Introducing the Arkansas Voter Protection Project
In a year when our right to vote and access to the ballot is under attack, defending our democracy will take all of us.
The ACLU talks to reporters, does TV and radio interviews and issues press releases to get our message out.
In a year when our right to vote and access to the ballot is under attack, defending our democracy will take all of us.
I’m deeply honored that after a nationwide search, the ACLU of Arkansas Board of Directors entrusted me to become the new executive director of our affiliate.
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to inflict severe hardship on Arkansas families and communities, federal protections against evictions are expiring – and in Arkansas’s case, these protections never existed at all.
Together with our partners and allies, the ACLU is working to bring an end to our country’s long nightmare with police violence.
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to inflict unprecedented economic devastation on Arkansans and our communities, this crisis is exposing one of the most glaring gaps in Arkansas’ notoriously weak social safety net: an eviction process that criminalizes poverty and favors landlords over renters.
On Monday, for the third straight night, protesters in Little Rock demanding justice for George Floyd and other victims of police violence were met by tear gas and brutality by law enforcement officers in riot gear.