ACLU of Indiana
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Nonpartisan, legal and advocacy nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting Hoosiers' civil rights and liberties.
"...Indianapolis does not look the same or face the same challenges as every other part of Indiana. Urban areas have different needs than rural farms, riverside towns and fast-growing suburbs. Each of those communities, including ours, deserves strong representation that understands them."
I'm Indy's last GOP mayor. Redistricting hurts our city. | Opinion
"I've always believed in doing what's best for Indy, not what's politically convenient. This map fails that test," former Mayor Greg Ballard writes.
www.indystar.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
"...Indianapolis does not look the same or face the same challenges as every other part of Indiana. Urban areas have different needs than rural farms, riverside towns and fast-growing suburbs. Each of those communities, including ours, deserves strong representation that understands them."
House Bill 1032, which would redraw the Indiana congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, passed through the Elections and Apportionment Committee this morning.
December 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
House Bill 1032, which would redraw the Indiana congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, passed through the Elections and Apportionment Committee this morning.
Tune in to the House Elections and Apportionment Committee's discussion on the redistricting bill right now!
Indiana General Assembly
Website for Indiana's General Assembly
iga.in.gov
December 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Tune in to the House Elections and Apportionment Committee's discussion on the redistricting bill right now!
Today, hundreds of Hoosiers sent a message directly to lawmakers: we, the voters, reject policies that undermine fair representation within our state.
December 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Today, hundreds of Hoosiers sent a message directly to lawmakers: we, the voters, reject policies that undermine fair representation within our state.
The proposed redistricting map was just dropped — on the same day the Indiana House is scheduled to convene. This is not how democracy should work.
Here is the proposed congressional map for Indiana
After months of public battling, Indiana House Republicans have shared their proposal for a new congressional map for Indiana.
www.wthr.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The proposed redistricting map was just dropped — on the same day the Indiana House is scheduled to convene. This is not how democracy should work.
The time is now to tell Indiana lawmakers: NO to mid-decade power grabs and YES to fair maps and transparency.
📢 Rally Against Redistricting
📅 Monday, Dec. 1 at 12 p.m. ET
📍 Indiana Statehouse
💜 Wear purple and bring a friend!
➡️ RSVP here: https://www.mobilize.us/acluin/event/868127/
📢 Rally Against Redistricting
📅 Monday, Dec. 1 at 12 p.m. ET
📍 Indiana Statehouse
💜 Wear purple and bring a friend!
➡️ RSVP here: https://www.mobilize.us/acluin/event/868127/
November 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The time is now to tell Indiana lawmakers: NO to mid-decade power grabs and YES to fair maps and transparency.
📢 Rally Against Redistricting
📅 Monday, Dec. 1 at 12 p.m. ET
📍 Indiana Statehouse
💜 Wear purple and bring a friend!
➡️ RSVP here: https://www.mobilize.us/acluin/event/868127/
📢 Rally Against Redistricting
📅 Monday, Dec. 1 at 12 p.m. ET
📍 Indiana Statehouse
💜 Wear purple and bring a friend!
➡️ RSVP here: https://www.mobilize.us/acluin/event/868127/
Traveling for the holiday? 🦃 You might spot one of our new billboards in Indy metro, Fort Wayne, Terre Haute, and Lafayette. 👀
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Traveling for the holiday? 🦃 You might spot one of our new billboards in Indy metro, Fort Wayne, Terre Haute, and Lafayette. 👀
As Hoosiers head into the holiday weekend, lawmakers are lining up for December gerrymandering that no one asked for. Join us 12/1 for a Rally Against Redistricting. Wear purple & make it clear we choose elected officials, not the other way around. RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/acluin/event/868127/
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
As Hoosiers head into the holiday weekend, lawmakers are lining up for December gerrymandering that no one asked for. Join us 12/1 for a Rally Against Redistricting. Wear purple & make it clear we choose elected officials, not the other way around. RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/acluin/event/868127/
The House announced just days before a major holiday that they will vote next week on a bill that hasn't been filed — to redraw maps that haven't been released. This is bad governance in the extreme. Hoosiers deserve fair maps. And they deserve transparency.
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The House announced just days before a major holiday that they will vote next week on a bill that hasn't been filed — to redraw maps that haven't been released. This is bad governance in the extreme. Hoosiers deserve fair maps. And they deserve transparency.
This month, we celebrate the culture and resilience of the Indigenous people who inhabited this land long before it was called Indiana.
November 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This month, we celebrate the culture and resilience of the Indigenous people who inhabited this land long before it was called Indiana.
Heading into holiday dinner and bracing for the conversations? This guide covers free speech, federal deployments, immigrants’ rights, and trans justice, with simple ways to respond and take action. Read the full guide here: aclu.org/the-aclus-holiday-conversation-guide#
November 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Heading into holiday dinner and bracing for the conversations? This guide covers free speech, federal deployments, immigrants’ rights, and trans justice, with simple ways to respond and take action. Read the full guide here: aclu.org/the-aclus-holiday-conversation-guide#
There's still time to register for our Popular Education Training on Saturday, Dec. 6, in Bloomington. Join us for hands-on training designed to give you the tools you need to organize, mobilize, and lead in this critical moment.
RSVP here: https://bit.ly/3KenvWc
RSVP here: https://bit.ly/3KenvWc
November 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
There's still time to register for our Popular Education Training on Saturday, Dec. 6, in Bloomington. Join us for hands-on training designed to give you the tools you need to organize, mobilize, and lead in this critical moment.
RSVP here: https://bit.ly/3KenvWc
RSVP here: https://bit.ly/3KenvWc
As members of the Indiana National Guard prepare for deployment to D.C., veterans from across the country are telling Congress: "no troops in our streets." Join them: action.aclu.org/send-message...
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
As members of the Indiana National Guard prepare for deployment to D.C., veterans from across the country are telling Congress: "no troops in our streets." Join them: action.aclu.org/send-message...
Today, we remember those who have lost their lives to anti-trans violence and celebrate the legacies of the trans and nonbinary people whose lives have touched our own.
November 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Today, we remember those who have lost their lives to anti-trans violence and celebrate the legacies of the trans and nonbinary people whose lives have touched our own.
The National Guard should be used for true emergencies like disaster relief — not for policing communities.
November 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The National Guard should be used for true emergencies like disaster relief — not for policing communities.
“Of the 1,400 immigrants arrested in Indiana in the first six months of this year, somewhere around 70% had no criminal legal contact,” said Lisa Koop, national director of the NIJC’s legal services and an adjunct law professor at Notre Dame.
Long-term detention of immigrants is harming their physical, mental health
Detained immigrants are experiencing deteriorating physical and mental health. Policymakers should reconsider long-term detention practices.
www.journalgazette.net
November 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
“Of the 1,400 immigrants arrested in Indiana in the first six months of this year, somewhere around 70% had no criminal legal contact,” said Lisa Koop, national director of the NIJC’s legal services and an adjunct law professor at Notre Dame.
Indiana Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray just announced there are not enough votes to move forward with mid-cycle redistricting, and the Senate will not reconvene in December to redraw Indiana’s congressional maps.
Thank you to everyone who took action!
Thank you to everyone who took action!
November 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Indiana Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray just announced there are not enough votes to move forward with mid-cycle redistricting, and the Senate will not reconvene in December to redraw Indiana’s congressional maps.
Thank you to everyone who took action!
Thank you to everyone who took action!
“The Pride Center does not discriminate on who it serves, nor does it discriminate on who it hires or approves for work study students,” Falk said. “The Pride Center was treated this way because of what the Pride Center does, and what the Pride Center does is an exercise of its First Amendment.”
‘We have a backbone’: Terre Haute Pride Center, ACLU face second legal battle with ISU
This fall, the center was supposed to staff four more ISU students, but ISU cut that funding in August. While the university said it’s following the federal government’s lead, the ACLU of Indiana and ...
www.ipm.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
“The Pride Center does not discriminate on who it serves, nor does it discriminate on who it hires or approves for work study students,” Falk said. “The Pride Center was treated this way because of what the Pride Center does, and what the Pride Center does is an exercise of its First Amendment.”
The man, the myth, the legend: ACLU of Indiana legal director Ken Falk.
Who better to remind you of Indiana's key 2026 election dates and deadlines? Get a free magnet featuring original local art and inspiration for ensuring your voice is heard: https://bit.ly/43uCdPj
Who better to remind you of Indiana's key 2026 election dates and deadlines? Get a free magnet featuring original local art and inspiration for ensuring your voice is heard: https://bit.ly/43uCdPj
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The man, the myth, the legend: ACLU of Indiana legal director Ken Falk.
Who better to remind you of Indiana's key 2026 election dates and deadlines? Get a free magnet featuring original local art and inspiration for ensuring your voice is heard: https://bit.ly/43uCdPj
Who better to remind you of Indiana's key 2026 election dates and deadlines? Get a free magnet featuring original local art and inspiration for ensuring your voice is heard: https://bit.ly/43uCdPj
When voters are unhappy with their representatives, they need to be able to change who represents them. Instead, some politicians are trying to rig the next election and ignoring our basic democratic values. Learn more about what you can do in the fight for fair maps.
November 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
When voters are unhappy with their representatives, they need to be able to change who represents them. Instead, some politicians are trying to rig the next election and ignoring our basic democratic values. Learn more about what you can do in the fight for fair maps.
Using troops to police our streets isn’t law and order; it’s a threat to our fundamental freedoms. Stand with those who served and speak out at the link.
Military members swore an oath to defend the Constitution, not to police American cities and chill dissent.
If you or a loved one has served in the military, join us in telling the Trump administration that troops don't belong on our streets.
If you or a loved one has served in the military, join us in telling the Trump administration that troops don't belong on our streets.
Military, Veterans, and Families in Defense of the Constitution
Take action with ACLU People Power!
act.aclu.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Using troops to police our streets isn’t law and order; it’s a threat to our fundamental freedoms. Stand with those who served and speak out at the link.
"When Indiana shows us that trans and nonbinary and gender diverse people are not welcome, they leave the state," Paulsen said.
Prove we refuse that future. Oppose the BMV's ban on gender-marker updates: email [email protected] and pack the Nov. 14, at 9 a.m. ET hearing.
Prove we refuse that future. Oppose the BMV's ban on gender-marker updates: email [email protected] and pack the Nov. 14, at 9 a.m. ET hearing.
LGBTQ+ advocates: BMV gender rule, second hearing shows transgender Hoosiers they 'are not welcome'
Transgender advocates have filed a public records request for correspondence between the governor's office and Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles. They want more information about the decision to hold a...
www.wfyi.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"When Indiana shows us that trans and nonbinary and gender diverse people are not welcome, they leave the state," Paulsen said.
Prove we refuse that future. Oppose the BMV's ban on gender-marker updates: email [email protected] and pack the Nov. 14, at 9 a.m. ET hearing.
Prove we refuse that future. Oppose the BMV's ban on gender-marker updates: email [email protected] and pack the Nov. 14, at 9 a.m. ET hearing.
Love still wins. 🏳️🌈
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Love still wins. 🏳️🌈
The stakes for defending our rights and communities are real and immediate in Indiana. Join the ACLU of Indiana for a day of popular education and hands-on training designed to ignite your activism. We’ll share the tools needed to organize, mobilize, and lead in this critical moment.
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The stakes for defending our rights and communities are real and immediate in Indiana. Join the ACLU of Indiana for a day of popular education and hands-on training designed to ignite your activism. We’ll share the tools needed to organize, mobilize, and lead in this critical moment.
“I believe the stories these men tell me,” Father Joel Weir said. “Which is they're not criminals. A lot of them were going to work and ICE was there and they didn't go home that night. Their parent, their family didn't know where they were for a day or two.”
Faith leaders can't stop ICE arrests. So they pray, visit and witness. | Opinion
Faith leaders feel called to support the marginalized. That means providing support for ICE detainees -- in the only ways they know how.
www.indystar.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
“I believe the stories these men tell me,” Father Joel Weir said. “Which is they're not criminals. A lot of them were going to work and ICE was there and they didn't go home that night. Their parent, their family didn't know where they were for a day or two.”