Welcome back Civil Libertarians!
Please bear with us as we update the blog, but here’s our upcoming list of events:
1. Monday 9/12: First General Body Meeting. Please come out to vote and share any ideas for the year! 1Ls are welcome (and encouraged) to run for positions. At the moment, it looks like we’ll need a secretary, a treasurer, a co-chair, and two debate co-chairs! 1 PM in room 603. I’ll send out a more detailed description of those positions closer to the meeting. Project or speaker proposals are welcome here, or you can email such to aclu.bls@gmail.com at any time. (Free food)
2. Friday 9/16: Religious Freedom Under Attack: The NYPD and Anti-Mosque Activities. 1 PM in the Student Lounge (Free Halal food). We are thrilled to welcome Udi Ofer, NYCLU Advocacy Director, and Cyrus McGoldrick of the Council on American-Islamic Relations – New York to speak. This event is co-sponsored by the Muslim Law Students Association.
Mr. Ofer recently published a report on this topic:
http://www.nyclu.org/
http://www.google.com/
Cyrus McGoldrick also raps as “the Raskol Khan” and his music has been covered in the media for its focus on tolerance. Check out his music here: http://www.myspace.com/cyruskhan
3. Monday 9/19 1PM Room 503: First Know Your Rights Street Law Pro-bono Training. Old members will recall that last year we did a few “Know Your Rights” trainings, but only referred to the military recruitment training as our pro-bono. That program has just been restructured this year. Our pro-bono will include a series of “know your rights” trainings on a variety of topics and we’ll do street education after all of them. This first training will be on students’ rights with military recruiters, as part of this NYCLU project: http://www.nyclu.org/issues/
Look forward to seeing you all!
Liz Komar
C0-Chair
