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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.
How to Protest in a Pandemic
For centuries, Americans have taken to the streets when they’ve had grievances to share. We’ve taken to the streets to make our voices heard, to effect change, and to feel and display the power and solidarity of mass gatherings. But with physical distancing and shelter in place orders prevalent throughout the U.S. and the world, how do we responsibly exercise our First Amendment right to protest, which remains as essential as ever? Undoubtedly, there is a medical imperative to keep ourselves and our neighbors safe, and our hospitals from becoming overwhelmed. At the same time, public debate about urgent political questions — from construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and southern border wall to when and how to reopen the country — remains more vital than ever. Current physical distancing measures have presented challenges, but people have found some creative ways to make sure their voices are heard. Here are just a few examples:
A COVID-19 Balancing Act: Public Health and Privacy
Some states are officially loosening their stay at home restrictions, and more will join in the coming months as Americans attempt to inch their way back to pre-COVID-19 life. Some of us will return to work, gather in small groups, and maybe even dine at a neighborhood restaurant.
COVID-19 Will Bring Mass Evictions Unless We Act Now
Linda Morris, Staff Attorney, ACLU Women's Rights Project
Four Myths About Trans Athletes, Debunked
Chase Strangio, Deputy Director for Transgender Justice, ACLU LGBTQ & HIV Project
Federal Bill Would Release Vulnerable People from Prisons to Help Stop Spread of COVID-19
Kanya Bennett, Former Senior Legislative Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union
After a Lifetime Apart, COVID-19 Prison Release Reunites Mother and Daughter
Leila Rafei, Former Content Strategist, ACLU
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New Model Shows Reducing Jail Population will Lower COVID-19 Death Toll for All of Us
Udi Ofer, Former Director, Justice Division, ACLU National Political and Advocacy Department
Defying Medical Experts, Lawmakers are Weaponizing COVID-19 to Restrict Abortion Access
Ashoka Mukpo, Staff Reporter, ACLU
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Let the People Vote
Coronavirus could make it hard for Oklahomans to vote in our upcoming elections, but it doesn’t have to. We are a coalition of concerned Oklahomans who’ve come together to ensure no one has to risk their safety in order to exercise their right to vote in the midst of a pandemic.Casting an absentee ballot by mail should be the easy solution to ensure Oklahomans can safely exercise their right to vote from the security of their own home. But Oklahoma is one of only three states where the ballot form requires absentee ballots to be notarized in order to be counted on Election Day. This must change immediately.
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