Media Releases & Statements

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.

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Altantic High School Student Journalists Win Mannheimer Award

Meghan Plambeck, Lillie Zablocki, and Sierra Smith of the Atlantic school’s online newspaper, the AHSNeedle.com, "were called on to use their writing skill and thinking power to research and write an editorial about a tense situation in our school district," said the person who nominated them, Al

April 29, 2014

Iowa DREAMer Wins ACLU Youth Advocacy Award

A young Latina immigrant who has fought courageously for her rights and the rights of those around her is the winner of the 2013 American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa's Robert Mannheimer Youth Advocacy Award.

April 30, 2013