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ACLU of Arkansas Lauds Valley View School District Decision Not to Ban Book, The Kite Runner
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 3, 2012Little Rock, AR - The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas is praising Monday night's decision by the Valley View School Board in Jonesboro, Arkansas to keep the book, The Kite Runner in the 12th grade English curriculum. A substitute teacher had tried unsuccessfully to have the book removed from the classroom on the basis that it contained a homosexual rape scene, profanity, content pertaining to Islamic belief, and lacked Biblical views.
Arkansas Cradle-to-Prison-Pipeline Summit
On Thursday, keynote speaker Oleta Garrett Fitzgerald, Children's Defense Funds Southern Regional Office director, spoke during the opening session of the Arkansas Cradle-to-Prison Pipeline Summit.
Arkansas Supreme Court Strikes Down Parenting Ban As Contrary To Children’s Welfare
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 7, 2011
Pro-Choice Action Needed!
Please call every member on the Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee before Tuesday.
Arkansas' War on Women Final Report: The 2011 Legislative Session
This session the ACLU of Arkansas and it's coalition members, especially Planned Parenthood, and Arkansas NOW, successfully held the tide against 14 measures that threatened reproductive freedom and would have negatively impacted women's health.
The Arkansas Legislature’s War on Women Wages on:
Opponents' of Women's Health and Autonomy Make Gains in State Senate, Suffer Losses in House
ACLU Argues Before Arkansas Supreme Court To Uphold Ruling Striking Down Parenting Ban
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 17, 2011
ACLU In Court Thursday To Defend Ruling Striking Down Arkansas Parenting Ban
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 16, 2011 CONTACT: Robyn Shepherd, (212) 519-7829 or 549-2666; [email protected] LITTLE ROCK, AR - The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Arkansas will present arguments before the Arkansas Supreme Court Thursday, March 17 at 9:00 CDT to ask that the court uphold a ruling striking down Arkansas' ban on unmarried couples, including same-sex couples, from adopting or serving as foster parents. In April 2010 the Pulaski County Circuit Court found that the law, known as Act 1, did not serve the state's interest in determining what is best for children. The state of Arkansas is challenging the circuit court's ruling.
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