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Apr 25, 2025

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The ACLU of Northern California is an enduring guardian of justice, fairness, equality, and freedom, working to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for all Californians.

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Location: For Fall 2025, students located in proximity to one of our three office locations (Fresno, Sacramento, or San Francisco) may work with us in-person, remotely, or in a hybrid model.  Students not located in proximity to one of our three office locations may work with us remotely. 

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  • Read more about Stopping the Flood Waters: A Call to Transform California’s Schools in Support of Native American Students
California's Native American students learn and grow amid a fundamental contradiction: while their families, cultures, and Tribes embrace education as central to their ways of life, California's school systems too often fail to provide them with an equitable and inclusive education.

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