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Welcome to the ACLU of Texas Houston Chapter
If you believe your civil liberties have been violated, please click here to request legal assistance. If you send the Houston Chapter your complaint, by email or by letter, it will extend the time that it takes for your complaint to be processed.
Houston Chapter Board
- Mary Ella Orsburn, President, Nominiations Chair, Technology Chair, Gala Chair
- Floyd Brown, Treasurer
- Daphne Pattison, Legal Chair
- Dick Steele, Membership Chair
- Louis Hamer
- Curt Gibby
- Greg Gieselman
- Michael Oeser
- Nicole Porter
Houston Chapter Board Meetings
The monthly ACLU of Texas Houston Chapter Board meeting is free and open to the public. It is held at the ACLU of Texas office at 1214 West Gray (Lower Floor), Houston, TX 77019, every third Wednesday at 7 PM.
Volunteer for the Houston Chapter
We depend upon the dedicated work of our volunteers, our success relies on your efforts. These are times of great challenge and opportunity, and the ACLU of Texas Houston Chapter is dedicated to protecting and defending the Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution. We are receiving a growing number of "requests for help" and the number of cases going to trial is increasing. We are expanding our community outreach efforts beyond our traditional role as a litigator against injustice. Be part of the team making Houston safe and free. Join us if you are not yet a member.
If you are interested in volunteering, please email us. Thank you!
ACLU of Texas Questions Segregated School Program
AUSTIN, TX – The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas today filed an open records request asking that the Beaumont Independent School District disclose information regarding the “Big 3 Conference” held at West Brook High School on March 29, 2008. The ACLU initiated its investigation after learning that only African-American, male students were required to attend the program, which included topics such as “Home Life,” “Thug Life,” ”Peer Pressure,” and “Lack of Discipline.” Read More...
West University Place Cell Phone Ban Oversteps
The ACLU of Texas is concerned about a proposed ordinance banning cell phones in West University Place, near Houston. Read More...
Are you ready to pick up the torch?
Join the ACLU of Texas in San Antonio for our 70th Anniversary Gala and Conference, March 8, 2008 on the Riverwalk! Learn more at www.aclutx70th.org! Read More...
Terri Burke Named Executive Director
The ACLU of Texas has named Terri Burke as its new Executive Director. Read More...
ACLUTX 2008 Summer Intern Announcement
The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas is accepting applications for summer 2008 law internships. The ACLU is one of the nation's foremost defenders of civil liberties and civil rights. We are a nonpartisan organization dedicated to defending the Bill of Rights through litigation, legislation, and public education. The Texas affiliate of the ACLU, founded in 1938, is headquartered in Austin, and includes a regional office in Houston and thirteen chapters with over 17,000 members statewide. Read More...
2007 Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Program Launches
The ACLU Foundation of Texas' Legal Department is very proud to announce the launching of our Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Program for 2007. Each month an expert on constitutional and civil rights/civil liberties law will offer a CLE presentation on an issue of importance to the local legal community. Read More...
ACLU hosts April 10th performance of I Am My Own Wife at Stages Repertory Theatre, Houston
On Tuesday, the ACLU Foundation will present a premiere performance of the Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning play I Am My Own Wife at Stages Repertory Theatre in Houston. Read More...
ACLU of Texas and NAACP challenge Houston parade ordinance
The ACLU and the NAACP filed suit in Houston federal district court challenging the City of Houston’s parade permit ordinance. Read More...
ACLU Hosts Shut Up & Sing Screening in Houston
The Weinstein Company and ACLU of Texas Will Host Special Screening of Dixie Chicks Documentary and Discussion with Filmmaker Read More...
10th Annual Banned Books Report
BANNED BOOKS WEEK 2006: Which Texas school removed "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison from its library shelves? Which school retained "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee despite challenges of "racial slurs and bigotry"? What does acclaimed author Judy Blume have to say to Texans about censorship? Find out in "Free People Read Freely," ACLU Foundation of Texas' 10th annual banned books report, available here. Read More...
Katrina One Year Later
A Special Report from the ACLU Read More...
Education Matters Event in Houston
ACLU of Texas is cosponsoring, with the American Jewish Committee and other organizations, a community meeting to discuss school funding in Texas. Read More...
FROM THE LIBERTY BLOG:
You make us happy when skies are gray
""An alarming amount of public information is being kept secret from citizens, and the problem is increasing by the month..."
ACLU of Texas in Houston CLE Course
Do Texans have a right to life? Learn about this question at the next presentation in the ACLU Houston CLE series! This Thursday, we present the Advance Directives Act and the Sun Hudson/Spiro Nikolouzos Cases with Mario Caballero and Earnest Wotring. Read More...
'Spying Eyes' are an affront to the Constitution, and the rights of American Muslims
An ACLU of Texas boardmember writes in the Houston Chronicle, "For more than four years I have watched FBI agents pose inappropriate questions to my clients. In the name of the War on Terror, agents have questioned thousands of Muslims, often U.S. citizens, in violation of the First Amendment of the Constitution. ..." Read More...
FROM THE LIBERTY BLOG:
Parental Involvement / Judicial Bypass
"On Tuesday, family law attorney Rita Lucido, co-founder and board chair of Jane's Due Process, presented a continuing legal education course on Texas' parental involvement laws related to access to abortion by underage women..."
FROM THE LIBERTY BLOG:
Al Franken!
"Last night I attended the annual gala of the Houston Chapter of the ACLU of Texas, with author, humorist and thorn-in-the-side-of-the-right Al Franken, and a sold-out crowd of about 300 ACLU members and civil libertarians..."
Benjamin Grant Levy, 1927 - 2005
The ACLU of Texas remembers Ben Levy - founder, leader and lifelong civil libertarian. Read More...
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