An ACLU Hero: Mary Beth Tinker
While we are no longer selling tickets online, but we will have them at the door!!
Please join the ACLU of Oregon, our Lane County Chapter, and Mary Beth Tinker from 6-9pm at Cafe Maroc in Eugene, Oregon!
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Please join the ACLU of Oregon's Lane County Chapter and the ACLU Foundation of Oregon for a reception featuring Mary Beth Tinker as she shares her story of standing up for freedom of speech during a time of war. 
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
6-8:30pm
Cafe Maroc
30 E Broadway, Eugene, Oregon
Drinks and hors d'oeurvres provided by Adam's Sustainable Table
Tickets:
$50 for ACLU Members
$60 for Non-ACLU Members
Contact emitchell@aclu-or.org to discuss Student and Family Discounts.
SPONSORSHIP OPTIONS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE!
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In 1965, 13 year-old Mary Beth Tinker and several of her classmates decided to protest the Vietnam War by wearing black armbands to school. The school board which received word of the planned protest passed a preemptive ban. The students arrived in armbands anyway. They were sent home and told they could not return to school until they removed their armbands. The students did eventually return to school but dressed in all black clothing for the remainder of the school year in protest.
Represented by the ACLU, Mary Beth and the other students embarked on a four-year court battle that culminated in the landmark Supreme Court decision: Tinker v. Des Moines. In 1969 the Court ruled 7-2 that students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.”
Mary Beth Tinker is now a registered nurse and is still actively educating young people about their rights across the country. Read more about this case
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* Contributions to the ACLU Foundation of Oregon, a 501(c)(3) organization, are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. The cost of the event is $30/person. Any amount exceeding that cost can be considered a charitable contribution.
