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Aclu Voter Guide AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA news ACLUFALL 2016 VOLUME LXXX ISSUE 3 WHAT’S INSIDE WHEN A PHONE CALL MEANS ACCESS TO JUSTICE Page 5 By Leslie Fulbright Students Speak Out About enior Staff Attorney Julia Harumi Mass was representing detained Police in Schools Simmigrants in a lawsuit challenging the use of shackles at court hearings when she noticed another problem at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities she visited: a telephone system that made it virtually impossible to speak with her clients. The detention centers, where ICE holds people fight- “I would come to the office in the morning with six ing accusations that they violated civil codes governing messages that an inmate was trying to reach me, I didn’t legal status or seeking asylum, are in places like Yuba know who it was and couldn’t connect,” she said. “Un- 2 Vote in the Board of Directors County and Sacramento, so she wanted to set up a less I was sitting right by the phone when they called, we Election phone account to talk to potential plaintiffs. She asked couldn’t communicate.” the phone company to designate a line as confidential She spoke to other immigration attorneys and learned 6 Legal Victories and Updates for attorney-client communications to avoid monitoring they were driving for hours just to ask clients a question. or recording. And she prepaid for the expensive calls be- The obstacles were making representation extremely dif- 8 The Next Generation of Civil cause many of the people she was working with couldn’t ficult. She made a records request and began investigating Liberties Leaders afford to pay for them. and researching the policies, rates and other issues. She quickly learned that even with these efforts, it was Mass learned that some detainees were held in cells 10 Legislative Victories almost impossible to communicate with the clients. for 22 hours a day, with very little phone access. Those The phones required someone to accept the call, even who could make calls were charged exorbitant fees. though it was prepaid. She missed many of the calls that And the calls automatically cut off after 15 minutes. came in. When she did receive them, a voice recording There was no privacy and guards and other inmates informed her the calls were being monitored. Clients could hear the conversations, many of which included were unable to leave messages and she didn’t know who confidential information. PAID NonProfit NonProfit CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 U.S. Postage U.S. Postage Organization Organization to call back. Permit No. 4424 San Francisco, CA ACLU VOTER GUIDE NO on 66: increases california’s risk of executing an innocent person YES on 55 YES on 62 maintains funding for repeals california’s public education failed death penalty YES on 57 YES on 64 gives parole consideration legalizes marijuana American Civil Liberties Union Foundation American Civil Liberties Union St. 39 Drumm CA 94111 Francisco, San to people with nonviolent for adults 21+ convictions Learn more about these propositions YES on 58 as well as ACLU-NC positions on helps students learn english local measures at more effectively w w w . a c l u n c . o r g /e l e ct i o n VISIT WWW.ACLUNC.ORG TO READ MORE 1 BOARD NOMINEES’ 2016 CANDIDATE STATEMENTS ALLEN ASCH Born and raised in the Central Valley, California, Rob- my experience in government and the nonprofit world will I would be honored to be re- ert believes that the work of the ACLU-NC should be be an asset to the board. Thank you for your support and elected to serve on the board expanded throughout the region of the state that most I look forward to working with our members to advance of the ACLU-NC. I joined the desperately needs it. He is committed to working with our shared goals! ACLU of Southern California the Board, staff, and communities to promote the mis- sion of the ACLU-NC to advance the civil liberties of while in high school in the YOMI WRONG 1980s, worked as a cooperat- our state’s most vulnerable populations. It would be my honor to con- ing attorney with the ACLU tinue to serve as an At-large in Missouri and New Jersey in SAVITH IYENGAR member of the Board of Di- the 1990s, and helped form the Sacramento chapter of I respectfully seek to serve a rectors. My passion for civil the ACLU in 2007. My recent local ACLU activism second term on the board of liberties and commitment to in Sacramento includes fighting for immigrants’ rights the ACLU-NC. My dedication the ACLU’s work has deep- implementing the TRUST Act, lecturing to high school to the ACLU has long shaped ened during my previous term. students about their rights in school, and advising the my philosophy and career. In Since joining the board, I have local Black Lives Matter chapter about their rights school, my free speech work transitioned from my role as Executive Director of the when interacting with police. was featured in the Harvard Law Bulletin. As an attorney, I Center for Independent Living to a management role CHINA BROTSKY have worked to protect civil rights alongside the ACLU- in ADA compliance at Sutter Health. So my role in the Disability Rights Movement has changed, but my China is Director of Finance NC, including defeating the shackling of thousands of dedication to its principles has not wavered. I believe and Operations at SumOfUs, a immigrant detainees. In 2015, I received the California the ACLU is just starting to make significant impact in global online corporate account- Lawyer Attorney of the Year Award for this work. I have the area of Disability Rights and I would like to be part ability campaign organization. served on the Finance, Audit, Equity and Inclusion, and of identifying those intersections where civil liberties She is a serial entrepreneur and Officer Nominating Committees. I would be honored advocacy can help advance equality for all people with founded a number of nonprofit to continue to proudly serve the organization. disabilities. social enterprises in the technol- ogy and real estate sectors as well MATT MURRAY as a bi-national peer-learning network on collaborative I would be honored to continue space. She has a lifelong commitment to social and envi- my service on the ACLU-NC ronmental justice. She also uses her skills in finance and Board of Directors. I am a pub- operations on the Boards of Directors of 350.org, Global lic interest attorney primar- Please see the instructions at right, Greengrants Fund and the Nonprofit Centers Network. ily representing workers and then clip ballot below and send along with unions. I have served on the your address label to: JUSTIN BROWN ACLU-NC Legal Committee Elections Committee I truly believe in the ACLU’s since 2012 and was appointed ACLU of Northern California commitment to activism, spe- to an interim position on the Board this summer. I co- 39 Drumm Street cifically on behalf of minor- founded student ACLU groups at both UC Berkeley ity groups. It is important to and Harvard Law School, and previously served on the San Francisco, CA 94111 me that organizations like the ACLU-NC Board while I was a student. I am passion- ACLU not only exist, but thrive, ate about the broad range of civil liberties the ALCU Ballots must be received by noon on and continue fighting against fights to protect, and I am excited to continue my con- Dec. 5, 2016 civil rights infringements. My tributions to this great organization. work as a Certified Public Accountant has given me in- depth knowledge of non-profit finance, accounting soft- ISA NOYOLA ware programs, annual external audits, financial state- Isa Noyola is excited about ment presentation, and grant revenue recognition, all of the nomination to be on the ACLU-NC BOARD OF which are critical to the ACLU-NC’s financial health. If board. As a director of pro- elected to the board, I would like to provide guidance grams at Transgender Law DIRECTORS BALLOT and feedback in these areas and continue serving on the Center, she works extensively Finance Committee. for the release of transgender Please vote by marking one square next to women from ICE detention each candidate you support. VERONICA DIAZ and an end to deportations. You may vote for up to 10 candidates on She brings an intersectional lens to her advocacy My organizing experience in this ballot. If you share joint membership the migrant town of Salinas and has years of experience in the nonprofit sector. sparked my desire to union- Isa a national leader in the transgender community with another member, use both squares. ize workers and engage them and in immigrant rights movement. She identifies as ALLEN ASCH in the political process with a translatina, trainer/facilitator, fund raiser, activist, the goal of addressing labor and cultural organizer. Isa is a passionate national inequality. Through my work advocate around viable strategies & conversations of CHINA BROTSKY at the Teamsters Joint Coun- how philanthropy and NGOs can better resource the cil 7, I am able to connect workers and immigrants with transgender community and leadership. JUSTIN BROWN their elected officials and thereby politically empower this largely underrepresented population. As the daugh- PEDRO RAMIREZ VERONICA DIAZ ter of an immigrant farmworker and granddaughter of a It’s an honor to be nominated as Bracero, family traditions rooted in union mobilization a candidate to the Board of the ROBERT FUENTEZ and civil rights have guided my career towards uniting ACLU-NC.
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