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NextGen Meeting: Find your voice. Create change.

The goal of this program is to provide students with a place to meet other young advocates, connect with community leaders, and learn new skills and information that will allow them to be better advocates in their schools and communities.

The purpose of this first meeting is for students to get to know each other and meet community organizing leaders in OKC. Students will also have a chance to brainstorm ideas on how to approach pressing issues in their communities.

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Trump’s Attacks on DEI Reveal Administration's Agenda for Second Term

The 2024 Trump campaign’s “anti-white racism” rhetoric threatens to unravel decades of progress on racial equality and civil rights. The ACLU outlines our plan to fight back.

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55 Years After Stonewall, Police Reform Stalls at Symbolic Gestures

The ACLU’s latest report shows how, despite efforts to show solidarity with the LGBTQ community, police harassment, violence and discrimination continues to target sexual and gender minorities.

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The Supreme Court Just Declined to Protect Emergency Abortion Care for Pregnant Patients. Here’s What to Know

Today’s ruling does not signal the end of the road in the fight for protecting life-saving emergency care, or the fight for our reproductive freedom.

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The Oklahoma Supreme Court Just Rejected the Nation’s First Religious Public Charter School

The creation of a Catholic public school violates the separation of church and state.

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What Voters Really Want for Immigration and Public Safety Reform

Ahead of the 2024 elections, voters are disillusioned with fear-based rhetoric from both candidates. The ACLU breaks down what solutions have the most public support.

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Overturning Roe is Just the Beginning

Two years after Trump’s Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the ACLU examines how a second Trump administration would further imperil abortion access and reproductive rights nationwide – and our roadmap to fight back.

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The Supreme Court's Gun Decision Is Not a Victory for Women

Domestic violence survivors deserve better than what the carceral system has to offer them.

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"Taking Pride in Who We Are"

When I challenged my school's sexist dress code, I was fighting not just for my rights, but for self-expression everywhere.

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The Supreme Court Rejected an Attack on Medication Abortion, But the Fight Is Far From Over.

The court ruled against anti-abortion groups on a technicality, but extremist politicians have vowed to continue efforts to restrict access to abortion nationwide.

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