About Us

The purpose of the American Civil Liberties Union is to maintain and advance civil liberties, including the rights of free speech, free press, free assemblage, equality before the law, and other civil liberties, and to take all legitimate action in the furtherance and defense of such purposes.

The basic unit of organization of the ACLU is the “Affiliate.” In our state the Affiliate is the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina (ACLU-NC). The state Affiliate’s website can be found at www.acluofnorthcarolina.org.

ACLU Chapters provide a local presence in major population centers of a state in order to advance the mission of the ACLU. The Wake County chapter serves the entire Triangle area. The mission of ACLU Chapters include:

• Advancing the local, state and national work of the ACLU on civil liberties issues
• Educating the public about civil liberties issues and the ACLU
• Notifying the state Affiliate about local civil liberties issues
• Encouraging people to join and support the ACLU and actively participate in local Chapter programs.

More specifically, the aims of the ACLU of Wake County are found in Article II, Section 1 of the organization's Constitution (as most recently amended on 11 January 2006):

"This chapter is organized for the purpose of, in general, furthering the objectives of the American Civil Liberties Union, Inc., and in particular, advancing the cause of civil liberties, in the State of North Carolina and the Wake County area. The purpose of the Wake County Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina shall be to maintain and advance the causes of civil liberties, including, but not limited to the rights of free speech, fre press, free assemblage, equality before law and other civil liberties, and to take all legitimate action in the furtherance and derense of such purposes on behalf of the residents of North Carolia, without regard to gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age or disability. These objectives shall be sought wholly without political partisanship."

To these ends, an incomplete, but examplary history of chapter events is available for your review and consideration.

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Local chapters do not provide any legal services.

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All legal issues should be communicated to the state Affiliate office.