$3,060,654 11,723 5,421 987 1,972 30 10 17 5,380

General operating budget Adding it all up Value of donated legal services 2011-2012 UNAUDITED ACLU FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA $3,060,654

SUPPORT & OTHER REVENUE Number of donations to ACLU of Arizona Donations...... $367,985 Volume 41 Bequests...... 116,320  Standing Up for Freedom  Issue 4 Legal services donated ...... 1,644,764 11,723 Other in-kind donations ...... 8,355 ACLU members Grant revenue...... 394,960 Legal fees awarded ...... 79,324 Investment income, net ...... (3,876) 5,421 A look back at 2012 Total...... $2,607,832 New ACLU AZ members

EXPENSES Legal...... $1,913,909 987 Public Education...... 130,360 Development...... 90,247 Legal inquires processed Administrative...... 271,899 Total...... $2,406,415 1,972 Demand letters sent ACLU OF ARIZONA

SUPPORT & OTHER REVENUE 30 Donations...... $51,489 New cases filed Bequests...... 2,735 Shared membership fees...... 173,508 Investment income, net ...... 2,577 10 Total ...... $230,309 Cases in litigation he election is now behind us, but one practices through data collection, better mental health and dental care and to about being forced to give birth in shackles EXPENSES thing is clear: progress does not only training, and disciplinary procedures for end the abusive conditions in the solitary while in Sheriff Arpaio’s jail. The bill earned Legislative...... $85,499 17 come in the voting booth. That’s why the deputies who engage in illegal profiling. confinement units. bipartisan support and Governor Brewer ACLU has worked over the past year to signed it on March 21, 2012. Public Education...... 84,468 T We were part of the legal team that We hired an Immigrants’ Rights Project employ the tools of our democracy – the Calls to SB1070 hotline convinced the Ninth Circuit Court of Coordinator to lead our outreach efforts In late November, we filed a lawsuit courts, legislature, and public sphere – to Membership support...... 17,142 Appeals to block an Arizona law that after the implementation of Section 2(b), challenging Governor Brewer’s order tackle the important work that our elected Administrative...... 109,829 criminalized virtually all abortions after 20 the “show me your papers” provision of denying driver’s licenses to young officials cannot do alone. Total...... $296,938 weeks of pregnancy. This was the most SB 1070. Dulce Juarez’s work began immigrants, even though they are 5,380 Here is a recap of some the ACLU extreme abortion ban in the country and the day the Supreme Court upheld this authorized to live and work in the of Arizona’s groundbreaking would have forced a physician caring for a odious provision and involved setting up United States. The case made national accomplishments this year: woman with a high-risk pregnancy to wait a hotline that, to date, has received more headlines. Our plaintiffs include the until her condition posed an immediate than 5,000 calls. Dulce leads our efforts Arizona Dream Act Coalition, led by Dulce In July, we took Maricopa County threat of death or major medical damage to follow up with racial profiling victims in Matuz, who was recently named one of Sheriff Joe Arpaio to trial in a case with before offering her the care she needs. order to document their stories for future magazine’s most influential people in national implications. It was the first Time The law contains no exceptions for a “as applied” court challenges and for our the world. time the Sheriff was forced to defend woman who is told her fetus will not public education work. his discriminatory practices in a court With your continued support, we will survive after birth. of law. During the seven-day trial, we Our Policy Director Anjali Abraham, a help keep our nation moving toward full presented concrete evidence showing With the addition of two new attorneys, we full-time lobbyist for us at the Arizona equality, freedom, and justice. Thank you that Arpaio encouraged and permitted brought together leading prison litigators Legislature, led the ACLU’s efforts for your continued generosity on behalf of racial bias to flourish in an effort to from across the country to challenge to pass a bill restricting the use of the principles we all defend and espouse. promote his anti-immigrant agenda, and Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) physical restraints on pregnant inmates in doing so violated the countless rights practices that showed callous indifference during labor, delivery, and postpartum of U.S. citizens of Latino descent. As of to the rights of the more than 30,000 recovery. The barbaric practice garnered this printing, we are awaiting a decision prisoners the state confines each day. internationally attention after a woman that would revamp the county’s policing We are asking the court to order the came forward in 2009 to share her story Alessandra Soler

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Tom Bean Alice Bendheim Fred Bevins Sam Daughety Why we need a strong ACLU Laura Dent Andrea Elikan Because police must be held accountable Because the ACLU defends freedom of – and from – religion Luis Fernandez Police officers are expected to “serve and protect.” With increasing frequency, we are seeing people and institutions refusing to provide services or care based on religious objections. John Fife Most law enforcement officials do. Some do not. So when Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio conducted unwarranted raids and traffic stops These refusals can take many forms and the impact can be devastating. 40 years after Roe Carol Flaherty-Zonis in predominantly Latino neighborhoods, the ACLU fought back. Here in Arizona, this discrimination has taken many forms. Just this past year, the ACLU lobbied January 20, 2012 is the 40th Marilyn Freed Earlier this summer, we took him to court, forcing him to defend his discriminatory policing tactics in front of a against bills that allowed business owners, based on their religious beliefs, to refuse to provide anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Jason Green federal court judge. We presented evidence showing how he encouraged racial bias to flourish as part of his anti- insurance coverage of contraception to their employees. landmark Supreme Court ruling Jere Humphreys immigrant agenda, and violated the rights of many U.S. citizens of Latino decent. People The Constitution says we all have a right to our religious beliefs, but this does not give us the right to that found the right to privacy in Ken Jacuzzi like Lorena Escamilla were among his victims. She was stopped by an MSCO deputy in use our faith to discriminate and impose those beliefs on others who do not share them. the U.S. Constitution protects a Rivko Knox front of her home because the light on her license plate was broken. When she Through litigation, advocacy and public education, the ACLU is the largest organization in woman’s ability to choose whether Matt Korbeck refused to consent to an illegal search, the deputy slammed her stomach- the state of Arizona working to defend religious liberty and to ensure that no one is denied to continue a pregnancy to term or Steve Lee first against her car. She was five months pregnant. services because of someone else’s religious beliefs. to have an abortion. Anne Mardick “I was traumatized, sore, and I couldn’t eat for a few days,” testified In recent years, Arizona’s Robert Meitz Lorena, who is a U.S. citizen. legislators have led a war on Napoleon Pisano Others, too, were robbed of their dignity but stood up up against Because all people have rights women’s health by enacting laws Marie Provine these abusive police practices. The ACLU fought with them to For 19-year-old Hugo Carrillo Escamilla, Arizona’s Senate Bill 1070 is about such as the extremist-inspired 20- Zenaido Quintana pursue justice, eradicate discriminatory law enforcement in Maricopa County and restore more than just “showing your papers.” After “squealing” his tires, Hugo wound up in an immigration detention week ban on abortion and another Augustine Romero public trust in those who are supposed to protect and serve. facility for eight hours, then released. bill denying the working poor tax Dr. M. Mujahid Salim Later, the same police officer who pulled him over showed up at his house, saying: “Do you know credit to groups that even discuss RJ Shannon about SB 1070? If I don’t report you, I could lose my job.” abortion as an option. Other Mohur Sidhwa Because our criminal justice system Hugo is protected by the U.S. Constitution. He cannot be unlawfully detained for a prolonged similarly harsh measures have Phil Stevenson should treat people fairly period of time. He cannot be racially profiled. Yet, these types of prolonged detentions are been proposed. Larry Trachtenberg becoming more common in Arizona and local police officers are acting like de facto immigration CT Kinkade spent years in an Arizona prison cell, including more than two years If you believe in a women’s right Carolyn Trowbridge agents. in solitary. to choose, join us at two events in Tod Zelickson But the fight against SB 1070 is not over. The ACLU of Arizona has ramped up its efforts to In prison, CT did not receive treatment for serious medical complaints. He Tucson and Phoenix to celebrate seek justice on behalf of all victims of racial profiling and illegal detentions on behalf of people Roberto Reveles contracted Hepatitis-C, but his pleas for care were ignored – until his gallbladder the groundbreaking decision President like Hugo. erupted. that opened the door to greater Alessandra Soler protections for reproductive rights. Executive Director While in solitary, Kinkade said,“I never saw anyone. I never even saw outside.” CT’s story isn’t unique. Thousands like him suffer serious injury or even death in prison Because women have the right to Come and discuss the current Dan Pochoda challenges and future threats to Legal Director because staff failed to provide them with basic medical care. Inmates with serious mental make their own health care decisions illnesses are routinely placed in cells for up to 23 hours a day. Some with life-threatening those rights. Each pregnancy is unique and women who consider abortion do so for heartbreaking illnesses have been told to “drink water” to alleviate the pain. reasons. These women deserve compassion and reliable The ACLU is dedicated to ensuring our nation’s prisons, jails, and other detention Women’s Rally at the Publishing info health care and medical advice. They do not deserve to have centers comply with the Constitution, and we work to improve medical and mental Arizona Legislature the government interfere in their lives and make private Civil Liberties in Arizona health care in our state prisons, and end the practice of solitary confinement, which is Co-sponsored with Planned is published quarterly by medical decisions for them. unsafe, wastes taxpayer dollars and is fundamentally inhumane. Parenthood of Arizona the ACLU of Arizona (ISSN In response to the Arizona Legislature’s efforts Monday, January 14, 0164-4475). Periodical to restrict women’s health care choices, the ACLU postage paid at Phoenix, AZ. 2013 Because young immigrants deserve is helping women fight back. In August, we 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Postmaster send address secured an injunction against the harshest changes to PO Box 17148, a chance Arizona State Capitol Phoenix AZ 85011. “For 12 years, I was called an illegal alien, and a parasite. For 12 years, I provision of Arizona House Bill 2036, which 1700 W. Washington St., was told that I could not pursue my dreams, and despite all this adversity, I bans abortions beginning at 20 weeks of Phoenix, Arizona had the right people around me who believed in me.” pregnancy and forces women with life- Those are the words of the ACLU’s client, Dulce Matuz, an inspiring threatening health conditions, even fatal fetal anomalies, to Community Forum on young leader who was named one of magazine’s carry their pregnancies to term. Reproductive Rights in Arizona Time 100 Most Another Arizona law facing a challenge is House Influential People in the World for her work in the immigrant Featuring speakers from the ACLU youth movement. Bill 2800, which disqualifies any entity or individual of Arizona and Planned Parenthood On November 30, the ACLU filed a lawsuit to providing abortions in Arizona – except in narrowly of Arizona help Dulce and other members of the Arizona defined circumstances – from participating in Wednesday, January 23, 2013 Dream Act Coalition (ADAC) fight for fairness. the federal Medicaid program. This bill targets 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Governor Jan Brewer immediately issued Planned Parenthood and tries to block University of Arizona an executive order singling out tens of reimbursements for preventive health 1428 E. University Blvd. thousands of DREAMers in Arizona by care costs unrelated to abortion, such as Tucson, AZ denying them driver’s licenses, even cancer screenings. Memorial Student Union though they are legally authorized to In October, a federal judge Santa Rita Room live and work here. sided with the ACLU and barred Dulce Matuz, president of Many of these young people need state officials from restricting the Arizona Dream Act reimbursements to Planned Coalition, speaks at an ACLU a driver’s license to get to school, press conference. work, transport their children and Parenthood. A trial is care for family. The ACLU is standing up for pending, but for now these hard-working young people because 3,000 patients are not it’s right and it’s fair – and because Gov. being denied health care Brewer is playing politics with the hopes from their providers. and dreams of these ambitious leaders of tomorrow.

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