The employees belonged to the ACLU’s national political advocacy department, a relatively recent addition to the 102-year-old civil liberties organization. Shakir brought in several veterans of Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign as consultants to build up the ACLU’s digital organizing capabilities. Amber Hikes, who uses they/them pronouns, is the ACLU’s chief equity and inclusion officer, and mediated several disputes on Tian’s team. It was October 2020, and the NPAD staff were gathered on a Zoom call. “As happens with many senior staff here and likely other places, Anthony passes along resumes he receives.”)Romero tacitly acknowledged many of Newman’s shortcomings in his mea culpa to the NPAD staff this April.

Source: Huffington Post June 17, 2022 16:11 UTC