The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia (ACLU-WV) is a non-partisan, non-profit membership organization whose mission is to assure that the Bill of Rights and the rights guaranteed by the West Virginia Constitution are preserved for each new generation. The ACLU-WV accomplishes these goals through legislative advocacy, litigation, grassroots organizing and public education on a broad array of issues affecting our liberties. The ACLU-WV is one of 53 affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union nationwide.
In every era of American history, the government has tried to expand its authority at the expense of individual rights. The ACLU-WV exists to make sure that doesn't happen, and fight back when it does. The ACLU-WV is devoted exclusively to protecting the basic civil liberties of all in the state of West Virginia, and extending them to groups that have traditionally been denied them. In its more than three decades of existence, the ACLU-WV has become widely recognized as the state's foremost advocate of individual rights.
