Campaigns & Initiatives

Beginning in 2025, we’re celebrating 65 years of defending liberty and pursuing justice for all – and we believe that continuing our mission is as important now as it was then.

Questions about the 2025 General Election? We've got answers.

President Trump has signaled he plans to dismantle democracy as we know it. But the ACLU is better prepared than ever to confront efforts to undermine our democracy.

All students deserve to feel safe, supported, and respected in school. That’s why the ACLU-NJ is working to ensure all school districts across the state meet their responsibilities to LGBTQ+ students and their families under federal and state law.

We must build a fair and welcoming state for all people – regardless of immigration status. It’s past time for New Jersey to end its participation in the federal detention and deportation system, as states like Connecticut and California have done. New Jersey must pass the Immigrant Trust Act.

The ACLU of New Jersey has launched The Clemency Project as an integral part of a larger decarcerative vision that centers racial and social justice – and reimagines the criminal legal system as we know it.

Banning books means more than taking them off the shelf: it threatens the very foundation of our democracy. We have a responsibility to learn from our nation’s history, reject discriminatory attacks by prioritizing inclusive policy change, and protect the fundamental right to free speech.

The ACLU-NJ is fighting for expanded and equal access to the ballot.

It’s high time to begin to repair the harms of decades of racially disparate enforcement of marijuana criminalization in New Jersey.