CELDF shares an eight-part video series highlighting their grassroots work with partner communities in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Hampshire, and Oregon.

The series was completed in association with the Myrin Institute and with the support of the JustPax Fund.

Episode Five: Liberate the Community

(Lincoln County, Oregon)

Meet the avant-garde of Community Rights work in Lincoln County, Oregon, who led the way for the county’s historic vote in 2017: the first-in-the nation countywide Freedom from Aerial Sprayed Pesticides law. Lincoln County community members were the first in the state to secure environmental and democratic rights, secure Rights of Nature to be free from toxic chemicals, and challenge the claimed “rights” of corporations.Here, Community Rights leaders share a round table discussion about their trials and tribulations as they organized to ban aerial pesticide spraying, the need to forge ahead for the sake of the community, and how CELDF has helped them build the skills, confidence, and capacity to help better their community.