ACLU of MissouriAnnual ReportOctober 1, 2013-October 31, 2014

ACLU of Missouri Board of TrusteesBrad Pierce, PresidentShontaia Riley, Vice PresidentPam Woodard, Vice PresidentDaron Smith, SecretaryBob Waugh, TreasurerTerry BloombergTricia BushnellSusan CarlsonNimrod ChapelSheila GreenbaumDenise FieldLaurie HauberRobert KingDavid NelsonAaron NovackBill RaneyAllan RostronAnnette SlackJoseph StimpflSteven StreenErica Warren

GENERAL COUNSELDenise Field

STAFFJeffrey Mittman, Executive DirectorTony Rothert, Legal DirectorSarah Rossi, Director of Advocacy and PolicyNancy Burchfield, Director of PhilanthropyDiane Balogh, Communications DirectorGrant Doty, Staff AttorneyGillian Wilcox, Staff AttorneyDebbie Read, Executive AssistantMustafa Abdullah, Program Associate Alona Sistrunk, Communications and Development AssociateMichael Hill, ParalegalAndy McNulty, Jay A. Pritzker Fellow

LOBBYISTSCrystal WilliamsJay Hardenbrook

THANKS TO FORMER BOARD MEMBERSThomas HaydeJohn BorgmeyerDr. Rob RymerTony Westbrooks

Letter from Our LeadershipThe 13 months since the ACLU of Missouri was born on October 1, 2013, have been a whirlwind of activity.

It has been a time of growth We doubled our geographic area, welcomed board members from the western half of the state, opened an office in Kansas City and added two staff positions.

A time of sadnessWe lost two civil libertarians who were staunch ACLU supporters: Fred Epstein and State Representative Rory Ellinger. Both men leave legacies of tirelessly working to secure and protect the rights of Missourians.

A time of conflictWhen Michael Brown, an unarmed African-American 18-year-old, was fatally shot by a Ferguson police officer, racial justice advocates took to the streets to express their grief and frustration. The ACLU of Missouri immediately called for government transparency to obtain incident reports. When the First Amendment rights of the media and protesters were violated, we went to court.

And, a time of joyWe have made great progress in bringing marriage equality to Missouri. Thanks to Barrier v. Vasterling, Missouri now recognizes the marriages of all same-sex couples who were legally married outside of the state. Our win in Lawson v. Jackson County Recorder of Deeds allowed same-sex couples to obtain marriage licenses in Jackson County. We will continue to fight for marriage equality.

This report offers a brief glimpse into how we have been protecting First Amendment rights, promoting racial justice and fighting to abolish the death penalty. If you would like more information about our lawsuits and programs, go to our website at: www.aclu-mo.org.

We could not do this work without the help of our many supporters. Thank you and here’s to a wonderful 2015!

Brad PiercePresident of the

Board of Trustees

Jeffrey A. MittmanExecutive Director

FergusonThe ACLU of Missouri, with support from the National ACLU, immediately launched a comprehensive and constructive response to the fatal shooting of unarmed Michael Brown in August and the violent and militarized crack-down carried out in the aftermath.

We were on the ground at the protests, assembling teams of legal observers and distributing “know your rights” materials.

When the ACLU issued a joint statement with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund condemning a police-imposed nighttime curfew as unconstitutional, the curfew was lifted.

When police tried to prohibit the public from recording police officers on public streets and sidewalks, the ACLU went to court and eventually reached an agreement with local law enforcement agencies for citizens’ right to record the police. After that agreement was ignored, we obtained a court order.

We were also successful in obtaining a preliminary injunction so the police would not enforce the “5-second rule” where protesters were forced to keep moving and could not stand still for more than five seconds.

Ferguson showed the world that there are two kinds of policing in America — one that too often heavy-handedly applies militarized force to communities of color and one designed to serve and protect certain community members above their fellow citizens. This must stop.

Marriage EqualityDays before Valentine’s Day, the ACLU filed a suit asking Missouri to recognize the marriages of 10 same-sex couples who were married outside the state. On September 25, seven of the 10 plaintiff couples, many of their friends and family members, and a throng of journalists filled the courtroom in Kansas City for our hearing, where Judge J. Youngs said he would make a decision in Barrier v. Vasterling as quickly as possible, and he did.

Judge Youngs’ ruling on October 3 was a personal win for our 10 courageous couples. But, even more important, it was a win for the whole state because it struck down a discriminatory law. Three days later, Attorney General Chris Koster announced he would not pursue an appeal. Our constitution obligates Missouri to recognize marriages from other states, as Missouri has historically done. To appeal would have been a waste of money, and unfair to loving families.

We’ve taken a giant step down the aisle with marriage equality. However, there are many areas of the state where LGBT people are vulnerable to discrimination, so we need to work on passing the Missouri Nondiscrimination Act.

In November 2014, U.S. District Judge Ortrie Smith

declared Missouri’s ban on marriage for same-sex

couples unconstitutional with his decision in our

marriage license lawsuit, Lawson v. Jackson County. So

far, Jackson County, St. Louis City and St. Louis County

are now issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian

couples. We will work until the remaining 112 counties

follow suit, hopefully before our next annual report.

Death PenaltySecrecy continues to shroud the way Missouri metes out the ultimate punishment in our name. The ACLU of Missouri filed six lawsuits against the Missouri Department of Corrections (MODOC) seeking transparency regarding the state’s execution protocol and policies. The lawsuits included an effort to determine the source of the lethal drugs to be used in executions, gain information about the state’s execution protocol in general, and the process used to select witnesses for executions. Investigative journalists, who poured over the documents we received, revealed that the state was taking large amounts of cash across state borders to purchase drugs for the executions.

First Amendment RightsWe had several important wins for First Amendment freedoms. A Southeast Missouri Police Officer wrote an apology letter and agreed to pay damages, court costs and attorneys’ fees after improperly getting a court order forcing our client to remove social media postings that were critical of the officer.

In October 2013, we ensured that organizations are able to distribute leaflets in Desloge. Government cannot decide to treat some groups differently.

After representing a Cape Girardeau man since 2010 in a volley of lawsuits and appeals, the ACLU won. The United States Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s judgment holding that the plaintiff’s expressive actions were fully protected by the United States Constitution, the Cape Girardeau police officer was not entitled to qualified immunity, and the Missouri statute was facially unconstitutional.

A permanent injunction in April by U.S. District Judge Henry Edward Autrey means Ellisville drivers need not worry about getting ticketed if they use their headlights to send a message to other drivers to slow down and proceed with caution.

Sunshine Law WinsA St. Louis Circuit Court judge ruled that the St. Louis City Police must release documents pertaining to internal affairs department investigations of the 2006 World Series ticket scalping scandal and we finally received the documents we had been seeking since 2007.

In February, we released copies of three anonymous letters from a police officer that detail allegations of racial profiling by a former police lieutenant. We obtained the records in a Sunshine Law suit against St. Louis County.

Disability RightsIn May, we secured the right for a Mountain View man, who has a disability that impacts his ability to travel, to obtain a marriage license. He had been unable to comply with Missouri’s arbitrary statutory requirement that marriage license applicants appear in person before a Recorder of Deeds. The Howell County Recorder of Deeds was ordered by a United States District Court judge to meet the man at his home and issue him a marriage license. He is now a newlywed!

Voters’ RightsWe filed a petition on behalf of Civil Rights Leader Norman Seay, challenging the deceptive summary state-ment for a sham early voting constitutional amendment on the November 4 ballot. After a Cole County judge rejected our challenge in August, the Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that the language is deceptive and ordered it to be rewritten. This amendment was handily defeated.

Abuse of PowerIn September 2013 a homeless couple was threatened with arrest by City of Miner police officers for nothing more than peaceably holding a sign that read “Traveling. Anything helps. God bless.”

They respectfully asked if they were break-ing any laws. The officer left and returned with highlighted copies of three purported ordinances against vagrancy, begging and loitering. He was later joined by another policeman who told the couple they would be arrested for violating the ordinances if they didn’t leave town in five minutes, so they complied and haven’t returned.

We learned that the southeast Missouri city has no such ordinances. In December 2013 we filed suit and in October 2014, U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. entered a consent judgment against the City of Miner’s unconstitutional ordinances that banned loitering, vagrancy and begging.

Edward Gillespie and Brandalyn Orchard

contacted the ACLU, when the City of

Miner violated their rights.

Mobile JusticeLong before Ferguson, the ACLU began developing a mobile app to help people who are routinely stopped, searched, humiliated and bullied into compliance by law enforcement officers. In November 2014, we released an empowerment tool, called Mobile Justice, that allows users to record police and automatically send files directly to the ACLU, before anyone can delete the files.

The app, which has been downloaded more than 1,200 times, allows users to complete a report and to alert others if they are stopped. It also has Know Your Rights information.

St. Louis University School of Law Assistant Professor Justin Hansford, at the podium,

helped us announce the launch of Mobile Justice in November 2014. He shared how he

was arrested at a demonstration on October 22, 2014, while wearing a day-glo green

National Lawyers Guild cap indicating he was a legal observer.

Legislative EffortsThis past legislative session, the ACLU and coalition partners worked hard on many issues. We were successful in getting Governor Jay Nixon to veto a harmful bill that required a 72-hour wait for women seeking abortions. But, despite a great fight, the legislature overrode his veto and Missouri became one of three states with a 72-hour wait.

We were successful in getting Missouri Constitu-tional Amendment 9 passed on August 5. A warrant is required before government can rummage through our electronic communications and data.

In September, Tony Rothert spoke before the

U.S. Congress on behalf of U.S. Senator Ben

Cardin’s End Racial Profiling Act.

Community EngagementWe were especially proud this year of our marriage equality work so we made sure the ACLU of Missouri participated in PRIDE events across the state. There were two marches--one in Springfield and one in St. Louis, as well as festivals in Joplin, Kansas City, Springfield, St. Louis and Columbia.

Staff members also presented workshops for students and continuing legal education classes on a variety of topics, including Know Your Rights, the death penality, marijuana reform, voting rights, and DOMA and LGBT issues. Contact our office if you would like to schedule a civil liberty speaker.

Surveillance ReportIn October 2014, after a two-year investigation, we released our surveillance report, Caught in the Web of Mass Surveillance. It reveals that a number of St. Louis entities

maintain a hodgepodge of surveillance cameras that are governed by a variety of internal policies or, in many cases, no policies at all. And, what’s even more frightening is that St. Louis is looking to expand its surveillance capacity with a Real-Time Intelligence Center.

Although the study was done in St. Louis, the principles can be applied to other cities throughout Missouri. We’ve shared the report with key Senators and Representatives who are interested in protecting privacy. We’ve also created a list of recommendations. You can find a copy of the report on our website: www.aclu-mo.org/mass-surveillance.

By the numbers

36 New cases opened

11 Amicus briefs filed

76,954Website users

(21,797 on Aug. 20 alone)

49News releases distributed

7,791 Facebook likes

2,669 Complaints processed

3,268 Twitter followers

2ACLU of Missouri offices

(Kansas City and St. Louis)

84 Testimonies on 74 bills

(during 2014 legislative session)

Gifts Thank you to our many supporters who contribute to the ACLU of Missouri. Because of their generosity and commitment, the Bill of Rights’ values continue to be more than a promise on paper. Their membership in the ACLU and tax-deductible contributions to the Foundation support our litigation, public education programs and advocacy.

Justice CircleJoyce Project

President’s CircleTerry Bloomberg and Gordon R. Bloomberg, MDDrake Bettner FoundationFred* and Sara EpsteinSheila Greenbaum and Gary WassermanJoseph and Yvonne LoganRuth and Alvin Siteman

Liberty CircleScott CozadDenise FieldWilliam A. Kerr FoundationBill and Suzanne RaneyDaron Smith and Chris FinleyMary Steeb and Glenn LittletonTrio Foundation of St. LouisPam and Mark Woodard

Constitution CircleJoanne and Scot BoultonSusan Carlson and Gerald GreimanWilliam FoegeLinda Headrick and David SetzerCaroline and George HelmkampSima and Philip NeedlemanJames NutterSharalyn and Ronald SaksRobert and Linda Waugh

Freedom CircleAnonymous (1)Charles ArthurTom and Michelle BlumenthalNancy and Bill BurchfieldDaniel and Susan CarlsonJudith and Ronald CarterRussell ChongDario and Marybel CovaDavid DienerRobert ElginRobert and Susan Ellis

Leonard and Julie FrankelScott FreemanJohn and Dora GianoulakisSusan and Norman GilbertBarbara GileRoger L. Goldman and Stephanie RivenMichael GrossDr. and Mrs. Jonathan HansonDon HuddlestonFrances HymanPeter JoyRobert and Elena KingTim LewisGary LongRobert K. Martin and Carol ThraneJeffrey MittmanAaron and Nancy NovackWilliam F. Pickard, Ph.D.Bradley Pierce and Laurie VincentDavid and Patricia RaffelShontaia RileyAllen K. RostronNancy R. SachsCatherine Soete and Amy Fister

Gifts Freedom Circle (continued)Spencer, Fane, Britt & BrowneStaenberg Family FoundationKendall and Johann StallingsJames D. TruesdaleMike Tucker and Frank J. SianoMark UtterbackJohn WandlessPatricia Ann WolkowitzHollis WrightWilliam ZieglerSteven Zweig and Susan Even

SupportersMary AtkinBrooke AtkinsonDaniel L. BabcockRobert and Coke Leigh BlakeSusan BlockElizabeth and Benjamin BozicevicJean CodyDonald and Janet Beets Charitable FundBrendan DonelonGene and Rose DotyKay and Leo DreyDavid DurhamLinda and Joel EissenbergChristopher Elliott and Tom Saggio

Carl EschbacherDavid and Susan EversonHannah FenleyLinda FriedAlison Gee and Mary Sue RosenthalBarbara GellerMondi GhasediLaura GriesedieckTom HansenRobert HardingMatthew HarrisJo HoffmanThomas HungerfordC. J. JanovyRobert LewisJames and Judith McKelveyMary Kay McPhee and Bill PfeifferJulie Nelson Meers and Sam MeersBradley MintonThomas MoranJana and Robert NortonGyo ObataByron Pelt and Sean Elliott Patricia and James PerryMark RachelMark RodabaughScott RosenblumErick RudiakNancy RussellDiane and Raymond Rymph

John SchiffmanSteven SchmittSalvador SeditaKip and Barbara SeelyMr. and Mrs. Howard ShepardStephen SkrainkaJudith StallmannYale StewartSteven and Nan StreenJohn H.K. Sweet and John FortiPearl WalkerThomas WendelPhillip Zinser and Robert Frausto

FriendsIan Aberbach and Beth ShoyerJoan AdamAzra Ahmad and Asif HabibFazeel AhmedAlan AkersonLogan AlexanderRobert AlexanderDouglas AllenJames AllenDr. and Mrs. William AllenRobert AlterD. AndersonWayne AndersonRobert Anesi and Jose GarzaRandy S. Anglen, P.C.Donald AnnenSusan Frelich Appleton and Robert AppletonJanet Archer

William AtkinsonJack BaderDr. and Mrs. Albert BaernsteinSonya BaharKeith BakemanJoseph BalmerDoug and Laurel BaltzDavid and Dee BanGail BankSasha BanksSally BarhydtVal BarlowHarper Barnes and Roseann WeissElaine and Roger BarnhillRickey BassBahar BastaniSandra BasuJack BattenMarilyn and Cornelia BeaboutMichael BeattyMelvin BecraftDavid and Anne-Elizabeth BeebeThomas Beekman-DurphyYusaf and Zarin BegJames BellIrvin Belzer and Sue McCord-BelzerDavid BerlandClaude BernardEd BerryMary Bischoff and John KaiserRobert and Paulette BlissFred Blumenthal and Patricia PowersAudrey BockelmanChristopher BocklageDiane Booth and Jeanne SebaughSteven Bott and Tim Stanfield

John BowerJames BowersAnne BrackettMarsha BradyDavid Braun and Paula McSteenW. BrazeltonMichael BreenRachel BrekhusNoah BrilesTom BrooksBart BrownDavid Brown and Cheryl GreenJanet P. BrownJeffrey BrownJerry BrownR. BrumleyDavid and Kathy BruntsJerard Buback and Elliot DavisRobert BubbDr. and Mrs. Michael BuksteinDaniel and Genie BurkeDiane BurkholderCathleen BurnettCarla BurrisAaron BushJim Butler and Nancy HamiltonBrad CameronGary CampbellSara CampbellAnn CanaleEugene CaplesVirginia CarterAlan CharlsonChun-cheng ChenRobert CimasiAnne Clare

David ClarkLinda ClevelandPaul and Peggy CochranPamela CoffinJohn Coffman and Kathryn NelsonViolet CogswellBernard ColtonMarion CommerfordCommunity Acupuncture of St. LouisElizabeth ConcannonJeanne CooperTimothy CooperCorley and Christiansen, LLCRita CountsCovene, LLCMike CowanKelley CrammLois Crouse and Bob MossMichael Cuipa and Anthony JonesJoAnna DaleMary Dale-Banister and Brian BanisterJohn DavidSusan DavisRichard and Eleanor DawsonPatrick DawsonRita DaysLiz and Victor De SimoneCarol DeakyneMr. and Mrs. Marc DechazalMargaret DeckerThomas DeeUbeydullah DeligonulSue DellbringgeDavid DempsherDiana Devore and H. C. HogueElisabeth and Marc Diamond

John DillMichael DiringerDennis and Deborah DoerflerWilliam Alan Donius and Jay PerezTom DoranAmos DostonGrant Doty and Pamela OwensRalph DotyDavid DoyleRuth DoyleBrian Dozier*Jill and Harold DraperKatherine W. DrescherEileen DreyerJames Lee DunlapMatthew Van DykeAlan EastonBill EcholsAnthony EckertRebecca Ehrich and Robert KemperNancy Eisenschiml and Michael TaterkaEdward EisensteinCharles and Karen ElbertVictor EllmanElliot ElsonWilliam EmeryJohn EnglemeyerNoel EnglishR. Thomas EppsSteven EpsteinJon and Avis EricksonJesse EstesJoset Etzel and John SmithAlex FakLaurie and William Falk

Gifts Friends (continued)Justin FayJames and Cynthia FeltsKristin FerrerJoseph FesslerMary Ellen FinchHoward FinleyScott and Miranda FinnertyEmily FirebaughSuzanne FischerAlan FleischerFred FowlerRhonda Francis and Dwight FrizzellBruce FrankGail and Ted FrapolliBradley Fratello and Douglas MooreFrankie M. FreemanSharon FreyCarl FriedenM. W. and Jessica FriedlanderMarilyn FriedmanSimon FriedmanMaureen FullerTed FunkhouserKathleen GarciaJoseph GeistRandall GelardenSherman and Catherine GeorgeDeborah J. Gersell and Keith H. FullingDavid GervaisDonald GiffinRobert GiffordJohn Gilgun

Michael GillgannonSusan GilmoreMr. and Mrs. Joseph GilmourJanice GittAndrew GlassbergJoel GlassmanMerle GoehringPaul GoldSteven GoldbergMargaret GoldenRebecca GoldsteinWayne and Jane GoodeDavid and Patricia GoodwinMichael GordonJohn GradwohlCharlene GrahamKenneth GrahamMr. and Mrs. Donald GranberryRalleigh GrandberryRuth GrantMarty GranthamJohn GreavesDonald GreenJulie Greenspoon-KellyReva and John GriffithGrossman Law FirmSteven GrovesWerner and Inge GrunbaumWilliam GuerriCarl GumNila GuptaBrittany HagedornKenneth HahnJeffress HailandMr. and Mrs. Barton HakanKathleen Hall

Claire Halpern and Michael GreenfieldRobert HamiltonShirley HamraKaren HandelmanDr. and Mrs. Fred HandlerNathan HandlerJohn HandlyWilliam Hankins and Marcia Johnson HankinsHollis HanoverWayne HardwickClarence and Janet HarmonRodney HarringtonHarold and Mary HarrisLona and Neil HarrisPaul and Martha HarrisRita HarrisL. D. and Marilyn HarsinR. HartleyArthur and Ellen HartzJeff HartzNeal HarwoodAiman HawasliPamela HaysJordan and Connie HeimanJames HendersonBob and Kathryn HermanRobert HermanRita HertensteinRichard HeuermannDorothy HiattJoe and Cathy HiersteinerLynn HigginsEdward Hill

Harry HincheyMr. and Mrs. W. A. HirschMarian Parks HjelmfeltCarl Hoagland and Joan BrayMark HoaglandArthur and Gayla HoffmanSharon and John HoffmanThomas HohnWill HolcombMark and Margaret HollyAlfred and Marilyn HoltzerEdwin HoodRobert HooperChanning and Louise HornerRaymond HowardDavid HughesJames and Doreen HulseyGayle HurstAnne HutchersonCorwin HutchisonCaleb HydeTed IsaacAndrea JacksonJames JacksonSue Ward JacksonDeborah Jacobs and Michael McPhearsonJoe JacobsonRaj JainNorman and Wilma JamiesonThomas JohnsDavid JonesJack and Susan JonesMaureen JordanUrsula JostedtThomas Joyce

Emma KafalenosMark Kalk and Mark LammertJim KarllDr. & Mrs. Robert KarshMargean KastnerMargaret KatranidesJoe KatroshLilli KautskyPhilip KeeganDr. Chad KellerJoan Kersting and Jeff GauchBilly KieferJames KimmeyDeedee KingJames KingeryConstance KingsleyJohn KisselHilary and Samuel KleinNancy and Robert KlepperDaniel and Seena KohlMargaret KolmKimberly Kopff and Sherrill WaylandSandor KoreinStuart KornfeldWilliam Kountz, Jr.Kovar Law Firm, LLCDavid KrauschAaron and Natalie KrawitzJim KreiderMary F. KriegshauserMichael KrizRonald and Ann KroneCharlotte KullmanJohn and Aline KultgenJohn KurtzSteven Kymes

Don LakeLaurie LakebrinkThomas LambJim and Kathy LamprechtMr. and Mrs. Lawrence LangsamConstance LarsonAllen LavoieLawyers for EqualityRuth and Frederic LeeAlan and Alan LemleyJulie LenhausenDan LestourgeonJames LestrudHans LeviDiane Gershman Levine and Jimmy JenkinsJ. David LevyRobert LewisMarc LinitMarilyn LipmanWilliam LipscombJoseph Loewenstein and Lynne TatlockThomas LogsdonKeith LongWilliam LongBarry LoughrigePhoebe LoveBruce and Lia LowrieKaren Lucas and Robert BarrettCatherine LuhDavid LutzJames Lyon and Florence ReavesLinda and Mike LyonWilliam LyonSilvia and Laurence Madeo

Norman and Kate MadsenDaniel Mandell and Barbara Smith-MandellJoseph Marcus and Margaret OlsenJeffrey MarkwayJohn Martin and Kris ZapalacRobert and Suzanne MartinMr. and Mrs. Richard MarxJames MasonAudrey MathewsPatricia MayhewJames McVeighWilliam McAllisterDavid G. McBrideMichael McCamleyStanley and Sharon McCaslinKenneth McClainRobert McClellandJerry McClureTed McCluskeyLayton McCoyBarbara McDonaldJohn McDonaldKerry McGrathJames McGuireRita McGuireBarnet MckeeRus McMahanJohn MealJohn MeyerRalph MichelBarry and Michelle MilderAndrea MillerDale MillerGlenn MillerHal Miller

James MillerKathy Miller Melvin MillerPaul and Laura MillerRobert MillerJared MinkoffMissouri State Employee Charitable CampaignAustin MitchellSimon Moeller and John Paul ReddFrederic MohrPhil MonroeSharon MooreMarjory MordyJames and Barbara MorganPayton MorrisThomas and Michi MuchiskyJames MurphyRose-Marie MuzikaJeanette MyersJennifer NahlikMelody NashanMary NaumannTom NelsonCharles NesterAndrea NeubauerMark NevelowDavid and Elsa Toby NewburgerFrederick Newman and Sharon GrosshartHugh NicholsCarl Helge NielsenElizabeth Nolan and Debi PurvisRichard and Jeanne NorbergGilbert NussbaumBarbara Nyden

Gifts Friends (continued)Jeannette NyropMaureen O’Day and George EverdingGerald O’GormanLawrence OllisSean Olson and Tim MetzMitchel OltmanHenry and Ilene OrdowerSam Orlando, Jr.Jimie OrtonKarl OttoPhillip and Nicole OvereemJeanette Mott OxfordPaul PaloneAllen ParelmanStephen ParkerWilliam Parks and Sheila GreenbergLynn PasleyMike PattersonJohn PattyRobert Pauly and Roger MountainPat PaytonDouglas PedenPedro’s Planet, Inc.Joel PelofskyGayle and Scott PeperRobert PetersonGordon and Susie PhilpottMary-Louise PickWilliam PistonLarry J. Pitts, Esq.Patricia PlummerGeorge PoePatrick Powell

John PrangeDavid PrelutskyJoseph and Elisabeth PriceFred Prior and Linda Larson-PriorMargaret Probert and Carol HexemTyson PruittEmily Rauh PulitzerEdward PultzUsman and Saima QayyumHumayun Quadir, M.D.Riaz RabbaniMark RadmacherDonald RanlyJohn and Susan RavaPeter RavenDeborah ReadLawrence ReaganJames ReedJim ReeseJohn Regnier and Sharon SchroederDale A. ReichelKathleen ReidLes ReidJeanne ReissGail ReissenMr. and Mrs. Edward RennerEric and Lynnette RessnerNoah RheeRichard T. Bryant and AssociatesDonald RichardsonDavid RichartDennis and Vivian Lee RicheHeather RichmondDiana RigdenJohn and Linda RimmerToni RinconGallardo

Ruth RinneJames RittenbaumRita RobersonSaul and Zarah RobinsonMatlock Rogers and Nathan RandallCharlie and Janet RoseJack and Renee RosenMarian RosenJoseph RosenbloomJean RosenthalC. L. RossLinda and Richard RostenbergHannah Rae RothPhil Rothermich and Mike HayesSandy RothschildRichard RothsteinSusan RotroffJessica RoyerSebastian and Jane RueckertJames RutledgeMark and Lynn SablemanMarc SalleJane SalyardsHenry SandersJennifer SanteeLarry and Sandra SchafferJan SchamisKenneth SchechtmanJackie SchirnJerome SchlichterSusie and Charles SchmelzerWalter D. and Marie L. SchmitzCharles SchneiderLynn SchneiderTimothy SchoofMary and Steven Schoolman

Chris Schraw and Dee WernerAndrew Schuerman and James MacDonaldAnna Marie SchumacherBenjamin and Susan SchwartzHoward SchwartzArthur SchweichDonald ScottCheryl SeegerRobert Semon and Jill SmithAndrew ShanfeldMary ShapiroJohn ShawMary ShawRichard ShawSydell and Lawrence ShayerMrs. William SheffieldDaniel M. SheltonMildred SheltonNancy ShepherdDiane SherSteven ShieldsElizabeth ShouseLois ShufeldtGary and Debby SiegelDonald SievertMark SilverCasey and Sloane SimmonsJerry SimsMary SimsMorton SingerMiriam SissonThomas SkolakL. SlatenTed and Beth SlegeskyBrian and Jane Smith

Carl SmithMr. and Mrs. George SmithMarilyn and Louis SmithWayne and Debra SmithBurton and Barbara SmoliarShelley SnyderMyron SourisKatie and Sid SowderSteven SpanerSusan Spiegel and Stewart HalperinDana SpitzerRichard and Julie StahlhutJane StarlingCarol and George StephensonJames V. and Susan S. StepletonRita SteppJohn SterrettDouglas Stevick and Lisa D’SouzaForest StewartJoseph R. StimpflJudith StixMargaret and David StockdaleAlan StolfusDaniel StotlemeyerRobert StrobingKen StrokerKarl Stroud and David Luckes Robert SwangerSharon Parker and Robert SwarmChandrakant and Aruna TailorSusan TalveJohn-Stephen TaylorIvan Tchervenakov and Stefan PanovElizabeth TegartJason Telford and Sonya FranklinAudrey Telle

Mrs. W. T. TerryJudith Lee TharpThe Goldson Law FirmRaphael ThomadsenBenjamin Thomas and Troy GuzmanVictor ThomasColin ThornsberryAdam ThorntonJerome E. ThurmanGreg TlapekMalcolm TobiasNancy TongrenBen and Joanna TrachtenbergCarl TrainJodie M. TreemanMary Beth TrippJill TruittR. M. TurnerBenjamin and Susan UchitelleEmil and Marianne UnanueNancy Van DillenSarah VasseEdward VastolaGeraldine VernickBeth and Eric VernonSteffen VojtaJames VokacPatty WadeJohn WalbranDr. and Mrs. Stanley WaldGeorge WallerGreg WaltersJames and Patricia WamhoffSusan WarshawHank WatersEllen Watkins

Sandra WattenbargerMargaret WayneMarguerite WeathersMark WeaverW. John WeaverLouise and Bart WechslerMichael and Richelle WeisbrodDavid Weiss and Bobby SandersonMichael WelkerBruce WesslerRita and Theodore WestEdna White and Ronald DatteroDonald WhiteMr. and Mrs. James WhiteWalton Whittaker and Sally WhitakerAnne and Keith WiedenkellerGillian WilcoxRobert H. and Agnes WilcoxSid WillensMark WilliamsJoseph WilliamsonCharles WilsonMary WimpLee WinterPatricia WolffTink and Janet WoolseyStephen WynnKenneth YagerJohn Yanos and Julie PetersonEric Youngberg and Gary KroghJames YountArlene Zarembka and Zuleyma Tang-MartinezNick Zotos

*deceased

TributesIn honor of Nancy BurchfieldJudi Smith

In honor of Carol DempseyEllen Rapkin

In honor of Grant DotyRalph R. Doty

In honor of Roger GoldmanDi Levine and Jimmy JenkinsMary Schoolman

In honor of Tayla StaggBad Robot

In honor of the marriage of Doug Clemens and Stephanie HarrisArlene Zarembka & Zuleyma Tang-Martinez

In MemoriamIn Memory of Michael BrownHannah BlierBeth BrookshierStehpanie BurchardLaura CayenSharon Forscher Cheryl A. MasonLeigh MurnaneNathan Teske

In Memory of Mike DodsonLois Crouse

In Memory of Rory EllingerTyler Schario and Joselyn Howell

In Memory of Fred EpsteinMary BannisterVirginia BensonBenjamin and Radine BorowskyJutta BuderDr. Lewis and Jean ChaseJIll and Richard ClaybourLaura CohenJudie CourtneyKay and Leo DreySusan and Stanley EdelsteinMerle and Teresa FischlowitzLeonard and Judy FrankelDavid Friedlander and Sheryl Libman-FriedlanderM.W Friedlander and Jessica FriedlanderGeorge and Janet GardinerSusan and Norman GilbertMargaret Gilleo and Charles GuentherLeon and Elaine GoldbergGerald Greiman and Susan CarlsonFrank Hamsher and Peggy GuestDavid HarrisMyrna and Arnold HershmanAnne HetlageArthur and Gayla HoffmanDeborah Jacobs and Michael McPhearsKaren Kalish

Cheryl and Larry KatzensteinDonald and Ann KornbletJoy and Denise LiebermanRobert LoewensteinJoseph and Carolyn LososMargaret MalcolmJerome MandelstammClaire and Richard MarxJudith MiltonLisa MooneyTimothy and Kara O’LearyThe Opera Theatre FamilyEmily Rauh PulitzerJohn and Susan RavaLinda Riekes and Robert KoffMark and Lynn SablemanAlice SenturiaWalter and Jenny ShifrinRalph and Sarah SonnenscheinHenry and Suzanne StolarSteven and Marilyn TeitelbaumBenjamin and Susan UchitelleMarilyn WernerJulia Ziercher

In Memory of Dorothy MillerSheila Greenbaum

In Memory of Rick Newhouse Audrey and Sherry Hollander

In Memory of Brad Pierce’s fatherSheila Greenbaum and Gary Wasserman

Fred EpsteinThe ACLU of Missouri mourns the loss of our former board president, national board member and dear friend, Fred Epstein, who died September 10. A second-generation ACLU member and a long-time supporter, Fred ushered in one of the most productive periods in our affiliate’s history when he was named board president in 1970.

During his tenure, he secured our first full-time executive director, Joyce Armstrong, and oversaw the expansion of our legal work, which grew to include litigation with local and national impact. He continued to shepherd the organization through its many years of continued growth until 2006, when he retired from the board, though not from his position as elder statesman and resource for the affiliate.

In 1978, Fred was awarded the Civil Liberties Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the ACLU of Eastern Missouri.

The ACLU Board of Directors commemorated Fred’s life as a true civil libertarianwith a board resolution at their October meeting in New York City.

We miss Fred dearly, but his wise counsel, generous support and his dogged “snap into action” philosophy will shape the work of the ACLU of Missouri for years to come.

Fred Epstein is pictured with ACLU of

Missouri Board Member Susan Carlson,

who is the affiliate representative on the

National ACLU Board of Directors and was

present when they recognized Fred.

ACLU of Missouri SupportersWe could not do our work without many partners. They include volunteers, like board and committee members, the many legal observ-ers coordinated with the National Lawyers Guild to attend protests and rallys throughout the region and protect First Amendment rights.

Throughout the year, interns share their time doing legal research, fielding complaint calls, tracking legislative bills, and writing content for our website. If you are interested in volunteering, visit www.aclu-mo.org/volunteer.

Additional support has come from attorneys who have volunteered their time to work on matters with our legal staff. In the past year, we have benefitted from the legal counsel of attorneys from Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP; Capes, Sokol, Goodman & Sarachan, P.C.; Spencer Fane Britt & Browne LLP; Armstrong Teasdale LLP; and Chackes Carlson, LLP. Since we do not receive government funding, we depend heavily on the generousity of our donors. You can make a tax-deductible gift on our website at: https://www.aclu.org/secure/support-aclu-missouri. For more information about donating, call 314-652-3114.

Maggie Ellinger-Locke, with

the National Lawyers Guild,

coordinated legal observers

for protesters in Ferguson.

Pictured on the right, are

some of our 2014 summer

interns, who did legal research

and reviewed complaints.

DeSilver Society MembersThank you to the DeSilver Society members for including the ACLU of Missouri in their estate plans.

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MemberBy including the ACLU in your will, you can leave a legacy of liberty for genera-tions to come. Thousands of passionate civil libertarians have stepped forward and expressed their most cherished values by making a deeply meaningful gift to the ACLU in their estate plans.

We invite you to join this special group of ACLU supporters who have made freedom, justice and equality their personal legacy; please remember the ACLU in your estate plans.

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