Events
Upcoming & Ongoing Events
Guardians of Democracy
The Rutgers Journal of Law and Public Policy present the 2026 Symposium, Guardians of Democracy - New Jersey Lawyers and Legislators Challenging the Limits of Executive Power. Special guest speakers include Matthew J. Platkin, Former NJ Attorney General, and Jeremy Feigenbaum, New Jersey Solicitor General. Panelists include:
Amol Sinha, Executive Director of the ACLU-NJ
Lynda Garcia, Chief Counsel to Senator Cory Booker
Rose Cuison-Villazor, Director of the Rutgers Law Center for Immigration Justice
Gwynne Wilcox, Former Chair of the National Labor Relations Board
Andrew Zwicker, New Jersey State Senator
Email pamela.brewster@rutgers.edu or sa2244@scarletmail.rutgers.edu with any questions about the event.
Apr 07, 2026 | 12:30 PM
The Evolving Carceral Landscape in America Conference
From surges in immigration detention and policing by ICE, to the evolution of surveillance technology fueled by AI and social media, to the rollbacks of basic protections of the rule of law, the ground is shifting under us as we try to build a legal system that centers justice and dignity.
Join students and scholars from Princeton and other institutions, activists and community organizers, local community members, and justice-impacted individuals to take stock of the current carceral landscape and the struggle to heal its wounds. Staff members from the ACLU of New Jersey will speak on the following panels:
Staff Attorney Dillon Reisman will speak on the “Surveillance, Technology, and the Built Carceral Environment” panel on April 10 from 2:45-3:45 pm.
Policy Counsel DaWuan Norwood will speak on the “Police Violence and the War on Drugs” panel on April 10 from 4:00-5:00 pm.
Executive Director Amol Sinha will speak on the “Fighting for Second Chances: The State of Clemency in New Jersey” panel on April 11 from 11:15 am-12:15 pm.
Apr 10, 2026 | 1:30 PM
Libraries at a Crossroads
In honor of National Libraries Week, the Cranbury Public Library Foundation will be offering an opportunity to join Amol Sinha, Executive Director of the ACLU of New Jersey, for a discussion on the role and importance of libraries and the broader challenges they’re facing nationally:
This conversation will consider questions such as:
What “access the information” actually means in a town like Cranbury
Why clear policies matter for public institutions
What pressures small libraries face in 2026
How residents can support a strong, welcoming library
This conversation will focus on process, precedent, and practical realities, particularly how small communities like Cranbury navigate these issues thoughtfully and lawfully.
Apr 10, 2026 | 7:00 PM
Citizenship, Immigration, and Deportation: Then and Now
The issues of immigration and deportation in the United States are deeply fraught. Throughout our history, approaches to immigration have changed – from national quotas to explicit exclusion to mass deportations. The United States’s immigration policy is connected to broader political debates and perception of external threats.
The Jewish community has always identified with the plight of the immigrant; many of our families came to the United States as refugees. That shared history, combined with the essential Jewish teaching to love our neighbors, makes the topic of Citizenship, Immigration and Deportation in America endlessly interesting and relevant.
Join us for a timely and informative Lunch and Learn featuring Gary Darden, a history professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University. His talk will cover numerous contentious times in our nation’s immigration history, and we will explore the question of how this time is – or is not – different than what history has shown us. As always, there will be ways to Take Action following the Lunch & Learn.
Apr 23, 2026 | 12:00 PM
Past Events
No Kings Montclair
Join the ACLU of New Jersey for No Kings Day on October 18 to condemn President Trump’s escalating abuses of power.
Since taking office, the Trump administration has sent masked federal agents to arrest people without due process and deport them to torture prisons thousands of miles away, slashed Medicaid for people with disabilities, and attempted to silence students, professors, lawyers, the press, and their political opponents along the way.
President Trump and his administration are abusing their power and denying us our fundamental rights in the process, but we won’t back down. Let’s be clear: Power belongs to the people, and the people will hold power to account. Grow our movement and join us on October 18.
Oct 18, 2025 | 12:00 PM
No Kings Morristown
Join the ACLU of New Jersey for No Kings Day on October 18 to condemn President Trump’s escalating abuses of power.
Since taking office, the Trump administration has sent masked federal agents to arrest people without due process and deport them to torture prisons thousands of miles away, slashed Medicaid for people with disabilities, and attempted to silence students, professors, lawyers, the press, and their political opponents along the way.
President Trump and his administration are abusing their power and denying us our fundamental rights in the process, but we won’t back down. Let’s be clear: Power belongs to the people, and the people will hold power to account. Grow our movement and join us on October 18.
Oct 18, 2025 | 11:00 AM
No Kings Highland Park
Join the ACLU of New Jersey and Indivisible Highland Park NJ for No Kings Day on October 18 to condemn President Trump’s escalating abuses of power.
Since taking office, the Trump administration has sent masked federal agents to arrest people without due process and deport them to torture prisons thousands of miles away, slashed Medicaid for people with disabilities, and attempted to silence students, professors, lawyers, the press, and their political opponents along the way.
President Trump and his administration are abusing their power and denying us our fundamental rights in the process, but we won’t back down. Let’s be clear: Power belongs to the people, and the people will hold power to account. Grow our movement and join us on October 18.
Oct 18, 2025 | 11:00 AM
Screening of the Librarians
On Monday, October 13 at 7 p.m., join ACLU-NJ, Princeton Public Library, and Labyrinth Books for a special Banned Books Week screening of The Librarians.
This screening highlights the ongoing surge in the number of challenges to books in libraries, bookstores, and schools. Banned Books Week highlights the value of free and open access to information and brings together the entire book community to support the freedom to seek and to express ideas.
This screening will include a round of Banned Books trivia. The film will be introduced by Janie Hermann of Princeton Public Library and Alyssa Kopyani of Labyrinth Books. After the screening please join us for a Q&A with ACLU-NJ Executive Director Amol Sinha and New Jersey Library Association 2023 Librarian of the Year Marth Hickson.
About The Librarians:
In this new documentary from Oscar-Nominated Documentarian Kim A. Snyder, Librarians unite to combat book banning and to defend First Amendment Rights amid unprecedented censorship in Texas, Florida, and beyond.
In Texas, the Krause List targets 850 books focused on race and LGBTQia+ stories – triggering sweeping book bans across the U.S. at an unprecedented rate. As tensions escalate, librarians connect the dots from heated school and library board meetings nationwide to lay bare the underpinnings of extremism fueling the censorship efforts. Despite facing harassment, threats, and laws aimed at criminalizing their work – the librarians’ rallying cry for freedom to read is a chilling cautionary tale.
Oct 13, 2025 | 7:00 PM
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