Other People’s Rights

Susan Herman
Leader Dr. Anne Klaeysen Presides

The ACLU was founded in 1920 by an unlikely coalition of conscientious objectors to WWI, women’s suffragists, dissenters, progressives, liberals, libertarians and even Communists. The people behind the ACLU included Roger Baldwin, NYSEC founder Dr. Felix Adler and Leader John Lovejoy Elliott, and some extraordinary women: Jeannette Rankin (the first woman in Congress), Crystal Eastman, Jane Addams, and Helen Keller. The talk will look back at the personalities and issues of that era, look around at how the ACLU functions as a multi-issue organization today and look ahead to the organization’s second century.

Susan N. Herman was elected President of the American Civil Liberties Union in October 2008, after having served as a member of the ACLU Board of Directors and Executive Committee, and as General Counsel.

She holds a chair as Centennial Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, where she currently teaches courses in Criminal Procedure and Constitutional Law, and seminars on Law and Literature, and Terrorism and Civil Liberties. She writes extensively on constitutional, criminal procedure, and national security topics for scholarly and other publications, ranging from law reviews and books to periodicals and on-line publications. Her most recent book,Taking Liberties: The War on Terror and the Erosion of American Democracy (Oxford University Press 2011), winner of the 2012 IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law/Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize, was published in an updated paperback edition in March 2014.

Entry to our 100-year-old building and meeting rooms is available for most wheelchair users with prior arrangements. Please call ahead  (212-874-5210 x107) for setup of our portable system and plan to arrive one hour before start time.











When: Sun., May. 17, 2015 at 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Where: New York Society for Ethical Culture
2 W. 64th St.
212-874-5210
Price: Free
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Susan Herman
Leader Dr. Anne Klaeysen Presides

The ACLU was founded in 1920 by an unlikely coalition of conscientious objectors to WWI, women’s suffragists, dissenters, progressives, liberals, libertarians and even Communists. The people behind the ACLU included Roger Baldwin, NYSEC founder Dr. Felix Adler and Leader John Lovejoy Elliott, and some extraordinary women: Jeannette Rankin (the first woman in Congress), Crystal Eastman, Jane Addams, and Helen Keller. The talk will look back at the personalities and issues of that era, look around at how the ACLU functions as a multi-issue organization today and look ahead to the organization’s second century.

Susan N. Herman was elected President of the American Civil Liberties Union in October 2008, after having served as a member of the ACLU Board of Directors and Executive Committee, and as General Counsel.

She holds a chair as Centennial Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, where she currently teaches courses in Criminal Procedure and Constitutional Law, and seminars on Law and Literature, and Terrorism and Civil Liberties. She writes extensively on constitutional, criminal procedure, and national security topics for scholarly and other publications, ranging from law reviews and books to periodicals and on-line publications. Her most recent book,Taking Liberties: The War on Terror and the Erosion of American Democracy (Oxford University Press 2011), winner of the 2012 IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law/Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize, was published in an updated paperback edition in March 2014.

Entry to our 100-year-old building and meeting rooms is available for most wheelchair users with prior arrangements. Please call ahead  (212-874-5210 x107) for setup of our portable system and plan to arrive one hour before start time.

Buy tickets/get more info now