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This post is part of our Winter 2017 issue of Connection, our quarterly newsletter. To read the whole newsletter, click here.

Giving Tuesday is November 28, 2017. Join ACLU-DE in supporting voting reform and civil rights throughout the state by eating at one of your favorite restaurants!

This post is part of our Fall 2017 issue of Connection, our quarterly newsletter. To read the whole newsletter, click here.

On Tuesday, January 10th, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a confirmation hearing for the position of U.S. Attorney General. Committee members should leave no stone unturned when questioning Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III of Alabama, President-elect Trump's nominee for the position of attorney general.

As we look back on 2012, we see all that has been accomplished, and what still needs work in the coming year.

UPDATE: Thanks to your response, the Delaware State Senate voted by a  large majority to pass HB 9 in the final days of the legislative session. This was the “first leg” of the constitutional amendment process. In order for the provisions of HB 9 to become part of the Delaware Constitution, a bill identical to HB 9 must pass in the next General Assembly as well. Thank you for helping take the first steps needed to expand the voting rights of people who were convicted of a felony and paid their debt to society. We look forward to your support again next year. In the mean time, make sure to let your elected representatives know that Delaware deserves expanded participation in our democracy, not restrictions to voting rights.

The Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League Young Professionals and the Delaware Human Relations Commission sponsored a forum on voting rights in celebration of Black History Month.