Maplewood Ideas Festival: The ACLU and American Life
From Brown v. Board to Roe v.
Past Events
HiTOPS Trans Youth Forum
The annual HiTOPS Trans Youth Forum is the only event of its kind, created by and for trans, nonbinary, and otherwise gender expansive young people.
Writing with Fire: Fearless Women Fighting for Change
In celebration of Women's History Month, this PSEG True Diversity Film Series event focuses on India's only all-female news network. In the United States, a changing media landscape has shuttered many print newspapers and reduced the budgets for local reporting.
Disrupting A Vicious Cycle: Ending Police Violence and Transforming Our Criminal Legal System
With each new devastating act of police violence, questions echo through our homes and communities. How do we stop the murder of Black people at the hands of law enforcement? How do we prevent Black people from being arrested, imprisoned, and killed for crimes they didn’t commit?
Ballots and Democracy: A New Scholarly Agenda
The Seton Hall Legislative Journal Symposium is an all-day event with four panels on the relationship between election law and democracy.
New Jersey Voting Rights Act Launch
As one of the most diverse states in the country, New Jersey must step up in strengthening voting rights and dismantling barriers to the ballot that disproportionally impact communities of color. New Jersey must pass the New Jersey Voting Rights Act (NJVRA).
Labor of Love: Reproductive Rights, Health, and Justice in New Jersey
Explore the shifting landscape of reproductive health, rights, and justice with ACLU-NJ, Center for Reproductive Rights, If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice, and New Jersey Women Lawyers Association for “Labor of Love” on February 14.
Community Reinvestment Public Hearing
Don't let the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission decide how millions in community reinvestment funds will be spent without your input. Tune in to the public hearing on Wednesday, January 18.
Community Reinvestment Public Hearing
Don't let the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission decide how millions in community reinvestment funds will be spent without your input. Tune in to the public hearing on Tuesday, January 10.
NJPAC & PSEG True Diversity Series Presents: Reproductive Rights
The Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade this year, marking an end of nearly half a century of the constitutional right to abortion. As states establish their own abortion guidelines and restrictions, there’s no question that women of color will be disproportionately affected.