Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute

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The Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute (MCLI) is a Berkeley, California-based non-profit think-tank, activism incubator, library and archive. Named for Alexander Meiklejohn, a philosopher, university administrator, and free-speech advocate, MCLI was founded in 1965.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>

The Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute carries on a wide range of activities, including research, publication, advocacy, and education. Its quarterly newsletter was entitled Human Rights Now!<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Institute's collection was later made available to the public through the Bancroft Library of the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Michigan's Labadie Collection,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and San Francisco State University's Labor Archive.<ref name=":0" />

The founding executive director of MCLI is attorney-scholar-educator-activist Ann Fagan Ginger.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2018, Steven DeCaprio became Interim Executive Director.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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