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The ACLU of Kansas seeks a dynamic, innovative, and seasoned professional to serve as its inaugural Deputy Executive Director and Chief Program Officer (CPO). The CPO reports directly to the Executive Director and is a member of a senior management team that also includes the Chief Operating Officer and the Chief Development Officer. The CPO will lead the strategic direction, planning, and day-to-day management of the ACLU of Kansas’s programmatic work. The CPO works closely with the Executive Director, other staff, partners, volunteers, and the board to achieve the ambitious goals for civil liberties and civil rights impact that the organization has adopted. The CPO designs and implements monitoring, evaluation, and learning processes to enhance programmatic results and impact. In addition, the CPO will collaborate with other staff in designing and maintaining an organizational culture that centers people impacted by ACLU work and that fosters equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging.

On March 30, 2026, we sent a letter requesting Gov. Laura Kelly's veto on a series of anti-civil liberties bills which infringe on the civil rights and liberties of countless Kansans.

Today, we celebrate trans joy, life, and expression that will always exist in Kansas, while also reckoning with the increased politicization,...

A trans Kansan was forced to flee their home. Once 26 years ago, and now again with the passage of SB 244.

On March 3rd, the Kansas Senate voted to require school districts to pay a hefty fine if their students walked out during the school day for a protest. The amendment would also make it so that walkout days do not count toward the instructional hours required by the state of Kansas.

Here you will find events for the Planned Parenthood Great Plains Votes regions.

The state of Kansas recently passed SB 244, which will ban transgender people from changing the gender markers on their driver’s licenses or state IDs and also ban trans people from using the restroom that aligns with their gender identity in state, county, or local government buildings, among other things. If you are a transgender resident of Kansas who will be directly impacted by SB 244, the ACLU Foundation (“ACLUF”) wants to hear about it. We might be able to help. Please tell us by filling out the form below. We receive many requests for help, so please bear with us as we try to get back to you. We’ll tell you if we can offer legal assistance, or if we are able to find other resources that might be helpful to you. If this is time sensitive, please contact another attorney. Please review our legal disclaimer below. This page is only for reporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, non-binary, queer, questioning, and HIV/AIDS matters within the United States to ACLUF to request legal assistance. To report and request assistance from your local ACLU affiliate, including about any other type of discrimination or issues you believe affect your civil rights and liberties within the United States, please contact your local ACLU affiliate directly. If you are under 13, we do NOT want your personal information, and you must not provide it to us.

I can leave Kansas, but Kansas will never leave me.

In a healthy democracy, laws are supposed to be debated in public. They’re meant to move through committees, invite testimony, and give everyday...

ICE is traumatizing children as young as 14 – trying to strip them of their rights while they're without attorneys or family to help them. Take...

The ACLU of Kansas is never busier than when the Legislature is in session. Whether independently or with our partners in diverse coalitions...

Printable booklets in English and Spanish are at the bottom of this page here. Haga clic aquí para obtener folletos imprimibles en inglés y...