I deeply distrust most of these big ngos like the aclu which also supported Citizens United, the #1 reason we are here. I don't know why half the suggestions people post on bdky are give money to big ngos. Give your paycheck to big, and thus always cautious, and often compromised ngos can't be it.
Both is good. I give $ to Pro Publica and transgender groups. There are too many essential things but I do not have enough money so I pick things I know are good and hope others will pitch in for other things.
No but we ALL need their apps, streamed directly to them from the picket lines or your local church, wherever enforcement becomes unlawful! Available by state also
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I don't think so. As I understand it, the feed is directed at prison reform. But the ACLU isn't about incarceration at all, its about legal actions in defense of individual Civil Rights.
This is inaccurate — the ACLU has its Smart Justice program, which organizes to (1) reduce the US prison population by 50%, and (2) reduce the racial disparities within our prison populations. They also do things like the 13 Forward campaign in NY, aiming to end prison slavery.
Makes me think of how Harris could have used some of the BILLION dollars she raised to fight voter suppression in the courts and maybe she would have won (she would have).
I don’t think we could’ve fought in the courts and won against enough voter suppression to win in 2024. The courts are too tilted in favor of the Republicans and Republicans have not respected the law or courts for years. The Florida warrants situation showed how bad it’s become
If you follow democracy docket, you will see that we won almost twice the number of cases that were lost, even by Republican judges in red states. When we fight we win, but we didn’t fight nearly enough in the right places. Sound bites don’t win elections.
True, I knew we wouldn’t but I wish there was more fighting against the election ending on Nov. 5,2024 because so many Democratic areas received targeted bomb threats. If that isn’t a national emergency that should green light extra voting days, I don’t know what will.
I just think of those useless people making millions doing their supposed data cruching testing of reactions to TV commercials and die inside. Like "Blue Rose." They're all on here, blabbing their 'trend reports' which will be obsolete in a month. Anyone could see they were failing, miserably.
I think both are true. Yes, the ACLU has much more money, but their cause is nationwide. With the entire country at risk, this is the first year I have donated to the ACLU as well as to local groups.
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Agree on looking at local needs and grassroots orgs, but if folks have enough cash to give to both—do it. ACLU is facing layoffs at a time when their work is critical. Nonprofits legal orgs haven’t seen the same outpouring of support they did during 1.0 and their work is just as important now.
Wow it's almost like the ACLU isn't inherently politically aligned!
The ACLU explains why they defended the NRA on Free Speech when they disagree with most of their policies and obviously they care more about the broader implications than about helping the NRA.
The ACLU just tends to align with the left because the left tends to share similar values, but I for one am all for the ACLU protecting our freedoms on principle even if it isn't always protecting only the people we support
The ACLU supported the rights of Nazis to organize and march. Literal, actual Nazis.
We don't actually need them supporting fascists' rights to organize and push fascism on people. It's DEEPLY counterproductive, and we need to knock it off.
And when Trump is threatening fascism helping bankrolling the fascists is a bad plan and as someone who is inherently politically aligned I oppose that.
If you think that "everyone including fascists should have speech" is better than "fight fascists on all fronts" donate to the ACLU.
That's not how this works. Legal precedent applies to everybody unilaterally. You dont get to pick and choose. The case was a victory for future precedent and I can guarantee you its not the NRA who's gonn be threatened with loss of funding by this government (which is what the case deemed illegal)
Hell yes! I hope other practice areas have their own websites, but here’s the one for immigration (you can also search within to see who does removal defense):
Just donated the other day for the first time. Let the blue MAGA voters donate to the ACLU like they threw away money at Harris. We can actually help people that need it to get through the dark day ahead.
I got a call from the ACLU yesterday asking for $100. I actually don't have spare change for them right now and if I did, there are a few other very worthy needs I would address first before anything else.
I've been trying to convince friends about a similar thing with reproductive rights-- give your money to an abortion fund, not the national groups. THEY HAVE MONEY. Abortion funds help individual people. Help people.
I worked at ACLU for the better part of a decade, and I want people to know that ACLU staff believe small donor giving should go to smaller organizations that need funds more than ACLU.
Current ACLU staff chiming in to second this. I think folks might forget the ACLU is funded through membership fees; while donations are always nice there’s generally other orgs that need it waaaaay more than the ACLU.
Some of the smaller state-level ACLU affiliates are always in need of funds, but we can also rest assured that there is sharing of funds between ACLU-National and the state-level ACLU affiliates, as well as sharing funds between big state-level ACLU affiliates and small ACLU affiliates.
ACLU + affiliates are facing layoffs now, but the reality is also that from 2017-2020 they over-hired and over-expanded to a point that wasn't sustainable long-term. Small donors won't make up the difference to save ACLU staff positions from getting eliminated. I still think ACLU does great work.
You don't need to feel any regret about an ongoing donation you have set up for your state-level ACLU affiliate.
The thing is, whenever there's something bad in the news, lots of people go online and post calls to action to give to ACLU. That energy and money should be directed to smaller orgs.
If you're happy with a recurring donation, I don't think you should stop donating to your ACLU state affiliate. But even with the state-level affiliates just be aware that small-dollar donors generally aren't the ones keeping the lights on.
And if you want to redirect your giving, that's great.
Small donors are most valuable to ACLU in their engagement as members – resharing social media posts, reading the newsletter / blog / website, responding to calls to action, volunteering, and engaging with organizers. None of that requires a small donation (but they do say all giving is appreciated)
I have never heard anyone say anything different. ACLU values all the small donors, but they aren't the main source of funding for programs – the big donors are.
Can you please add Food Justice DMV? They support hundreds of new and established immigrants and their families with food, medication etc and have been doing so since 2020 or so: (also very googleable)
Ah, ok. I saw a DC group on the list and thought I'd ask. Please consider donating one day, they really are the only place in DC for immigrants that don't have strings attached for aid
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This!! In January 2017, the ACLU got so much $$$ in donations they got help from Y Combinator (yes, that Sam Altman) to help them figure out what to do with it. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-38822229
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Stop being the only side that funds both sides.
The ACLU explains why they defended the NRA on Free Speech when they disagree with most of their policies and obviously they care more about the broader implications than about helping the NRA.
We don't actually need them supporting fascists' rights to organize and push fascism on people. It's DEEPLY counterproductive, and we need to knock it off.
And when Trump is threatening fascism helping bankrolling the fascists is a bad plan and as someone who is inherently politically aligned I oppose that.
If you think that "everyone including fascists should have speech" is better than "fight fascists on all fronts" donate to the ACLU.
https://www.immigrationadvocates.org/nonprofit/legaldirectory/
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/abortion-funds-movement-crisis/
https://apnews.com/article/silent-donor-tim-sanders-daf-privacy-9e499583181ed0c8b7d6685fbea31ecb
https://ohioimmigrant.org
https://OhioIsHome.org
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Thank you!!!
Frankly that's always going to be the case though, because of the country we live in.
The thing is, whenever there's something bad in the news, lots of people go online and post calls to action to give to ACLU. That energy and money should be directed to smaller orgs.
And if you want to redirect your giving, that's great.
https://www.foodjusticedmv.org/
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The local orgs fight the ground battles and struggle to survive.
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Not_all