Ohio residents meet first hurdle in advancing two rights-based state constitutional amendments, drafted with CELDF and the Ohio Community Rights Network.
Press Release: Ohio Residents Fight for Rights: Submit State Constitutional Amendments to Guarantee Right to Local Self-Government
Today, residents take action to protect democratic and environmental rights in Ohio, submitting two state constitutional amendments to the Ohio Attorney General.
Cleveland.com: Ohio Community Rights Network fights for local government rights
The Ohio Community Rights Network is supporting communities across the state to advance their right to local community self-government, and to protect people and ecosystems…
Blog: Colorado Fracking “Win:” Redefining Victory
Colorado youth gained a win with the recent Court of Appeals decision regarding the COGCC and fracking permits. But how far does that win go?
PR: Ohio / Pennsylvania Communities Rising Tour: Defying the Corporate State
Ohio and Pennsylvania residents are inundated with environmental harms, and have had enough. Join the Communities Rising tour, featuring voices from the front lines in…
Voices Network: Occupy Community Rights
Co-host David Callihan interviews CELDF's Emelyn Lybarger and OHCRN's Tish O'Dell, discussing Community Rights to create the change necessary to transform our oppressive structure of…
The Athens Messenger: HB 463 will not stand
Ohioans recognize the state legislature's assault on democracy through the adoption of HB 463. Presented as a foreclosure bill, legislators encroached on citizens' right to…
Akron Beacon Journal: How lame ducks narrowed the right of Ohioans to take issues to the ballot
The editorial board speaks out against the Ohio legislature's stripping residents of their right to initiative.
CELDF Blog: From Absurd and Far-Fetched to Inalienable
As the predictable self-destruction of this culture of deceit and greed proceeds and accelerates, CELDF’s recommendations for change will become less "far-fetched" and "absurd." They…
The Investigative Fund: Big Oil and Gas Take Aim at Ballot Initiative Process in Colorado
In Colorado and Ohio, the oil and gas industry maneuvers to keep citizen initiatives threatening fracking off the ballot. In Colorado, the industry has advanced…
Salon: What’s not being voted on this November: Local democracy is being squashed from coast to coast
Simon Davis-Cohen reveals escalating efforts to quash We the People from exercising our right to initiative. From fracking and water protection, to minimum wage and…
Ed “Flash” Ferenc on America’s Work Force Radio Interviews CELDF’s Tish O’Dell
CELDF's Tish O'Dell speaks up on American's Workforce Radio regarding using Community Rights to create the environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable communities we envisions. Begins…
Columbus Free Press: Ohio residents stand with Standing Rock, protest Nexus pipeline
OHCRN members from across Ohio staged street theater and spoke out in support of the Standing Rock Sioux in front of the state house. Residents…
Truthout: Corporate Suppression of Direct Democracy Fuels Fight for Community Rights
Across the U.S., corporations and government officials are working to block We the People from exercising our right to direct democracy. As their efforts increase,…
America’s Workforce Radio Interviewing CELDF’s Tish O’Dell on Community and Worker Rights
CELDF's Tish O'Dell speaks on America's Work Force Radio on community and worker rights, minimum wage, and the right of local community self-government.
Cleveland.com: Keeping workers in poverty is neither just nor moral
From the Ohio Community Rights Network, Tish O'Dell takes a stand for increasing minimum wage to lift workers out of poverty, calling for the Cleveland…
Fusion: This environmental nightmare is ‘raping’ towns, and citizens have one last chance to stop it
As fracking sweeps the nation, communities are using local initiatives to protect themselves - while industry spews propaganda and spends huge sums to stop them.
Yes! Magazine: Two Towns Battle Colorado for Freedom to Ban Fracking
Growing numbers of communities are joining together to move Community Rights to the state level--not just to protect against fracking, but myriad other harms facing…
Blog: 2016 – The Year Democracy Died?
While we may expect to see powerbrokers in both major political parties drown out grassroots voices, it's happening at the local level as well. Local…
ThisWeek Community News: Anti-fracking group coming to town
The Ohio Community Rights Network comes to Johnstown, OH. Member of the Network will share with residents rights-based strategies to protect communities - including their…
Guest Blog: Updating EPA Frack Waste Regulations: Let’s Call it What it Is
Guest blogger Tish O'Dell of Broadview Heights, OH, observes that efforts to update frack waste regulations perpetuates harm. It's time to shift from slowing down…
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