2020 Annual Report
The power of our country has always been with the people. And even with a Biden-Harris Administration, we still have a lot of work to do to protect our rights and liberties. Where do we go from here?
March 11, 2021Annual Report
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2019 Annual Report
The ACLU of Maryland was founded in 1931 in response to lynching on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The organization’s first case was on behalf of a Black man named Orphan Jones who was charged with murder, denied counsel, and threatened with lynching.
March 16, 2020
2018 Annual Report
Our country, and our state, need all of us, wherever we are, to be involved. The ACLU knows from long experience that our rights don’t protect themselves.
December 3, 2018
2017 Annual Report
After 32 years at the ACLU I (Susan Goering) will retire in 2018, and I find myself taking stock of ACLU’s progress. We are in dark times now. Weawaken most mornings to another assault on the rights we cherish.
November 17, 2017
2016 Annual Report
A key to ACLU of Maryland’s impact is the intersection between civil liberties and civil rights that characterizes our work. Again and again, we see that when an individual’s rights are violated, a larger community is affected.
November 14, 2016
2015 Annual Report
As 2015 draws to a close, the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland prepares to celebrate its 85th year. Since March 8, 1931, the ACLU of Maryland has been on a mission to breathe life into the U.S. Bill of Rights, the Maryland Declaration of Rights, and civil rights laws.
February 1, 2015