About

The ACLU of South Dakota works in communities, legislatures and courts to preserve the rights and liberties enshrined by the Constitution of the United States of America.

WE DEFEND

Whether it’s ending mass incarceration, protecting free speech, achieving full equality for the LGBTQ+ and Two Spirit community, securing the rights of immigrants, establishing new privacy protections for our digital age, or preserving the right vote or the right to have an abortion, the ACLU takes up the toughest civil liberties cases and issues to defend all people from government abuse and overreach.

WE ARE THE ACLU OF SOUTH DAKOTA

Since 1971, our team has been working in communities across the state of South Dakota to defend the civil rights and civil liberties of you, your neighbors, and your family through litigation, education, and community engagement. The ACLU of South Dakota is part of a three-state chapter that also includes North Dakota and Wyoming. The team in South Dakota is supported by staff in those states.

Careers with ACLU of South Dakota

We work to defend and expand civil rights and liberties – for everyone.

Whether we’re arguing in the courts, leading campaigns, advocating in communities, growing our supporter and follower base, building new tech platforms and managing people and budgets, our employees engage in meaningful work that advances our mission.

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Join us as a Cooperating Attorney

The ACLU of South Dakota could not pursue its mission without the support and assistance of volunteer attorneys who partner with staff lawyers in cases litigated by the organization.

We rely on cooperating attorneys for projects big and small, from legal research appropriate for summer associates to major impact cases that will demonstrate your firm's resolve to protect civil liberties and help the lives of real people in our community.

If you and/or your firm have an interest in becoming an ACLU of South Dakota cooperating attorney, please complete the form below. We'll be in touch.

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Request a speaker

ACLU of South Dakota staff is available to speak on a variety of topics, including specific issues within the state and the overall scope of the work we do.

Some topics that our team generally covers:

  • Know Your Rights trainings
  • Smart Justice
  • LGBTQ+ and Two Spirit rights
  • Reproductive freedom
  • Voting rights
  • Immigrants' rights
  • Privacy rights
  • Racial Justice
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Land Acknowledgement

The ACLU of South Dakota offices are located on the ancestral territory of the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ (Seven Council Fires), an alliance that consisted of the Santee, Yankton, and Teton Lakota. They are commonly known as the Sioux by non-native people. The seven tribes now occupy nine different reservations in South Dakota. The nine reservations are: Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, and the Yankton Sioux Tribe. The ACLU of South Dakota honors and respects the diverse Indigenous peoples connected to this territory on which we gather.

CONTACT US

Email: [email protected]
Address: P.O. Box 1170, Sioux Falls, SD 57101
Phone: 605-332-2508
If you're seeking legal assistance or advice on a civil liberties related concern, please fill out our legal intake form.

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