AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF ILLINOIS

Chapters: in four discreet geographic areas across the state - urbana-champaign, bloomington-normal, springfield, and peoria - aclu members voluntarily gather together to form local chapters to advance the work of the organization in these areas. These chapters serve as a critical early warning system for civil liberties violations/concerns in these areas and often produce important public programs that address concerns that might be federal, statewide, or local. Finally, the chapters serve as representatives for the aclu in these communities, raising our profile by participating in local activities, from marches and parades to demonstrations and farmers markets. The chapters also play a critical role as conduits to local elected officials, including mayors, police leaders, and others. During this year, each of the chapters addressed local proposals to adopt and implement automatic license plate reader systems in their community; chapter members reached out to public officials to share aclu concerns about privacy raised by the systems. In addition, chapter members focused on ways to ensure the smooth implementation of the pretrial fairness act, ending the use of money bond in illinois.