Education
Speakers Bureau

Are you interested in learning more about the work of the ACLU?
Do members of your organization have questions about a particular civil liberties issue?

Members of our Speakers Bureau give presentations to students, community organizations, service organizations, professional associations and a variety of other groups. The presentation topics are as current as today's headlines. Our speakers are lawyers, educators, members of the ACLU Board of Directors and other experts in civil liberties. Speakers talk about current cases and controversies or about the general work and history of the ACLU -- whatever civil liberties issue you select.

Below is a partial list of the topics we address. If you are interested in a specific civil liberties issue which is not listed, please let us know.

Possible Speech Topics

• Understanding the ACLU: History and Background

• Inside the ACLU: The Cases We Take and Why

• USA PATRIOT Act

• Freedom of Choice: Reproductive Freedom

• Religious Liberty: Separation of Church and State

• Freedom of Press, Speech, Assembly

• Hate Crimes/Hate Speech

• Censorship

• Capital Punishment

• The Second Amendment and Gun Control

• Civil Liberties and Sexual Orientation

• Racial Profiling

• Employee Rights

• Immigrants' Rights

• Rights of Minorities, Women

• Rights of Students

• Rights of Persons with Disabilities

To reserve a speaker for your next luncheon, meeting or classroom presentation, simply fill in the ACLU Speakers Bureau Intake Form and submit. Three weeks advance notice is generally needed to schedule the proper speaker. ACLU Speakers are available to your group at no charge. If your budget includes an honorarium, we would gladly accept that to offset the costs of our Speakers Bureau.

To become a volunteer speaker, you must first complete the Speakers Bureau Training, click here for training dates.