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ACLU of Iowa Board Member Sonia Reyes-Snyder Receives LGBTQ Legacy Leaders Award

ACLU of Iowa Board Member Sonia Reyes-Snyder of Des Moines has been selected to receive an inaugural LGBTQ Legacy Leader Award.

September 13, 2019

Former ACLU of Iowa Board Member Receives LGBTQ Legacy Leaders Award

Fomer ACLU of Iowa board member Karen Mackey of Sioux City has been selected to receive an inaugural LGBTQ Legacy Leader Award.

September 13, 2019

Ames High School Transgender Student Wins 2019 ACLU of Iowa Mannheimer Award

When she was in elementary school, Malika Davis began an initiative to uplift the mental health of her schoolmates: a community garden.

September 12, 2019

National Hispanic Heritage Month 2019

National Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs through Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, celebrates the cultures of Hispanic and Latinx Americans whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.

September 6, 2019

2019 Louise Noun Award Given to Four Iowans

The ACLU of Iowa is proud to give one of its highest awards—The Louise Noun Award—to four Iowans who have demonstrated a long-term commitment to our most basic rights and freedoms.

September 4, 2019

Nixon Peabody Attorneys Honored with Dan Johnston Award

The ACLU of Iowa is pleased to award its prestigious Dan Johnston Cooperating Attorney Award to Nixon Peabody partners Seth A.

September 3, 2019

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