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We help communities create a more democratic future.
For over 25 years, we have assisted communities to develop first-in-the-nation, groundbreaking laws for worker rights, houseless rights, democratic rights, and the Rights of Nature. We also provide free and low-cost legal services, grassroots organizing, and education support, to thousands of communities and governments facing injustice locally, nationally, and globally. Contact us now.
News from the Grassroots
Press Releases
Amicus Brief in support of Athens Plastic Bag Ban
Feature photo by Brian Yurasits FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 7, 2024 Contact: Tish O’Dell tish@celdf.org 440-552-6774 Terry Lodge, Attorney CELDF tjlodge50@yahoo.com 419-205-7084 Athens Local Businesses…
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Blogs
Wouldn’t You Say? – Paid Speech Isn’t Freedom of Speech
Feature photo by Christine Roy Like Junk Mail, Junk Speech is Trash Talk Freedom of speech isn’t what it used to be. Toward the end…
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Blogs
The Great Salt Lake is Disappearing… So Utah Bans Rights of Nature.
The Great Salt Lake. Image by Erin Testone. A growing number of American jurisdictions are outlawing Right of Nature as we embark on the greatest…
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Events
CELDF Co-sponsoring Justin Nobel’s Musical Book Tour: Petroleum-238
Book cover design by Sabrina Bedford, cover photo by Julie Dermansky Thursday, May 16 from 2-3:30 pm at moCa Cleveland in Cleveland, OH CELDF and moCa Cleveland…
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Blogs
AM I AN ACTIVIST?
Testimony of a Community Organizer CELDF’s Consulting Director, Tish O’Dell, submitted her testimony, “Am I an Activist?” to the 2024 Spring Activism Peace Chronicle publication.…
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Press Releases
Changing Culture, Changing Law through Art – Andrea Bowers and CELDF: Exist, Flourish, Evolve
Developed through an ongoing partnership with CELDF Exist, Flourish, Evolve is a new, multi-site, multimedia campaign that builds awareness and action around the dangers facing…
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