AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INC
39 DRUMM STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111 www.aclunc.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: The ACLU Foundation of Northern California, Inc. (ACLU NC Foundation), a California nonprofit public benefit corporation described in Section 501(c)(3), conducts litigation, policy research and advocacy, public education, and community organizing in order to protect and defend civil liberties and civil rights. Acting on the firm belief that liberty must be protected for everyone if it is to be enjoyed by anyone, the ACLU NC Foundation works to defend the rights of all. The ACLU NC Foundation is particularly concerned about freedom of expression, the right to privacy, due process, and equal protection under the law.

THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, INC. (ACLU NC FOUNDATION) CONDUCTS LITIGATION,POLICY RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING IN ORDER TO PROTECT AND DEFEND CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS.

DEDICATED POLICY PROJECTS-THE ACLU NC FOUNDATION MAINTAINS A NUMBER OF DEDICATED POLICY PROJECTS THAT CONDUCTRESEARCH, POLICY ANALYSIS, PUBLIC EDUCATION, COALITION-BUILDING, AND POLICY ADVOCACYON KEY ISSUES. THESE INCLUDE THE AREAS OF: 1) TECHNOLOGY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES, 2)REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE, 3) CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND DRUG POLICY, 4) EDUCATION EQUITY, 5)IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS, AND 6) VOTING RIGHTS. THESE POLICY PROJECTS DEVELOPED AND RELEASED MAJOR REPORTS, PRODUCED EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, AND ENGAGED STAKEHOLDERS TO ADVANCE POSITIVE CHANGE. THESE PROGRAMS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO POSITIVE POLICY CHANGES.

LEGAL PROGRAM - THE ACLU NC FOUNDATION MAINTAINS AN ACTIVE DOCKET OF OVER 50 CASESTO CHALLENGE VIOLATIONS OF CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS. THE CASES ADDRESS AWIDE RANGE OF CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES, INCLUDING THE FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOM OF SPEECHAND RELIGION, AS WELL AS RELATED ISSUES OF OPEN GOVERNMENT; CASES RELATED TOPRIVACY, IN A RANGE OF ARENAS SUCH AS REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, SURVEILLANCE, ANDTECHNOLOGY; CASES RELATED TO DUE PROCESS IN THE POLICE, CRIMINAL JUSTICE ANDIMMIGRANTS RIGHTS ARENAS, INCLUDING ACCESS TO COUNSEL; CASES RELATED TODISCRIMINATION AND EQUAL PROTECTION, ESPECIALLY IN THE CONTEXTS OF RACIAL JUSTICE,SEX AND GENDER EQUALITY, AND LGBT EQUALITY. THE LEGAL PROGRAM BRINGS CASES ON LOCALMATTERS AT THE CITY, COUNTY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT LEVEL, AT THE STATE AGENCY AND STATEGOVERNMENT LEVEL, AND ON ACTIONS OF FEDERAL AGENCIES. THE LEGAL PROGRAM IS STAFFEDIN SAN FRANCISCO AND IN FRESNO AND SACRAMENTO, AS PART OF THE ACLU NC FOUNDATIONS PRIORITY OF DEDICATING RESOURCES IN THE CALIFORNIA CENTRAL VALLEY.

COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC EDUCATION -THE ACLU NC FOUNDATION BELIEVES THAT IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN ITS MISSION OFPROTECTING CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, IT MUST ALSO ENGAGE AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC TOENSURE BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND GREATER SUPPORT FOR THESE RIGHTS. TO THIS END, THEACLU NC FOUNDATION ENGAGES IN SEVERAL FORMS OF COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC EDUCATION.FIRST, THE ACLU NC FOUNDATION WORKED VERY SUCCESSFULLY WITH PRINT, TV, RADIO ANDDIGITAL OUTLETS TO PUBLICIZE CASES AND POLICY PROJECTS, RECEIVING LOCAL, STATEWIDEAND NATIONAL COVERAGE. SECOND, THE ACLU NC FOUNDATION PRODUCES EDUCATIONAL MATERIALSSO PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES MOST AT RISK OF RIGHTS VIOLATIONS CAN KNOW AND UNDERSTANDTHEIR RIGHTS AND USE THEM.

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