Because Freedom Can’t Protect Itself

The ACLU Fox Valley Chapter bylaws specify that we hold annual elections for our board of directors and any Fox Valley ACLU member is eligible to run for a 3-year term (those eligible to run include all current ACLU members residing in the Fox Valley counties of Calumet, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Outagamie, Waupaca, Waushara and Winnebago). 

There are currently 11 board positions with four positions expiring in 2019. The top 4 people receiving the largest number of votes shall be elected.  The board meets approximately 4 times per year, usually in Oshkosh on a weekday evening. Review the candidate backgrounds go to: http://www.aclu-fv.org/annual-meeting/

To vote electronically please go to http://www.aclu-fv.org/vote2019/

Imprisonment is a brutal and costly response to violations or possible violations that traumatizes incarcerated people and hurts families and communities. It should be the last option, not the first. Yet the U.S. incarcerates more people, in both absolute numbers and per capita, than any other nation in the world.

Wisconsin has 23,377 people in prison. Although the overall U.S. state imprisonment rate decreased by 7 percent between 2000 and 2016, Wisconsin’s imprisonment rate actually increased slightly (1 percent) over the same time period. In 2016, Wisconsin imprisoned 383 out of every 100,000 of its citizens.

This workshop will focus on why reform in so important in Wisconsin.

For more information contact Melissa Ludin at mludin@aclu-wi.org