The American Civil Liberties Union is a national membership organization with over 500,000 members in fifty states. GVC is a regional chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union, a state affiliate. We serve the following counties:  Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming and Yates. Our mission is to preserve and protect the Constitutional freedoms guaranteed in the Bill of Rights for all who live in America.    

The Genesee Valley Chapter is dedicated to safeguarding the liberties and rights of the people we serve through advocacy and litigation; legislative action; and public education. We are involved in state and national issues, with a special focus on members of the greater Rochester area and nine county Genesee Valley region. For a statement of the framework guiding what we do, click here: framework.

You can now contribute to the civil liberties union online by using our online donation form.

Anyone interested in learning more about the Genesee Valley Chapter is encouraged to call our office (585) 454-4334 or email us at geneseevalley@nyclu.org for information. Speakers are available for groups large or small on a broad range of civil liberties issues and related current events.

Follow the links at the left to learn more about local civil liberties activities. The links to the right are to the national ACLU web pages where you will find in-depth coverage of each of the ACLU target issues.