ACLU of Santa Cruz County, CA

A UCSC Rally was held at Bay Tree Bookstore in May 2008 in support of immigration reform and against ICE raids. ACLU Board member Mike Rotkin spoke at the rally as a representative from the ACLU and the Santa Cruz City Council about Constitutional rights and immigrants. There were about 200 students present.

Save the Date: Thursday, April 17, 2008. Our local chapter is currently planning a panel discussion on current issues regarding privacy, featuring Nicole Ozer, the Technology and Civil Liberties Policy Director for the ACLU of Northern California. Look for futher details in the Event Announcements. (Click here to read more about the event. ) Hold a place on your calendar for what promises to be a fascinating discussion of privacy rights in the new era of electronic communications.

Hold a place on your calendar on Thursday, April 17, for what promises to be a fascinating discussion of privacy rights in the new era of electronic communications.

UC Santa Cruz’s 24th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation on January 30, 2008 features a talk by Julian Bond, chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Bond will speak on the topic “Civil Rights, Then and Now.” For more information, see the notice on the University of California at Santa Cruz website:

http://www.ucsc.edu/news_events/text.asp?pid=1800

The event, which is open to the public, will take place at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium.

"Voices From the Village", a television program on the local Santa Cruz Community Television channel recently featured a round table discussion of what has been referred to by some activists as the "Sleeping Ban," in reference to 6.36.010c and 6.36.010b. These and other local laws make intent to sleep or camp in a public area not intended for these kinds of activity a crime. Civil rights attorney Kate Wells, vice mayor Ryan Coonerty, and ACLU-SC board member Don Zimmerman participated in the debate.

You can watch streaming video of the program online at the Santa Cruz Indybay (Independent Media Center) website.

Multi-Venue EXHIBIT of Portraits by ROBERT SHETTERLY
Exhibition Dates: Nov 10 - Dec 21, 2007

• LOUDEN NELSON CENTER, 301 Center St., Santa Cruz
  Hours: M-Sat. 9a.m.-9:30p.m.
• CENTRAL LIBRARY
  224 Church St., Santa Cruz. Hours: M-Th 10-8; Fri. & Sat. 10-5, Sun. 1-5.
• THE ATTIC
  931 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. Hours M-Sat. 9-9, Sun. 10-9.
• SANTA CRUZ COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION
  324 Front St., Santa Cruz. Hours: M-Thurs. 10-4,Fri. 10-6.