WE DARE TO MAKE A MORE PERFECT UNION
Working with District residents and supporters to protect and advance civil liberties and civil rights through public education, political advocacy, and litigation.
Thank you to all of our members, donors, partners, volunteers, and supporters for being a part of this vital work!
2025 in Review: Defending Democracy in D.C. and Beyond
Fighting Trump's Power Grab
Protecting D.C. Home Rule
The Trump Administration’s power grab to seize control of D.C.’s police force and deploy the National Guard in our streets only intensifies the need for D.C. Statehood. At the same time, we’re educating people across the states about why defending D.C.’s autonomy and right to self-governance matters.
First Amendment Rights
The First Amendment protects fundamental freedoms for everyone in the U.S., laying the groundwork for so much of our democracy. Here in the nation’s capital, protecting these rights for all is vital.
Immigrants’ Rights
When the government has the power to deny legal rights and due process to one group of people, it puts all of our rights in danger. Everyone in the U.S. has guaranteed rights under the Constitution, including protections against unlawful searches and seizures, the right to remain silent, the right to speak to an attorney, and due process guarantees if detained or facing removal proceedings regardless of their immigration status.
Our Supporters
FROM DONOR
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ACLU-DC in Action
Know your Rights
ACLU-DC has been around for 64 years, and in that time, we’ve organized, trained, and advocated for everyone to know their rights. This past year as D.C. has been flooded with local and federal law enforcement in service of a partisan power grab, this work is more important than ever.
Defending Federal Workers
Rights for ALL
IMMIGRANT RIGHTS HUB
Understanding your rights and preparing for potential changes are critical steps towards protecting yourself and your community. Whether at home, in the workplace, or in public, knowing these rights and how to assert them is vital.
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LGBTQ Rights Hub
From the first days of the second Trump administration, LGBTQ+ people’s rights have been under attack. Regardless of your sexual orientation or gender identity, you have guaranteed rights under the U.S. Constitution and D.C. Law. Understanding your rights and preparing for potential changes to the law are critical steps toward protecting yourself and your community.
OUR LEADERS
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FROM Board President
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Thank you to everyone who makes this work possible!
Cooperating Partners and Pro Bono Attorneys
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
American Immigration Council
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
Asian Americans Advancing Justice
Atkinson Law Group
Brennan Center For Justice
Cato Institute
Center for Gender & Refugee Studies
Center for Constitutional Rights
Covington & Burling LLP
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
D.C. Open Government Coalition
Democracy Forward
First Liberty Institute
Hogan Lovells LLP
Human Rights First
Institute for Justice
Kalijarvi Chuzi Newman & Fitch P.C.
Latham & Watkins LLP
Latino Justice PRLDEF
Law Office of Jeffrey L. Light
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP
Jenner & Block LLP
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
National Center for Youth Law
National Immigrant Justice Center
National Immigration Law Center
National Immigration Project of National Lawyers Guild
Public Accountability
Public Citizen Litigation Group
Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia
Tara Reinhart
Joe Sandman
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sidley Austin LLP
David L. Sobel
Southern Poverty Law Center
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Texas Civil Rights Project
Wash. Lawyers’ Comm. for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs
Washington Legal Clinic for Homeless
Williams & Connolly LLP
WilmerHale
Julia York
Would you like to help us live up to the promise of the Constitution?
Ways to help defend democracy
2025 Bill of Rights Celebration
THANK YOU
Each year, we come together along with our donors, supporters, volunteers, partner organizations, clients, and community members to celebrate another year of fighting for civil rights and liberties in the district. It’s a night of community and solidarity where we honor those who have courageously gone above and beyond in preserving civil rights here in the District of Columbia.
Thank you to our sponsors, awardees, and everyone who attended our Bill of Rights Celebration in 2025! Please join us for our 65th anniversary celebration this year on May 12th, 2026!
