Value proposition

We the people dare to create a more perfect union.

The ACLU is an non-profit, non-partisan organization of people who believe in the power of action. We are united by the quest – “We the people dare to create a more perfect union.”

Whether in the courts, statehouses, Congress or communities, we fight to defend the rights that the Constitution guarantees to all of us —regardless of who we are, where we come from, whom we love, or what we believe.

Together, we take up the toughest civil rights and liberties challenges of our time. We seek to inspire those who want change to become the ones who make change.


Civil rights, Freedom of speech, Immigrants'​ rights, Racial justice, Criminal justice system reform, Voting rights, LGBT rights, Technology and liberty, Women's rights, Reproductive rights, Religious liberty, and Civil liberties