News & events
Next COMMITTEE CHAIRS & BOARD OF DIRECTOR MEETINGS Set for MONDAY, July 7th in Palm Coast
The next Committee Chairs and Board of Directors meeting is scheduled for Monday, July 7th at the Perkins Family Restaurant, 1000 Palm Coast Pkway, NW, Palm Cost in Flagler County.
Directions to Perkins Restaurant in Palm Coast (1000 Palm Coast Pkwy NW). From I-95 North: Take the Palm Coast exit (#289). It's the one after the Bunnell/Palm Coast exit. Bear left off the exit ramp onto Palm Coast Pkwy (you're heading west). Drive over I-95 and go one-half mile. Perkins Restaurant will be on the intersection on your right.
Chapter Committee and Project Chairs will meet at 6pm and the Monthly Board Meeting will begin at 7pm.
PANEL DISCUSSION & FILM ON RESPONSIBLE SEX EDUCATION IN VOLUSIA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 7PM FRIDAY, JULY 11TH IN ORMOND BEACH
The Volusia/Flagler Chapter of the ACLU is hosting a panel discussion of Responsible Sex Education in Volusia County Public Schools with members of the community Friday, July 11th. This 90 minute program begins at 7 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Society, 56 North Halifax Drive in Ormond Beach. The program will feature a panel and short film.
Our distinguished panel will discuss the current policy of abstinence-only sex education, its flaws and why our students need a comprehensive, honest sex education as part of their public school health curriculum. Panel members include:
Kevin Aplin, Vice President, ACLU of Florida Brevard Chapter. Kevin's chapter along with local concerned parents and volunteers from NOW and Planned Parenthood reviewed Brevard County's sexuality curriculum and determined that it contained inaccurate information and gender bias which was found to be contrary to fact-based sexuality education. As part of a multi-faceted campaign to draw attention to the flawed curriculum and reasonable solutions, the Brevard Chapter organized meetings with School Board representatives, letter-to-editor campaigns and advised the District's Curriculum Committee. Their efforts helped persuade the local school board to overturn the abstinence-only policy and provide students with medically and factually-accurate information.
Jenna Cawley, Director of Education & Advocacy at Planned Parenthood of Greater Orlando and the Vice President, National Organization for Women Orlando Chapter.
Lynn Koller, parent, freelance writer who's covered health issues and a member of SHAC (School Health Advisory Committee).
In addition to the panel, there will be a showing of the ACLU's short film "Freedom to Know - Sex Education". The film depicts the successful effort in Brevard County which resulted in a revised curriculum that included comprehensive sexuality education.
This event is open to the public.
This 90 minute program begins at 7 pm and will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Society, 56 North Halifax Drive in Ormond Beach.
For more information, please call George Griffin at 877.865.2258.
Recent Chapter News:
CHAPTER VOLUNTEER FAIR Held IN DAYTONA BEACH
The Volusia/Flagler Chapter of the ACLU is gearing up to be a dominant agent for change in our community. Our aggressive 2008 agenda requires passionate members (or interested citizens) who want to be agents for change in Volusia and Flagler Counties. We need volunteers who are willing to donate some time (how much is up to you) on one or more projects. Click here for the rest of the story.
Freedom Files Dissent in Post 9/11 America
Beth Wilson, Deputy Director of the ACLU of Florida and Bruce Beattie, Political Cartoonist for the Daytona Beach News-Journal were our featured guest speakers at Friday Oct 12th film and panel event. The evening's program began with the showing of the ACLU's Freedom Files film - Dissent Under Fire: Dissent in Post 9/11 America. Afterwards, both panelists spoke about dissent from their own experience. Beattie ended his presentation with a political drawing of the President which was silent auctioned with the funds going to the chapter. Click here for story and photos.
Constitution Day Picnic & Stumping event
Saturday, September 15th was the date that the Volusia/Flagler Chapter of the ACLU held its Constitution Day Picnic and Stumping event at City Island Park in Daytona Beach. About 50 picnickers enjoyed hotdogs and cold drinks while they listened to other more vocal picnickers "stump" - have a few minutes to stand on a soapbox and speak their minds. Click here for story and photos.
Restoration of civil rights workshop
Daytona Beach's Allen Chapel AME Church was the location June 30th for a workshop hosted by the Volusia County Chapter of the NAACP, the Volusia/Flagler Chapter of the ACLU, the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, State Representative Joyce Cusak, Sate Senator Anthony "Tony" Hill and the Daytona Beach Black Clergy Alliance. The purpose of this workshop was to assist citizens with the restoration of their civil rights. Several citizens came forward and filled out the necessary paperwork to start their restoration process.
Thousands Gathered on capitol hill to restore law & justice
Thousands of Americans traveled from across the nation to Capitol Hill on June 26th to demand that Congress restore due process rights, and the rule of law as enshrined in the Constitution. Over eighty organizations, led by the American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International USA, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, and the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, came together to organize a rally and lobby visits to Congress. Chapter members from the Volusia/Flagler Chapter were threre. Click here for story and photos.
Stop the abuse of power panel & film event
Over 75 gathered June 26th at the Unitarian Universalists Society in Ormond Beach to participate in the national "Day of Action to Restore Law & Justice". The 90 minute program featured a distinguish panel that spoke on and addressed questions concerning loss of due process, torture and rendition, Gitmo, secret prisons, ect. Panel members included Pierre Tristam - award winning Daytona Beach News-Journal editorial writer and columnist; Rick Kennedy - President, Volusia Chapter of the United Nations Assoc. of the USA; Will Thompson - Amnesty International; Dr. T. Wayne Bailey - Professor of Political Science, Stetson University; and, Glenn Katon - Director, Central Florida Region of the ACLU of Florida. In addition to the panel, the ACLU film "Stop the Abuse of Power" was shown.
freedom files forum on religion
Our Chapter held a Freedom Files Forum on Religion, Wednesday, March 7th at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach. Over 70 attended the 2.5 hour film preview and panel forum. The evening's theme was about respecting and understanding religions and those who choose to believe by having an open, willingness to share and an honest desire to listen. Click here for story and photos.
2007 Annual Membership Meeting &Election
Over 110 Chapter members attended this year's Chapter membership meeting and election held February 23rd in Ormond Beach. The Daytona Beach News-Journal's Columnist Pierre Tristam keynoted with the "Deconstructing the Bill of Rights". Click here for story and photos.
Chapter Members Marched in daytona beach Martin Luther King Jr., Day celebration march
Chapter members marched in the January 15th Daytona Beach Martin Luther King Jr., Day Commemorative March which began at 10am at the entrance of the Allen Chapel AME Church. About 500 local organizations and community groups participated in the hour long peaceful march. Click here for story and photos.
February 2007 Chapter Newsletter
