Press Releases

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Aug 24, 2017

ACLU of Georgia Schools Oakwood on First Amendment After Suppression of Student Protest

The ACLU of Georgia sent a letter today to the mayor and police chief of Oakwood, Georgia rebuking the city for shutting down a student protest organized by the Young Democrats of Hall County last month.
Aug 17, 2017

ACLU Appeals Case of Georgia Woman Fired for Getting Her Period at Work

In a brief filed in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Georgia and co-counsel Buckley Beal LLP argued that their client, Alisha Coleman, was subjected to unlawful workplace discrimination when she was fired for experiencing a heavy period, a sympto
Aug 08, 2017

ACLU of Georgia Puts Chatham County on Notice Over Threats to Purge Voters from Rolls

The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia put Chatham County on notice today over letters sent to Thunderbolt resident Jennifer Hill and other voters threatening to remove them from the voter rolls in violation of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA).