The ACLU of Indiana works to educate the public about their civil liberties. Our programs for 2013 include First Wednesdays, Constitution Day and a host of activities and events to celebrate our 60th Anniversary year.

Save the date! Tuesday, September 17
Constitution Day
In 2004, Congress passed an amendment making September 17 Constitution Day. The law requires all publicly funded educational institutions to provide programming on that day to educate students about the Constitution of the United States. In May 2005, the U.S. Department of Education announced the enactment of this law and applied it to all schools receiving federal funds of any kind.

In 2013, the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, as part of a national project, is launching a program to bring the Constitution to life on Constitution Day for students in Indiana. The ACLU of Indiana will offer a learning toolkit to educators, which includes games, contests and lesson plans to make learning about the Constitution fun. We are also partnering with other organizations to make available to classrooms the toolkits and volunteer attorneys as speakers. The program is targeted to middle school students, but can be made available to any interested classroom in Indiana.

Sign up for Constitution Day: info@aclu-in.org

• Please include your name and contact information including Zip code

• Educators, please include the name of your school

• Attorneys and other volunteers, please include the name of your law firm or workplace

Our schedule for distributing the Constitution Day toolkit is as follows:

• Late May 2013: Email to schools informing them of the program

• June through September 2013: Statewide public service announcements distributed to media

• June through September 2013: Online volunteer sign-up begins

• Late July 2013: Toolkit will be available

• Late August 2013: Follow-up email to schools reminding them of the program

• September 17, 2013: Pilot launch of Constitution Day brought to you by the ACLU of Indiana