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Resources 

ACLU of Ohio Reports

Presentations

 

ACLU of Ohio Newsletters

ACLU of Ohio Newsletter Spring 2012

2011 Year in Review — ACLU of Ohio Annual Report Winter 2011

ACLU of Ohio Newsletter Fall 2011

ACLU of Ohio Newsletter Fall 2010

2009 Year in Review — ACLU of Ohio Annual Report Winter 2009


Criminal Justice

Earned Credit in Ohio's Prisons Spring 2011

Overcharging, Overspending, Overlooking: Cuyahoga County’s Costly War on Drugs Summer 2011

Prisons for Profit: A Looks at Prison Privatization Spring 2011

Reform Cannot Wait: A Comprehensive Examination of the Cost of Incarceration in Ohio from 1991-2010 Summer 2010


First Amendment

10 Things You Can Do to Protect the First Amendment Summer 2007

Banned Books Week Briefing Packet Fall 2008

Banned Books Week Event Toolkit Summer 2010

Scopes Monkey Trial: A look back 85 years later Fall 2009

Why the ACLU Defends Free Speech for Unpopular Groups Fall 2007


Juvenile Justice

Juvenile Rule 3: Ensure Young People Have Legal Counsel Winter 2011

Evaluating Juvenile Justice in Ohio: A Report Card Winter 2011


Know Your Rights

Students! Know Your Rights Fall 2010

Protesters: Know Your Rights Summer 2008
Click here for 4-up layout (two-sided, 4 cards per sheet)

What to Do if The FBI or Department of Homeland Security Wants to Question You Fall 2004

What to Do if You're Stopped by the Police
Summer 2011


LGBT Rights

LGBT Activism 101: Expand rights in your community! Summer 2011

Starting a Gay/Straight Alliance in Your School Summer 2011

Transgender People and the Law: Frequently asked questions
Spring 2009


National Security and Privacy

Obama and National Security: A Civil Liberties Report Card Spring 2010

Top Ten Myths About Illegal NSA Spying on Americans Spring 2007


Open Meetings and Public Records

Public Records and Open Meetings: Your Rights as a Citizen Fall 2009


Voting Rights

Ohio Voter Empowerment Card Summer 2011
Click here for 2-up layout (two-sided, two cards per sheet)
View a web version of the card

Have you been convicted of a crime? You still have the right to vote.
Download a PDF Fall 2011


Youth Rights

Military Recruiting Database and Your Privacy Fall 2007

Sexting: A civil liberties briefing from the ACLU of Ohio Fall 2010

Starting a Gay/Straight Alliance in Your School Summer 2011

Student Poll Worker Card Summer 2008

Student Poll Worker Card for Teachers Summer 2008

Students! Know Your Rights Fall 2010

Tips to Prevent Sexting Summer 2009

Teens and Technology: What Parents, Teachers and Students Need to Know Summer 2009

Your Health and the Law: A Guide for Teens Winter 2009


These publications are available in Spanish:

Conozca sus derechos: Que debe hacer si la Policía, el FBI,  los Agentes de Aduana, o los Funcionarios de Inmigración los interrogan Primavera 2004

Que debe hacer si la Policía los detiene Verano 2008