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Working with grassroots partners and communities across the Commonwealth, we harnessed the power of We the People to effect change and advance the cause of justice.
2021 ACTION REPORT
The year 2021 began with the promise of change. But just six days in, it became clear that cynical forces intent on damaging the integrity of our elections, maintaining the status quo of racial injustice, and rolling back reproductive freedom will use every ploy they know to undermine hard-won progress.
These challenges and other assaults on our democracy reinforce the importance of the ACLU. Standing together, we represent the front line against these dangerous attacks. As you’ll read and hear in this report, your ACLU was a steady force throughout 2021, using strategic litigation and advocacy to defend democracy and liberty.
Here in Massachusetts, we expanded voting rights, secured and improved abortion access, and protected the privacy rights of Bay Staters. Throughout this report, you’ll learn more about our legal and legislative successes from the past year, meet some of our remarkable staff and partners, and preview our plans for 2022.
Working with grassroots partners and communities across the Commonwealth, we harnessed the power of We the People to effect change and advance the cause of justice.
Last year, we celebrated the passage of major new bills on police reform and abortion access, and pressed lawmakers to go further in protecting and expanding civil liberties.
In 2021, we secured major legal victories in areas such as immigrants’ rights, free speech, and criminal legal reform.
Q&A with Ruth Bourquin, Senior and Managing Attorney at the ACLU of Massachusetts.
Q&A with Kade Crockford, director of the Technology for Liberty Program at the ACLU of Massachusetts.
