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Feb 23, 2015

Press Release: Oregon Files Constitutional Amendment to Secure Right to Local, Community Self-Government

Press Release: Oregon Files Constitutional Amendment to Secure Right to Local, Community Self-Government

ORCRN files a proposed state constitutional amendment to secure citizens’ right to local, community self-government, thereby enabling the people to protect themselves from harmful corporate activities, and move towards sustainability.

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Nov 5, 2014

2014 Election Update: Record Number of Community Rights Initiatives on Ballot

2014 Election Update: Record Number of Community Rights Initiatives on Ballot

Community Bills of Rights advance on Election Day 2014, with a record number of initiatives on the ballot, and a growing number of communities determined to drive those rights forward.

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Jun 15, 2014

Daily Kos: New Civil Rights Movement

Daily Kos: New Civil Rights Movement

A diary from occupystephanie draws parallels between Community Rights and other rights’ movements, and describes CELDF’s work with municipalities across the U.S. to leverage those rights to protect ourselves and the natural environment from corporate harms.

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Feb 11, 2014

Daily Kos – Food Fight: Local Media Coverage

Daily Kos – Food Fight: Local Media Coverage

A diary from occupystephanie on Oregon Community Rights and sustainable food systems in the face of hostile state and corporate interests.

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Feb 10, 2014

Daily Kos – Food Fight: Local Media Coverage

Daily Kos – Food Fight: Local Media Coverage

A diary from occupystephanie on Oregon Community Rights and sustainable food systems in the face of hostile state and corporate interests.

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Feb 9, 2014

Corvallis Gazette-Times: Food fight turns on local rights

Corvallis Gazette-Times: Food fight turns on local rights

A fight to protect the Willamette Valley, OR, from GM seed reveals itself to be a fight to protect Community Rights to create local, sustainable food systems, and the right to local self-governance.

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Sep 16, 2013

Press Release: Oregon Communities Launch Statewide Network for Community Rights

Press Release: Oregon Communities Launch Statewide Network for Community Rights

On September 12th, community members from eight Oregon counties gathered in Corvallis, Oregon, to launch the Oregon Community Rights Network (ORCRN).

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Apr 11, 2013

Benton County Community Rights Coalition co-founder Clint Lindsey on TVSet to talk about Community Rights vs. GMOs

Benton County Community Rights Coalition co-founder Clint Lindsey on TVSet to talk about Community Rights vs. GMOs

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Apr 11, 2013

Benton County Community Rights Coalition co-founder Clint Lindsey on TVSet to talk about Community Rights vs. GMOs

Benton County Community Rights Coalition co-founder Clint Lindsey on TVSet to talk about Community Rights vs. GMOs

On March 3rd at Linn-Benton Community College in Albany, Oregon, fifty farmers and food advocates from eight counties – Benton, Clackamas, Jackson, Josephine, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, and Yamhill – gathered to discuss the future of farming and food systems in the Willamette Valley. The summit was co-sponsored by CELDF, Benton County Community Rights Coalition, Oregon Tilth, Oregonians for Farm and Food Rights, and Rural Organizing Project.

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Mar 27, 2013

Fighting to Protect our Seed Heritage in Benton County: Clinton Lindsey of Willamette Valley, OR and co-founder of the Benton County Community Rights Coalition, is interviewed on Locus Focus.

Fighting to Protect our Seed Heritage in Benton County: Clinton Lindsey of Willamette Valley, OR and co-founder of the Benton County Community Rights Coalition, is interviewed on Locus Focus.

Clinton Lindsey is interviewed by Barbara Bernstein of KBOO Community Radio about Benton County Community Rights Coalition, formed to protect Willamette Valley from GMO seed and establish a right to a local, sustainable food system.

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Mar 27, 2013

FIGHTING TO PROJECT OUR SEED HERITAGE IN BENTON COUNTY

FIGHTING TO PROJECT OUR SEED HERITAGE IN BENTON COUNTY

On this episode of Locus Focus we talk with Clinton Lindsay, a 5th-generation farmer and local food advocate from Corvallis, Oregon, who is working with the Benton County Community Rights Coalition to pass a voter referendum that will create a “Food Bill of Rights” in Benton County.

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Apr 9, 2012

CELDF’s Kai Huschke Presents a Two Hour Workshop in Eugene, Oregon

CELDF’s Kai Huschke Presents a Two Hour Workshop in Eugene, Oregon

CELDF’s Kai Huschke of Washington State leads a workshop on Community Rights in Eugene, Oregon, sponsored by the Climate Justice League for its Beyond Fossil Fuels campaign, and No Coal Eugene.

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Mar 4, 2012

March 4th Occupy Portland: PSU Community Rights

March 4th Occupy Portland: PSU Community Rights

A short interview by Joe Anybody about communities organizing around rights.

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