Introduction by Nsombi Lambright, executive director of the ACLU of Mississippi:
Anthony Romero's keynote address is basically an introduction of himself and the work of the ACLU to the members who seem most likely to do stuff. He's analogizing the ACLU to the Minutemen of Lexington & Concord.
The rest of his speech amounts to "we've had some wins, we've got a lot more work to do, and all of you are heroic patriots."
Update:
Audience questions-
Next big fight? Habeas.
What can youth activists do? Ask questions. Contact your congressional representative.
What role internet communications played in the fight for civil rights? Lots.
(I gotta believe these first 3 were planted.)
More questions-
What will the ACLU be remembered for 30 years from now? Courage. Courage! Get that man one less cup of coffee.
What will ACLU's position be if Conyers holds impeachment hearings after the election? Anthony has a great response: We have to thrash things out before we go in that direction. We are not the civil liberties wing of the Democratic Party. We are bigger than that; we are America.
We're on C-Span again. The organizers give Anthony the hook. Five minutes.
We are better off today than we were eight years ago
Posted by: work | September 03, 2007 at 11:53 AM
Uhhh... okay!
Posted by: Mithras | September 03, 2007 at 12:07 PM