Santa Cruz ACLU honors champions on Feb. 3

Please join the ACLU Santa Cruz Chapter on Sunday, February 3 as we celebrate our accomplishments in 2018 and honor local social justice champions! This year’s honorees include:

  • Ann Simonton, founder and director of Media Watch.
  • Cynthia Berger, founder of Santa Cruz Tenants Association.
  • Denise Elerick, co-founder of Harm Reduction Coalition of Santa Cruz County.

Our keynote speaker is nationally known civil rights and police misconduct attorney John Burris.

ACLU SANTA CRUZ CHAPTER ANNUAL CELEBRATION AND AWARDS CEREMONY

Celebrate civil rights champions in your community!

Sunday, February 3, 2 p.m.
Peace United Church
900 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060

This event is a chance to learn how to join your local ACLU chapter and fight for issues that you care about. Santa Cruz County Chapter members work on many civil liberties issues including criminal justice reform, digital privacy, immigrants’ rights, racial justice, and economic justice. Chapters are the ACLU’s ambassadors in communities, and we work to keep lawmakers and other elected representatives on their toes by advocating for ACLU priorities and issues. During this event, we will hold our annual election of chapter board members.

Sign up now and help protect and expand civil rights in Santa Cruz!

This event is wheelchair accessible. Light refreshments will be provided.

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