GET ACTIVE !

The ACLU is proactively working to protect your civil liberties all over the nation.  Our chapter is organized to address issues in our committees.  They are listed below with a summary of information and contact information.

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Immigrant Rights Committee

• ACLU Chico wants fair treatment for Immigrants
  Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, and the treatment of illegal immigrants are shameful.  Your ACLU is fighting to treat immigrants who come to this country fairly and with dignity.
  
  For information, contact:
  
  Rocio Guido, Committee Chair
  rocio@acluchico.org
  

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LGBT Committee

• ACLU Chico believes in equal rights for the LGBT community.
  Every individual deserves even-handed treatment by government and protection from discrimination in public and private life. We work to guarantee these equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.
  
  For information, contact:
  
  Emily Fisher, Committee Chair
  emily@acluchico.org
  

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Prisons & Criminal Justice Committee

• ACLU Chico believes in improving our criminal justice system.
  The members of the 'Prisons & Criminal Justice Committee' organize around specific projects as they become important in both our local community and the nation.  Within these parameters, Committee members organize around prison and criminal justice projects they care to work on, and invite others to join this work and define its direction.  Currently, members are working as part of the Restorative Justice Coalition, a Chico based alliance that is working to educate our community about restorative justice concepts and practices, with the goal of incorporating these into the Butte County criminal justice system.  Join our work! 
  
  For information, contact:
  
  Michael Coyle
  mjcoyle@csuchico.edu
  (530) 898-4965 

 

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Police Practices

• ACLU Chico believes in improved police practices.
  Our Police Practices committee is working with the leadership of the City of Chico to establish a "citizen's review board" to improve communication with law enforcement and to afford the public better access to information about our police department.
  
  For information, contact:
  
  Robert Trausch, Committee Chair
  bob@acluchico.org

 

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Youth Education

• ACLU Chico believes that educating our youth is crucial to ensure the protection of our civil rights.
  The ACLU of Northern California protects the rights of young people through litigation, legislation, and the Howard A. Friedman Education Project, a groundbreaking program that empowers and trains the next generation of activists. 
  
  For information, contact:
  
  Amy Fyrdundel, Committee Chair
  amy@acluchico.org