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One year ago today, the Nebraska Legislature did something momentous: give first round approval to a bill that would end the death penalty in Nebraska.

At the Unicameral, the ACLU of Nebraska has put together our strongest advocacy team to date to implement our diverse and wide ranging civil rights agenda. Our client is the Constitution and our work impacts our most cherished rights, fundamental freedoms, and the civil liberties of all Nebraskans. We are effective due to our hard work, policy and legal expertise, and the strong voices and unyielding activism of thousands of supporters.

Free speech is important to each and every American.

In June of 2000, Hector Herrera had $4,000 seized from him when leaving the Omaha Eppley Airport. He worked in food service and was paid in cash.

I had a childhood like many others. I had a loving mom and dad, an older brother who teased me and a couple of dogs running around the yard. We would read chapter books aloud which likely fostered my love of literature. Some of the happiest memories of my childhood take place on a New Jersey beach, surrounded by aunts, uncles and cousins with the various fried treats sold along the boardwalk and the waves crashing on the sand.

Religious freedom is one of our most treasured liberties, a fundamental and defining feature of our national character.

With International Women’s Day on the horizon, we want to recognize just a few of the amazing women who have been a part of the ACLU of Nebraska the past 50 years.