November 11 marks the ACLU of Michigan 2016 Annual Dinner, featuring guest speaker Jose Antonio Vargas. Join us as we celebrate this year's civil-liberties victories and chart a course for even greater success in 2017!

6:30 p.m. Cocktail Hour
7:30 p.m. Dinner and Program

Annual Dinner Chairs:
Yahya & Samar Basha
Cynthia Ford
Nancy Katz & Margo Dichtelmiller

Guest Speaker: Jose Antonio Vargas

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, filmmaker, and publisher Jose Antonio Vargas has made the changing American identity the centerpiece of his work. He’s the creator of “Documented,” an award-winning documentary about his immigrant experience. He’s also the founder of Define American, a non-profit media and culture organization that seeks to elevate the conversation around immigration and citizenship. He also established and edits #EmergingUS, a digital platform that explores race, immigration, and identity in America.

2016 Honorees: Clients and Counsel, MorningSide v Sabree

We are pleased to honor Covington & Burling LLP, and the courageous homeowners who have joined with the ACLU of Michigan to challenge the illegally inflated Wayne County property taxes pummeling African-Americans in Detroit. Covington is co-counsel in the case of MorningSide v Sabree, a lawsuit by the ACLU of Michigan and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund to end the onerous, unfair tax policies currently forcing masses of working-class blacks from their homes through foreclosure.