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I don't understand why YC would be able to help the ACLU "hone their skills." If it's about access to legal skills, the ACLU has been around for nearly 100 yea
by aestetix 10y ago
I don't understand why YC would be able to help the ACLU "hone their skills."
If it's about access to legal skills, the ACLU has been around for nearly 100 years and has been involved in pivotal court cases.
If it's about money, I've seen articles saying that the ACLU's donation base has gone up quite a lot since Trump.
If it's about reputation, I don't think there's any contest. I suspect that more Americans know about the ACLU than YC, by an order of magnitude. It's also worth noting that the only place I've seen this advertised is in tech blogs, and a few news outlets. I haven't seen anything in legal journals, and the ACLU's website doesn't even seem to mention it.
The one thing I could see as being logical is YC helping the ACLU to work on more technical projects, and using technology to get more people involved in civic duty. But if that's the case, then it's extremely misleading to say the ACLU is a YC "startup", and far more accurate to say they are collaborating on projects of some sort.
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