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Movements are made up of people like you, and together we can make change happen. From urgent opportunities to mobilize for justice to ongoing volunteer and skills-building opportunities to joining an activist community through a local ACLU of Northern California volunteer chapter, there are many ways you can get involved with ACLU NorCal and fight for civil liberties in your community.
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Ana Navarro is the leadership gifts associate at the ACLU of Northern California, where they facilitate the executive director’s fundraising efforts and administratively manage the fundraising strategy for the Executive Director’s Leadership Gifts portfolio.
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On June 21, 2023, the ACLU Foundation of Northern California (“ACLU NorCal”) and co-counsel Public Citizen Litigation Group filed a motion to quash on behalf of J. Doe (“Doe”), an anonymous online user who was targeted by a subpoena seeking to unmask their identity after they criticized a wealthy pharmaceutical magnate named Fredric Eshelman.
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Body cameras were intended to guard against police misconduct, not to be used as a mass surveillance system that identifies and tracks Californians.
For three years, a state law prohibiting body camera face surveillance helped prevent the misidentification and wrongful imprisonment of Californians, safeguarded our freedom of speech, and protected our privacy. But that law expired in January.
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Privacy threats should never stand in the way of our ability make choices about our bodies. But since the repeal of Roe, we have seen anti-abortion states use digital data to prosecute people for having abortions or helping others obtain reproductive and gender-affirming care.