Suggestions for People Concerned About Civil Liberties

Talk with your friends and neighbors about organizing a local legislative effort in your city or town.
Work on a local legislative campaign to restore Fourth Amendment protections and/or call for executive accountability for torture.
Review our toolkit for guidance on organizing a local campaign. Contact our grassroots campaign coordinator, Emma Roderick, about your progress so we can share it to help inspire others across the country.
To help voters know where candidates for local, state, and national office stand on civil liberties issues visit our Engaging Candidates on Issues Related to the Bill of Rights page.

Stop racial profiling in your community by passing the Local Civil Rights Restoration Act.
Prepare yourself and members of targeted populations, such as Muslims, Iraqi students and Iraqi Americans, for visits by the FBI, INS, or police.
Find out if there's a detention center in your region, and how you can plug into the growing activism to support communities most threatened by repressive post-9/11 counter-terror laws and policies.

The "War on Terror" and The Constitution (PDF, 6.7 MB): This booklet, published by BORDC, details how "war on terror" policies have allowed the government to violate the Constitution and explains how those violations affect each of us as individuals. Printed and bound copies with full color covers is available for purchase ($3 each plus shipping; bulk discounts available).
If you or a friend teach K-12, visit our page of resources for K-12 educators and students, which includes links to resources for teaching about civil liberties, the USA PATRIOT Act, discrimination, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.
Stay informed! Visit our blog for news and information about government secrecy, surveillance, detention, and torture.
Inform local business about how the PATRIOT Act and other anti-terrorism policies harm businesses and what they can do to protect themselves and their clients. Bring them copies of BORDC's booklet, The PATRIOT Act and American Business.
Show a documentary, put on a play, or read a book from our list of recommended resources.
Copy fliers about the issue and distribute them at events.
Download, print, and distribute bookmarks with the Bill of Rights printed on them to your local schools and libraries. (Ask for permission first!). Available in English and Spanish.
Write a letter to the editor of your local paper about civil liberties issues.

Work on a local legislative campaign to restore Fourth Amendment protections and/or call for executive accountability for torture.
Keep up to date on proposed nationallegislation to help restore civil liberties and legislation that may further erode liberties.
Call or write your senators and representatives in Washington.

Other Resources