Friend –

I'm Brandon Lake, a senior creative producer at the ACLU, and the creator of Know Your Rights University – an animated series that teaches kids lessons about civics, constitutional rights, and free expression. Since the ACLU's founding, we have fought to defend our First Amendment rights. From lawyers to community organizers, storytellers like myself, and supporters like you, all of us have been coming together for over 100 years to defend freedom of speech.

And as we see the continued silencing of dissent, the disenfranchisement of marginalized communities, and the erosion of our democracy, this work is more important than ever – and we're not backing down.

That's why I'm asking you to help fuel the ACLU's ongoing work in the courts, the streets, and the legislatures to defend our rights and civil liberties by making a 2X-matched gift that will go twice as far to help defend free speech and all our rights.

When the ACLU was founded, the Supreme Court had yet to uphold a single free speech claim – and regularly justified the repression of speech, of the press, and of the right to assemble.

Together, we the people challenged – and changed – the status quo.

Today, the landscape we are navigating may look different, but the fight to defend our First Amendment rights is far from over. Whether that looks like suing our government to defend protesters, hosting banned book clubs to counter classroom and government censorship, or empowering kids through our Know Your Rights University series, the ACLU is showing up when and where it counts.

The ACLU isn't slowing down in our defense of free speech – but "we the people" means all of us, and we need you with us in this fight. Please join us by making a gift today. Every dollar up to $100,000 will be DOUBLED to defend free speech, the First Amendment, and our democracy.

Thank you,

Brandon Lake Pronouns: He, him, his Creator of Know Your Rights University, ACLU