Now more than ever, you need to support the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
When Trump was elected, and so many of us were flat on the mat or reeling in shock, the ACLU had its fists up and was ready to fight back.
On the morning of November 9, ACLU President Anthony Romero wrote a letter to Trump, putting him on notice that several of his campaign promises, if enacted, would violate the Constitution, and the 97-year-old nonprofit would dog him mercilessly over any such thing he tried.
It has gone after Trump with vigor and ferocity ever since.
The ACLU takes a lot of crap for sticking up for unpopular people who say unpopular things. If the ACLU hasn’t yet defended someone you find repugnant, give them time. They will.
That doesn’t change the fact that we need the ACLU now more than ever. Romero put his finger on its value in an article in Fast Company when he likened it to the U.S.’s insurance policy.
The organization got a powerful, historically unprecedented surge of support in the wake of the election. It received $15 million in online donations before Inauguration day, and during the first weekend of the Muslim travel ban in January 2017, it took in another $24 million–a sum equivalent to roughly six times what it reaps online in a year.
Trump is attacking bedrock American values on several fronts. The ACLU is, and will continue to be, on the front lines in the effort to push back.
We at OTYCD realize you’ve probably helped the ACLU in some way already. More than 350,000 contributors gave money during that January weekend. But we’re asking you to consider stepping up to the next level.
Given to the ACLU once? Consider becoming a monthly donor. Already a monthly donor? Consider increasing your donation, even if the increase is only small. Not a member yet? Join the 1.6 million who are. Already a member and donating monthly? Urge your friends to do more.
Can’t afford to do anything that costs money? Read up on the ACLU, follow it on social media, and defend it, firmly and unwaveringly, from those who fear and hate it.
Read the Fast Company piece about what the ACLU has done in the wake of the 2016 election:
https://www.fastcompany.com/40407576/how-the-aclu-is-leading-the-resistance
See its website:
Find your local ACLU:
https://www.aclu.org/about/affiliates
Read about the history of the ACLU:
https://www.aclu.org/about/aclu-history
Join the ACLU:
Donate to the ACLU:
https://action.aclu.org/donate-aclu?ms=web_horiz_nav_hp
Become a monthly donor:
Like the ACLU on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/aclu.nationwide
Follow it on Twitter:
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Read about how it took in a historically unprecedented number of donations since the election and following the first implementation of the Muslim travel ban:
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