ACLU is launching 'People Power' project to resist Trump policies in cities
By David Weigel March 9 at 5:06 PM
The 98-year-old American Civil Liberties Union is delving into direct action and activism, with a March 11 event in Florida kicking off a new “People Power” project aimed at getting cities to reject President Trump’s policies.
In a memo shared with The Washington Post, the ACLU plans to add volunteers — it has already recruited more than 2,000 — for “a plan to fight the Trump administration lawfully and systematically, not just by defending each individual as they are detained, harassed, or deported.”
It’s developed nine principles for activists to organize around and demand from civic leaders, from a prohibition on “surveillance of a person or group based solely or primarily upon a person or group’s actual or perceived religion, ethnicity, race, or immigration status” to several ideas that would mean noncompliance with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
“People Power volunteers will put pressure on elected officials and local law enforcement officials through targeted grassroots action to urge adoption of the ‘Freedom Cities’ nine ‘model’ state and local law enforcement policies,” the ACLU states in the memo. “As a volunteer organizer you don’t have to understand all the ins and outs of the legal language to advocate for these policies and rules. What you need to know and advocate for is that these are the policies and rules for law enforcement that the ACLU has determined our cities, towns and counties need to protect Muslims, immigrants and refugees from some of the worst abuses of the Trump administration.”
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Our library is hosting a meet up & viewing, so many signed up, may have to move to larger space! YAY!
check out People Power site for your local events.
Ps. Thank you for this post! 