AU Speaks

AU’s Rachel Laser Discusses the Importance of Church-State Separation on Newsy’s ‘The Why’

Feb 10, 2022  

AU President & CEO Rachel Laser discusses why church-state separation is crucial to our democracy and the current threats religious freedom faces in our country.

SCOTUS to weigh in on argument over Boston city hall flagpole

Jan 08, 2022   Rachel Laser

SCOTUS Virtual Town Hall: Carson v. Makin

Dec 09, 2021   Rachel Laser

AU President and CEO Rachel Laser moderated a panel discussion on the potential impact to church-state separation and public education if the Supreme Court forces Maine taxpayers to fund private religious education. Speakers included Randi Weingarten, president of the National Federation of Teachers; Holly Hollman, BJC general counsel and associate executive director; and Richard B. Katskee, vice president and legal director at Americans United. With introductions from Brian Silva, AU's vice president of outreach & engagement.

SCOTUS Virtual Town Hall: Dobbs v. Jackson

Dec 02, 2021   Alicia Johnson

AU National Organizer and Student Network Manager Alicia Johnson moderated a panel discussion about the future of abortion access, reproductive freedom and church-state separation following oral arguments in the Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, involving Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban. Speakers included Alice Wang, a staff attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights, and Michelle Colon of the abortion advocacy organization SHERo Mississippi. With introductions from Brian Silva, AU's vice president of outreach & engagement.

Reproductive Freedom is Religious Freedom

Dec 01, 2021   Rachel Laser

AU President and CEO Rachel Laser spoke about the connection between religious and reproductive freedom during a rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court during oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, the case of Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban.