the ACLU of Illinois has created a <a href="https://www.aclu-il.org/en/news/speaking-out-against-abuse-power" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">website</a> with talking points and resources about ABUSE OF POWER and what you can do. Please share it!<b><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(68, 114, 196);"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; background: white;"></p><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 784px;"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0in;"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; background: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="33%" style="width: 262.46875px;"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width: 262.46875px; padding: 0in;"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 262.46875px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding: 0in 15pt 0in 0in;"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(35, 42, 51);"><img border="0" height="142" src="cid:47ADFCA0-CCA4-492D-BC5F-072E45F4287C" alt="We the people and free speech free country signs.jpeg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; background: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);">ICE in your community?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">If you witness ICE arresting people in your community, <b>please report it to the </b></span><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background: white;">ICIRR (Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights) hotline</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background: white;"> at 1-855-435-7693. Please do NOT report rumors.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(68, 114, 196); background: white;">TRANSGENDER CARE FOR MINORS – LEGAL, PROTECTED, AVAILABLE in ILLINOIS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="m590344734617199525msonospacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">On June 18 the Supreme Court of the United States issued a divided opinion that allows the State of Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for youth under eighteen to be enforced. In Illinois, gender-affirming care for youth and adults is available, legal, and protected.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="m590344734617199525msonospacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> <b><i> </i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="m590344734617199525msonospacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">No one should be confused by any headline around this ruling: gender-affirming care is life-saving healthcare, and it remains safe and legal for youth and adults in Illinois. If you or someone you love is currently receiving or needs gender-affirming care in Illinois, it will not be affected by this Supreme Court decision.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="m590344734617199525msonospacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="m590344734617199525msonospacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Over the past few years, families, activists, advocates, and legislators in Springfield have worked to ensure that gender-affirming care is legal and available to all patients in Illinois. We have also put in place legal protections for health care providers who offer this care to their patients. Trans rights are under attack in many places around the country. In Illinois, we are doing everything we can to protect and provide access to this important healthcare.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="m590344734617199525msonospacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);">TRAVELING ABROAD THIS SUMMER?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">If so, you may want to read this information about your data on your electronic devices, including cellphones, and the government’s right to search them when you re-enter the United States.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/can-border-agents-search-your-electronic" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/can-border-agents-search-your-electronic</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Come chat with us at our table in the last row at the Urbana Farmers’ Market on Saturday June 28! Want to get more involved? Come and help staff the table for a half hour between 8-12. Email </span></b><a href="mailto:info@aclu-cu.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">info@aclu-cu.org</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.aclu-il.org/en/donate-0" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><b>DONATE, JOIN, RENEW</b></a> TO SUPPORT ACLU of ILLINOIS AND OUR WORK.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Thanks for supporting <b><span style="color: rgb(68, 114, 196);">ACLU of Champaign County</span></b>. 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