AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF OHIO FOUNDATION INC
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Education
The ACLU of Ohio provides speaking programs on issues of civil liberties, Know Your Rights presentations to adolescents and local and national experts on constitutional rights, and a speakers bureau. Additionally, the ACLU of Ohio participates in forums, conferences and other events to raise awareness on civil liberties topics.
Legal
The ACLU of Ohio handles cases that involve serious violations of civil liberties by the government; this could include a local police department, a state agency, or a public school, for instance. Cases focus on issues of constitutionality, including violations of free speech, right to assemble, and privacy. As we do not have a large staff of lawyers, we only take cases that will affect a broad segment of the population and impact interpretation of the law in years to come.
Where we work
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
1. In 2013 and beyond, the ACLU of Ohio will remain vigilant in protecting and expanding access to the ballot box for all Ohioans. Ohio saw an extraordinary campaign season in 2012, marked by calculated efforts to suppress the votes of citizens. Voting rights must be vigorously protected, particularly in off-election years when public attention dissipates. The ACLU of Ohio will continue to raise awareness about voting rights, particularly by empowering citizen's re-entering society and educating Ohio's jailed population of their voting rights.
2. The criminal justice system is fraught with potential civil liberties abuses. The ACLU of Ohio will work to raise public awareness and advocate to reform policies that undermine rehabilitation and perpetuate inhumane treatment. The ACLU of Ohio hopes to improve conditions in Ohio's prison systems by challenging solitary confinement practices, the privatization of prisons and services, and advocating for the elimination of unjust pay-to-stay programs.
3. The ACLU of Ohio will train the next generation of civil libertarians through education programs and supporting civic engagement by encouraging student poll worker programs. These programs will empower young people to stand up for their principles and combine abstract civil liberties philosophies with concrete experiences.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
1. A continual focus of the ACLU of Ohio is educating individuals on their voting rights. In 2012, the ACLU of Ohio embarked on a public awareness campaign to empower citizens to understand changes to voting, know their rights, and push for greater access to the polls, particularly among people who are continually disenfranchised. The ACLU of Ohio participated in numerous voter education rallies and distributed more than 100,000 voter empowerment materials (in English and Spanish) across Ohio.
Another effort undertaken was that of enfranchising ex-offenders. The ACLU of Ohio hosted a telephone town hall to combat the vast amount of misinformation surrounding the voting rights of the formerly incarcerated. This single event reached nearly 10,000 people, grateful to learn about their rights and energized to share the information with loved ones. It marks major progress in ensuring that all Ohioans have a voice in our democracy.
2. A Unioto High School student was brutally assaulted because of his sexual orientation—the culmination of months of bullying that went largely unaddressed by the school administration. The victim, Zach, suffered physical injures from the beating, which was recorded by another student and posted online. In the days following the attack, the video sparked national outrage at Zach's treatment.
The ACLU of Ohio represented Zach and his family, because every child deserves a safe learning environment, free from violence and cruelty no matter one's sexual orientation. By working with school officials, the ACLU of Ohio was able to reach a settlement for Zach that included an agreement from school administrators to implement staff training to address the bullying climate at the school, so that what happened to Zach doesn't happen to other students.
3. A major aim of the ACLU of Ohio is juvenile justice—protecting young people's rights and focusing on rehabilitation rather than punishment. A critical ally in this work has been the Ohio Public Defender. The OPD conducts exit interviews with youth released from juvenile corrections system in Ohio and has requested the ACLU of Ohio's “Know Your Rights" materials to include in the packet of educational materials and resources each youth receives upon release. Distributed across Ohio, these materials will educate youth on their rights, an important step in keeping children from falling victim to unjust policies that funnel them into juvenile and criminal justice systems.
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AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF OHIO FOUNDATION INC
Board of directorsas of 12/21/2018
Mr. Jack Guttenberg
Raphael Davis-Williams
Jack Guttenberg
Hasan Kwame Jeffries
Ebony Speakes-Hall
Susan Becker
Laurie Briggs
Sue Carter
Bradford Davy
Lori Urogdy Eiler
Darlene Norwood English
Terri Enns
Laura A. Gold
Wilson Huhn
Curtis Maples
Joseph Mead
Erik F. Meinhardt
Paul Moke
Jonathan Peters
LaChelle Simmons
Dorian Slaybod
Lloyd Snyder
Michael R. Uth
Daniel Chand
Adarsh Krishen