Weekly Updates

Weekly Update #94 Dear Members and Advocates, In 1964, the United States passed a long overdue Civil Rights Act that outlawed discrimination against other human beings based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Among other provisions, the new law prohibited unequal application of voter registration requirements, ended racial segregation in schools, and outlawed discrimination in employment and public

Weekly Update #93 Dear Members and Advocates, This morning, oral arguments in Doe v. Miami-Dade (the challenge to Miami-Dade’s sex offender residency restriction that has left hundreds of individuals without anyplace to live) took place before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. While we anxiously await the decision, we can say that attorney Daniel Tilley from the ACLU did a

Weekly Update #91 Dear Members and Advocates, As we begin to emerge from the coronavirus shut-down, we enter another period of unrest and uncertainty. Across this country, groups of people are hitting the streets to protest the tragic and senseless killing of George Floyd. George was an African-American man, who was killed during an arrest in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The officer

Weekly Update #90 Dear Members and Advocates, It is important that everyone remembers to perform your in-person registration, even during the period of pandemic, even if you are sick, even if your registration office is closed. If not, you can be arrested. If your registration office is closed, find a way to travel to another county and perform your registration

Weekly Update #89 Dear Members and Advocates, This past weekend, James Fairbanks shot 64-year-old Mattieo Condoluci. His motive, according to a confession email sent to the police; “he was listed on Nebraska’s sex offender registry”. Over the past few years there have been numerous murders of people on the registry by people who did not know them, but hunted them

Weekly Update #88 Dear Members and Advocates, I read something on Twitter that resonated. The tweet said, “right now we live in an infinite present. No future plans, no anticipation… It’s an endless today, never tomorrow.” It was written in relation to the Coronavirus shut down and how we are all living without knowing if or when things will fully