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The Alabama Solution
Join us for an important screening of The Alabama Solution, followed by a community conversation around detention conditions in Oklahoma. The Alabama Solution is a powerful documentary that exposes the realities of Alabama’s prison system and centers the voices of those living within it. The brutality shown in the documentary is not unique. In a way, it shows every prison because of the violence and oppression that prison breeds. The film invites us to confront the human cost of incarceration, the forces that allow injustice to persist, and the urgent need for accountability and systemic change. Join advocates working across issues of incarceration, immigration detention, and the death penalty in Oklahoma for a community conversation after the screening that discusses how the film relates to what is happening in Oklahoma and actions you can take to fight injustice in our state.
Hosted by the Tulsa Artist Fellowship, the Julius Jones Institute, and the ACLU of Oklahoma, this event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served, and we will be joined by local community organizations who will provide free resources and ways to stay involved in advocacy efforts.
The Long History of Discrimination in Job Hiring Assessments
Job hiring assessments can unfairly discriminate against individuals based on their protected characteristics. We outline how to strive for a future where skills and potential, not bias, determines our opportunities.
A Comic That Illustrates the Fight to Protect Free Speech on Campus
Nowhere is free speech more important than on university campuses. These comics explore why student activism must be protected from censorship and government interference.
Eight Supreme Court Cases To Watch
This term, the Court will rule in cases addressing reproductive rights, gun control, social media regulation and more hot-button issues.
States Dust Off Obscure Anti-Mask Laws to Target Pro-Palestine Protesters
In today’s world of constant surveillance, people protesting should have the right to wear a mask
A Mistake Shouldn’t Mean Exile or Prolonged Mandatory Detention
Nyynkpao Banyee arrived in the U.S. as a child refugee from Côte D’Ivoire in 2004. Despite his deep roots in the U.S., he is facing mandatory immigration detention and possible deportation from his family and the only home he has known.
The Painful Reality of Being an Incarcerated Mother
This Mother’s Day, let’s not forget incarcerated women, and let’s get them home to their families.
Remembering Joann Bell
The ACLU of Oklahoma is deeply saddened to share the passing of former executive director and lifelong defender of civil liberties, Joann Bell.
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