The ACLU of Iowa has staff in Des Moines to handle inquiries from journalists on issues affecting civil rights and civil liberties in Iowa.
Media inquiries should be sent via email to editor@aclu-ia.org or contact Communications Director Veronica Fowler at 515-207-0586.
The ACLU of Iowa is pleased to see the passage of House File 134, which received final approval this afternoon from the Iowa Senate and now heads to Governor Terry Branstad’s office for signing into law.
Mark Stringer, the senior minister at the First Unitarian Church in Des Moines, will start as the new executive director of the civil liberties advocacy group starting in May.
Des Moines, Iowa — A Unitarian Universalist minister has been named the new executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa.
Des Moines, Iowa — Former Johnson County Auditor Tom Slockett has prevailed in his lawsuit against the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board, which reprimanded him in 2012 for making campaign phone calls on his personal cell phone while physically present in his county auditor’s offi
Des Moines, Iowa — Former Johnson County Auditor Tom Slockett has prevailed in his lawsuit against the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board, which reprimanded him in 2012 for making campaign phone calls on his personal cell phone while physically present in his county auditor’s offi
Today, on the 48th anniversary of its landmark free speech case, Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Schools, the ACLU of Iowa announced that it is representing a Newton High School transgender student who was taken to the principal’s office for writing “love trumps hate”on his arm.