Campaigns & Initiatives

The Equitable Access to Social Services for Everyone (EASSE) initiative is working to ensure that all Mississippians can access the benefits and support they need. We’re gathering experiences from individuals and families across the state — whether you received assistance, were denied benefits, or faced barriers in the process — to identify where systems fall short and how they can be improved.

For a list of outrageous reasons, legal representation is often difficult for LGBTQ Mississippians to obtain. It is our goal to equip law offices statewide with tools that will cater to this oftentimes vulnerable community.

MSEC's mission is to advocate for the educational rights of disabled students and their families by tackling systemic challenges in special education and school discipline.

Learn how to request help from the ACLU of Mississipi and submit a civil rights and liberties complaint.

Each year, the ACLU of Mississippi identifies the most pressing issues facing our state and sets a legislative agenda to defend and expand civil liberties. In 2025, our agenda focuses on restoring democratic participation and protecting fundamental freedoms. We are fighting to restore ballot initiatives so citizens once again have the power to shape laws directly, and we are pressing to restore voting rights for Mississippians who have been excluded from the democratic process. We are advancing measures to strengthen the Civil Rights Act, ensuring that every Mississippian is treated with dignity and fairness. We continue to stand with the LGBTQ+ community against discrimination, and with women and healthcare professionals in defending the right to make personal reproductive choices without political interference. Together, these priorities form a roadmap for protecting the rights of all Mississippians and ensuring that every voice counts in shaping our shared future.

Since its founding, our nation has been directed by democratic ideals based on a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. The founding fathers envisioned a distinctive model of representative democracy in which every vote is significant and impactful.