This month's speaker, Hedy Weinberg, is the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee and she also serves as their lobbyist. Hedy has been recognized for her advocacy work and is the recipient of:
. the Human Relations Award from the National Conference on Community and Justice – Nashville Chapter

. the Tennessee Library Association’s Freedom of Information Award
. the Human Rights Campaign Equality Award in 2012.
She has been quoted in the national and international media and has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, and the BBC network.

Hedy was inducted into the Academy for Women of Achievement by the YWCA of Nashville and Middle Tennessee and she also received the Bridge Builders Award from the American Muslim Advisory Council. She is a founding member of:
Tennessee Coalition for Sensible Justice
Tennessee Coalition of Open Government.
American Constitution Society -Nashville Chapter.

Hedy will be speaking about the ACLU-TN whose mission is to protect and promote the guarantees of the Bill of Rights and the Tennessee Constitution. They use a range of strategies including advocacy, coalition building, legislative lobbying, public education, policy research, and litigation.

Since 2016, they advocated for “Nashville For All of Us” which successfully organized the campaign to defeat the “English-Only” ballot initiative in Nashville, and for Healthy and Free Tennessee, a statewide coalition focusing on promoting reproductive justice.

Hedy grew up on the south side of Chicago and received her BA in history and psychology from Grinnell College and her MA from the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago.

The League of Women Voters is a non-partisan volunteer organization that promotes engaged, informed, and active participation in government. Since the creation of the national organization 100 years ago — before women were ever guaranteed the right to vote — its programs and activities have focused not just on voting rights for all citizens, but the broader picture of civic engagement that includes everything from participating in the census to walking into the polling place for the first time. Learning more about public policies and issues allows members of the public to make informed decisions about the matters that impact their communities.

We will EMAIL the ZOOM link to all registrants on Tuesday, Nov 17. If you register after Tuesday, when the link is emailed, you will be added to the waitlist. This means you may still attend, but you will get the link closer to the time the program is due to begin. Email paige.wilson@brentwoodtn.gov with any questions. 

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