Birthday Fundraiser for the ACLU of MN

As you may know, I have served on the board of the ACLU of MN since 2016. This is an organization that I am passionate about and personally support. During these uncertain times, the ACLU of MN has worked tirelessly, as always, to protect civil liberties and advance the cause of justice.

Please consider supporting this important, wide-reaching work! 

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Our goal to safeguard and advance civil liberties is more urgent than ever. We are working hard to protect the well-being, safety and the  rights of all Minnesotans, especially the most vulnerable and marginalized among us.

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, our legal, legislative and organizing teams have pulled every available lever to protect people who are uniquely vulnerable to the virus:

• We filed a petition against the state Department of Corrections to keep prisoners, staff and the outside community safe at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Moose Lake (MCF-Moose Lake), where COVID-19 is spreading like wildfire.
• We sent a Data Practices request to Nobles County Sheriff Kent Wilkening. We are asking him to provide his plans to reduce COVID-19 in the county jail, as well as information about any punishments of inmates or grievances filed by them related to Coronavirus.
• We urged the Legislature to ensure election officials are ready to do what’s necessary to protect our right to vote while keeping people safe from COVID-19. In a time of crisis, ensuring the fundamental right to vote is more critical than ever.
• We joined the Legal Rights Center in calling on state officials to make sure kids in juvenile detention are safe from COVID-19. The coalition urged state officials to halt new admissions; release kids whenever possible; continue access to legal counsel, education and treatment for children; and stop sending kids back to detention for technical violations.

And the list goes on as we work to protect immigrants in ICE detention, to fight to restore the right to vote to more than 53,000 Minnesotans who are on felony probation or parole, and to safeguard everyone's rights in this unprecedented time. We do this work because we are passionate about civil liberties, and we are effective.

Your donation helps us tackle this critical work by taking on more legal actions, expanding our legislative presence, creating new advocacy campaigns and reaching more new volunteers to help us stay in the fight while we stay home.

Please donate today so you can be part of our important work to defend the civil rights and liberties of Minnesotans now, during the COVID-19 crisis, and into the future. We are stronger together.