Past Events

TEDxDirigo

The ACLU of Maine is a proud Community Partner of TEDxDirigo:

November 5, 2016 to
November 6, 2016

Vigil to Protect Abortion Access

On March 2, the nation’s U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the biggest abortion case in decades, Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt. The U.S. Supreme Court will determine if two provisions of a 2013 Texas law present an “undue burden” for women seeking to end a pregnancy.

Empower the Immigrant Woman Forum & Gala

The Conference is intended to inspire American immigrant women in Maine to see this moment in history as an opportunity to come together, to use this platform to raise awareness of the challenges immigrant women face, and to honor their community heroes.

SOLD OUT A Night with BGIM: A discussion on race, class and life

Rarely do we hold space with people outside of our digital or academic worlds to discuss the uncomfortable... race, class, and the “isms”. To touch the uncomfortable is to look within ourselves and ask the questions that we have been taught are not for public viewing.

La Loi (The Law): Film & Panel Discussion

Faced with mounting fatalities as the debate over abortion rages in France, Simone Veil, French Minister of Health, played with depth and restraint by Emmanuelle Devos, is spearheading the movement for legalization. It is 1974.

Editorial Cartoon: Insight or Insult?

Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Adam Zyglis will present two lectures on the topic “Editorial Cartoons: Insight or Insult?” on March 14 and 15. Drawing for the Buffalo News (NY), Zyglis works on the cusp of free speech in American democracy.

Annual Justice Louis Scolnik Award Dinner

(Sponsor Reception, 6pm)

Honoring Professor Deirdre M. Smith 
Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic 
University of Maine School of Law

With Featured Speaker Dennis D. Parker 
Director, ACLU Racial Justice Program