Friend –

This year, the ACLU continued our mission – scoring big wins to defend our civil rights and liberties. This work takes months and sometimes years of effort in courtrooms, legislatures, and communities – and with your support, we were able to achieve some heartening wins in 2023.

Here's a rundown from our experts on a few of these victories that you made happen.

These wins across the country will strengthen protections for our communities and our democracy. From the state level to the Supreme Court, we attained wins for us all.

• Like in states such as Ohio, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, where the ACLU helped secure critical wins for abortion rights at the ballot box.
• Or in Arkansas, where we prevailed in a critical case for trans youth, overturning a gender-affirming care ban.
• Or our legal challenge in Nebraska to defend an Indigenous student's right to wear tribal regalia at her graduation – and so much more.

Join our lawyers and the whole team as we lookback in our video today and thank you for all you did to make this year's progress happen.

Onward,

The ACLU Team