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The AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
of New Mexico
cordially invites you to

Besse-Forward Global Resource Center, Silver City
Monday November 15 , 2004 7:00pm

NM Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum Auditorium, Las Cruces
Tuesday November 16 , 2004 7:00pm

Speakers & Film

About the Film:

Unconstitutional is a groundbreaking new documentary that details the shocking way that civil liberties have been infringed upon and rolled back since 9/11. In the rush to pass the USA Patriot Act, intelligence agencies including the FBI, CIA, Homeland Security Department and local law enforcement have been empowered to “protect freedom and democracy” by destroying our freedom and democracy. The film boldly depicts the frightening truth about the rapid loss of American civil liberties and documents those who are fighting back.

Executive Producers: Robert Greenwald, Earl Katz, Dan Raskov
Written, Produced and Directed by Nonny de la Peña
Sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union

www.aclu.org/unconstitutional

You are cordially invited to join us for our annual ACLU-NM Bill of Rights Dinner. The keynote speaker at this year’s awards banquet is Anthony Romero, Executive Director for the national American Civil Liberties Union. Romero took the helm of the ACLU in September 2001, a week before the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Since that time, the ACLU has led the resistance against new policies and practices that strike at the heart of what our democracy is all about. The ACLU has continued to fight measures that roll back fundamental protections and jeopardize basic freedoms— employing lawsuits, testimony in Congress, and direct appeals to citizens who may not realize that their way of life is endangered. This is not the first time that Americans have been asked to trade away freedoms for increased security, and it will not be the last—but as an organization we have stood our ground under Romero’s leadership, steadfastly maintaining that it is possible to be both safe and free. Romero is the ACLU’s sixth director, and the first Latino and openly gay man to serve in that capacity.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

6:00 pm Reception
6:45 pm Seating for Dinner
7:00 pm Welcome – Peter Simonson
7:45 pm Keynote Address – Anthony Romero
8:15 pm Special Awards MC – Kay Monaco, J. D., Executive Director of New Mexico Voices for Children
Saturday, December 4, 2004 at The Albuquerque Marriott, 2100 Louisiana NE
Please reserve your seat or table by Monday, November 22, 2004.

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