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Supreme Court Allows Gavin Grimm’s Victory to Stand

The Supreme Court today declined to hear Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board, allowing lower court decisions in support of transgender students to stand.

June 28, 2021

ACLU of Virginia Hires Mary Bauer As New Executive Director

The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia announced today that it has hired Mary Bauer to succeed Executive Director Claire Guthrie Gastañaga, who announced her retirement in October 2020 after nine years with the organization.

May 5, 2021

Marijuana Advocates Respond to Final Legislation

Today with the stroke of Gov. Ralph Northam’s pen, Virginia became the first state in the South and the 16th state in the nation to legalize marijuana. We stand with Marijuana Justice, and as a coalition, we believe there is still work to be done.

April 21, 2021

Chauvin Trial Shows Needs for Police Transformation in Virginia and Nationwide.

Chauvin’s conviction sends the message that police violence must end, however, it doesn’t erase the systems across the country that uphold race-based policing and oppress Black people.

April 20, 2021

Coalition Applauds Gov. Northam for Legalizing Marijuana July 1, 2021

The ACLU of Virginia, Marijuana Justice, RISE for Youth, and Justice Forward Virginia applaud the governor for understanding that justice delayed is justice denied as he proposed legalizing small amounts of marijuana on July 1, 2021.

March 31, 2021

Virginia Became First in the South to Abolish Death Penalty

Our Commonwealth has executed more people than any other state under the guise of justice, but it is a racist, barbaric practice. And thankfully, it ends today.

March 24, 2021