News & Commentary

2011 has come and gone. The ACLU of Delaware has made great progress, but we are still focused on the future. Thank you for your support this year.

World AIDS Day, observed each year on December 1, redirects our attention away from the statistics and reminds us of the people behind those numbers.

On Monday, November 28th, members of the ACLU Club of Widener Law School and ACLU-DE Stay In School Coordinator, Alexandria Nedd, volunteered at the H. Fletcher Brown Boys and Girls Club in Wilmington.

This month, the ACLU of Delaware filed suit against the City of Wilmington for refusal to provide information regarding policies and procedures on the use of tasers and the department's acquisition and retention of cell phone records. Read more about the FOIA requests here.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Delaware (ACLU-DE) has sent a letter to the Capital School District Board of Education advising them that the social media policy they are considering for students violates the First Amendment of the U.S Constitution. The policy, as written, would govern student communication both on and off school property and would apply whether school or personal electronic equipment was used.

During the week of October 1-8, 2011, thousands of students, parents, educators, and advocates in 13 states will participate in a National Week of Action on School Pushout to promote local and national alternatives to the nation's current zero-tolerance school discipline culture.

Read an excerpt from the News Journal's coverage of the work the ACLU of Delaware is doing.

Sometimes the ACLU-DE gets to work on fun projects—like protecting the right of a street performer to play his guitar in Trolley Square. That was the case recently, when the Wilmington Police came down a little too hard on John Crowley and he turned to us for help.

A New Castle County high school changed its concert selections for 2011-2012 to bring them within constitutional requirements, after receiving correspondence from ACLU-DE and the ACLU Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief.