...Erie Bill of Rights, which gave Lake Erie the rights to exist, flourish, and naturally evolve; gave the people of the City of Toledo the…
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Historic Rights of Nature Victory in Ecuador
...helping build a decolonial movement for Community Rights and the Rights of Nature to advance democratic, economic, social, and environmental rights – building upward from…
Envision Spokane: Community Rights, not Corporate Rights
It is time to reign in corporation so that they serve people, not the other way around. In Spokane, corporations are given the same legal…
Rights of Nature with United Church of Christ Pastor
The UCC hosts CELDFs Tish O'Dell for a Rights of Nature presentation. Watch the full webinar here!...
Press Release: Ho-Chunk Nation General Council Approves Rights of Nature Constitutional Amendment
The General Council of the Ho-Chunk Nation votes overwhelmingly to amend their tribal constitution to enshrine the Rights of Nature - the first tribal nation…
Blog: The Police State Policing Police. How’s That Been Working for You?
Taking back our rights to fish
The chain that ensures an orderly society; rights have to be rooted in responsibilities....
Tumbled by the surf: Figuring out which wave to ride next for recognizing rights
...Voting Rights Act (1965) and the Civil Rights Act (1968). None of these changes came easily, the marches, the protests, the court filings, the horrifying deaths…
Read the Dirt: Does Food Sovereignty Exist in the United States? Food and the Community Rights Movement
Network Coordinator to Advance the New Hampshire Community Rights Network
CELDF announces Michelle Sanborn as our new New Hampshire Community Rights Network Coordinator. Michelle led her hometown of Alexandria, NH, in adopting a Community Bill…
Press Release: Grant Township Injection Well Ban Stands, Court Denies ‘Collateral Attack’ from DEP
...movement for Community Rights and the Rights of Nature to advance democratic, economic, social, and environmental rights – building upward from the grassroots to the…
Press Release: New Hampshire Supreme Court Gives Group Chance to Defend Right to a Healthy Climate Law from Corporate Lawsuit
...CELDF — Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) is building a movement for Community Rights and the Rights of…
Press Release: Civil Rights Leaders in One of Nation’s Poorest Cities Launch Environmental Justice, Ecosystem Rights Ballot Initiative
...decolonial movement for Community Rights and the Rights of Nature to advance democratic, economic, social, and environmental rights – building upward from the grassroots to…
Blog: Black History Month, White Supremacy, and Community Rights
Pennsylvania’s Act 13 – Fracking
Press Release: NYS Assemblyman Patrick Burke Introduces Great Lakes Bill of Rights
...Rights with the goal of securing legal rights for the entire ecosystem and giving people and nature a role in the decision-making process regarding current…
CELDF partner in Rights of Nature work, Fundacion Pachamama, Shut Down by Ecuadorian Government
Press Release: Columbus, Ohio Residents Strike Back Against “Liquidation of the Right to Local Self-Determination”
...self-governing rights has gone on too long,” says Lyons, “it is time for the people of Columbus to reclaim these rights so that we can…
Press Release: Mahoning Board of Elections Defies Supreme Court
The Mahoning County, OH, Board of Elections blocks a duly qualified Community Bill of Rights initiative from the ballot in Youngstown. CELDF assists residents to…
Press Release: Las Vegas, New Mexico, Adopts Community Bill of Rights; Bans Corporations from Fracking for Shale Gas
In front of a standing-room only crowd of residents, by a vote of 3-1, the City Council, Las Vegas, New Mexico enacted the Las Vegas…
Press Release: Pennsylvania Community Rights Network (PCRN) Seats Founding Board of Directors
Declaring that the legitimate foundation of government is the right to local self-governance, the Pennsylvania Community Rights Network reviewed bylaws and officially launched the organization…
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