This event took place on October 27, 2017 at Tulane Law School in Louisiana, New Orleans. This 49 minute video can be viewed HERE. The Rights of Nature Symposium was held on October 27, 2017, at Tulane Law School in New Orleans. The Symposium was co-sponsored by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF), CELDF's International Center for the Rights [...]
This event took place on October 27, 2017 at Tulane Law School in New Orleans, Louisiana. This 45 minute video can be viewed HERE. The Rights of Nature Symposium was held on October 27, 2017, at Tulane Law School in New Orleans. The Symposium was co-sponsored by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF), CELDF's International [...]
This event took place on October 27, 2017 at Tulane Law School in New Orleans, Louisiana. This 92 minute video can be viewed HERE. The Rights of Nature Symposium was held on October 27, 2017, at Tulane Law School in New Orleans. The Symposium was co-sponsored by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF), CELDF's International [...]
Drilling Mora County was posted August 21st, 2017 on Vimeo.com. This 54 minute documentary can be viewed HERE. The film covers the Mora County fracking ban with interviews with attorneys, activists, and elected officials involved with the ordinance banning hydrocarbon extraction in Mora County, New Mexico. Attorneys like Jeffery Haas, elected officials like John Olivas and activists like Kathleen Dudley [...]
This interview happened on October 12th, 2017 with Doug McKenty on The Shift. This 70 minute video can be viewed HERE. In this episode of The Shift, host Doug McKenty speaks with Community Rights guru Paul Cienfuegos about his new organization, Community Rights U.S. Join them as they discuss how the concept of community rights can be used to [...]
We The People have the right to protect ourselves. This original 29-minute interview with Paul Cienfuegos appeared on the Alliance for Democracy's Populist Dialogues TV show in Portland, Oregon on September 24, 2017. Community Rights organizer, Paul Cienfuegos, talks about the concept and history of community rights. Community Rights measures are characterized by three specific provisions [...]
This video interview with Ohio Community Right's organizer Tish O'Dell originally appeared on the Thom Hartmann show, August 23, 2017. It can be found on The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund's website. MORE...
A new documentary film about the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, 'We the People 2.0', was publicly screened in Portland, Oregon. The event was hosted by David Delk, a leader of the local chapters of both Alliance for Democracy and Move To Amend. Nancy Ward and Paul Cienfuegos were invited to talk and answer audience questions [...]
This public event was hosted by East Boulder County United in Boulder, Colorado. Presenters included Merrily Mazza, Cliff Willmeng, and Thomas Linzey. A Q&A followed their presentations. Merrily Mazza is President of the Colorado Community Rights Network. Cliff Willmeng is President of the National Community Rights Network, and lives in Lafayette, Colorado. Thomas Linzey is [...]
Community rights educator Paul Cienfuegos reads his inspiring short declaration inspired by Joanna Macy’s notion of “The Great Turning,” a total change in how we govern ourselves. Paul writes, “The Community Rights movement has been spreading across the United States — one city, town and county at a time. Since 1999, 200 communities have passed [...]
