The Wisconsin Farmers Union Convention also saw the US premier of Community Rights US ’ new Photography Exhibit, “Hidden in Plain Sight: How Corporations Exercise Their Constitutional 'Rights' Under Our Very Noses“, which garnered a lot of attention. The captioned photo shown is one of dozens from the exhibit. Our goal for the exhibit is that it be [...]
This article by Tom Henry appeared in The Toledo Blade, February 18th, 2019. Toledoans for Safe Water said at a news conference Monday that its proposed Lake Erie Bill of Rights is being smeared on radio advertisements by a Columbus-based firm with deep pockets. Markie Miller, Toledoans for Safe Water organizer, said Strategic Public Partners Group is “putting [...]
'This would be the first law to recognize the legal rights of a plant species' This news story appeared on the Healing Minnesota Stories website, on January 12th, 2019. The White Earth Band of Ojibwe and the 1855 Treaty Authority are taking action to address the growing threats to native wild rice, such as potential [...]
This article by Daniel McGraw appeared in the Cleveland Scene, on, December 26th, 2018. After a long and arduous process that has gone through the Ohio Supreme Court and various public agencies, citizens in Toledo, Ohio will finally get their chance in February to vote on a bill that has caught the attention of environmental [...]
This article by Tom Henry appeared in The Toledo Blade, December 21st, 2018. The Lucas County Board of Elections has ended the months-long debate over Toledo’s other citizen-led ballot initiative from 2018 by doing the same for the proposed Lake Erie Bill of Rights as it did for the Keep the Jail Downtown Toledo’s initiative a month ago. Both [...]
This article by Ryan Dunn appeared in The Toledo Blade, December 10th, 2018. A last-minute filing Monday to the Lucas County Board of Elections again postponed the possible ballot addition of the Lake Erie Bill of Rights. The submitted protest regarding a proposed Toledo city charter amendment by law now sets a hearing in which both sides [...]
The 2 minute audio and text of this news story by Michael Bratton appeared on 13ABC WTVG, November 28, 2018. TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - When it comes to Lake Erie's health perhaps no other group of citizens is more passionate. I think it's important that we have a strong local voice," said Markie Miller of Toledoans [...]
This article by Sarah Elms appeared in The Blade, October 24th, 2018. Citizens behind the Lake Erie Bill of Rights initiative are keeping the pressure on Toledo City Council to send their proposal back to the Lucas County Board of Elections for reconsideration. About 20 people stood outside One Government Center ahead of city council’s [...]
This article by Tom Henry appeared in The Toledo Blade, October 18th, 2018. Citizens behind the initiative known as the Lake Erie Bill of Rights are calling upon Toledo City Council to do for them what it did for the Keep the Jail Downtown Toledo group, and send their proposal back to the Lucas County [...]
This article by Lauren Lindstrom appeared in The Toledo Blade, October 5th, 2018. The Ohio Supreme Court on Friday again ruled against petitioners seeking to put a Lake Erie Bill of Rights on the November ballot in Toledo, marking the second time in as many days that the state’s highest judicial body has opposed the [...]
