On Thursday, January 9, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Connecticut will hold a town hall in the Meetinghouse at the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme (FCCOL) entitled “Civil Rights Town Hall: Implications of a Second Trump Administration.”
Legal, policy and communications experts from the ACLU of CT will outline how the organization plans to use every tool at its disposal – litigation, advocacy and grassroots organizing – to protect civil rights and discuss the critical role Connecticut residents can play.
The experts will also take questions from the audience and facilitate a robust conversation on protecting the civil liberties most likely to be targeted by the incoming administration, including:
- Free speech and the right to assemble
- Immigrants’ rights
- Reproductive rights and bodily autonomy
- LGBTQIA+ rights
- Voting rights
- Criminal legal system
- Government surveillance
The individuals expected to be on hand from the ACLU include:
- Jaclyn Blickley, Staff Attorney (panelist/speaker)
- Jess Zaccagnino, Policy Counsel (panelist/speaker)
- Bethany Rae Perryman, Director of Communications (panelist/speaker)
- Logan Marshall, Director of Philanthropy (moderator)
The evening will be hosted by Greg Melville, Susan Fox and Ned Farman.
To attend the town hall, please RSVP here.
FCCOL is located at 2 Ferry Road in Old Lyme.
Other town halls have been or will be held in Bridgeport, Danbury, Mansfield, New Haven, Stamford, Waterbury, West Hartford and Westport.