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Jul 5, 2023

My Journey to a New Apartment: Throwing Personal Information into an Unknown Void

Speech and Privacy
While searching for a new apartment in Atlanta recently, I was alarmed and stressed out by some of the information I was asked to provide. Most frightening was having to let these companies use scans of my...
By Jerzy Shedlock
While searching for a new apartment in Atlanta recently, I was alarmed and stressed out by some of the information I was asked to provide. Most frightening was having to let these companies use scans of my...
By Jerzy Shedlock
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Facial recognition generic photo
Jun 27, 2023

Reflecting on the Impact of Dobbs Ruling a Year Later

Reproductive Freedom

ACLU of Ga. Philanthropy Officer Nicole Berman remembers sitting on her couch and crying last year when the Dobbs ruling came out. She was filled with a visceral fear and despair, for all Americans who just...

By Nicole Berman, CFRE

ACLU of Ga. Philanthropy Officer Nicole Berman remembers sitting on her couch and crying last year when the Dobbs ruling came out. She was filled with a visceral fear and despair, for all Americans who just...

By Nicole Berman, CFRE
Jun 25, 2023

ACLU’s Southern Legal Internship Program aims to build a pipeline of Black civil rights lawyers

The interns will contribute to crucial campaigns in areas that most affect minoritized communities in the region, including voting rights, education, gender justice, and criminal legal reform.
By Jerzy Shedlock
The interns will contribute to crucial campaigns in areas that most affect minoritized communities in the region, including voting rights, education, gender justice, and criminal legal reform.
By Jerzy Shedlock
SLIP participant and Nneka at the ACLU of Georgia offices
SLIP participant and Nneka at the ACLU of Georgia offices
Jun 20, 2023

For as Long as People have Sought Political Change, Actors in Power have Tried to Repress their Voices to Maintain Status Quo

As the Civil Rights Movement demanded a free and just society that Black Americans could take part in, bail funds were essential to fight back against government oppression.
As the Civil Rights Movement demanded a free and just society that Black Americans could take part in, bail funds were essential to fight back against government oppression.
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Generic protest photo
May 19, 2023

Here's How Georgia's New Voting Law Harms Voters With Disabilities

Voter Rights

Rules in the new voting bill hit people with disabilities particularly hard because of their reliance on absentee voting.

Rules in the new voting bill hit people with disabilities particularly hard because of their reliance on absentee voting.

A sandwich board with directions posted on signs showing the way to vote outside a Cobb County voting building in Marietta, Ga.
A sandwich board with directions posted on signs showing the way to vote outside a Cobb County voting building in Marietta, Ga.
May 17, 2023

Former ACLU of Ga. Fellow Creates Youth Leadership Program in Tanzania

Voter Rights
Ally Seif Ramadhani wanted to make life better for youth in Tanzania growing up amid political strife and environmental degradation. He left his country to learn how, joining the ACLU of Georgia for a...
By Jerzy Shedlock
Ally Seif Ramadhani wanted to make life better for youth in Tanzania growing up amid political strife and environmental degradation. He left his country to learn how, joining the ACLU of Georgia for a...
By Jerzy Shedlock
Former fellow Ally Seif Ramadhani teaching students enrolled in his new youth grassroots program, the KIRANJA Project.
Former fellow Ally Seif Ramadhani teaching students enrolled in his new youth grassroots program, the KIRANJA Project.