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Press Release: Democracy School Completed
Writing Ourselves into the Future
Scene on Radio podcast: How democratic was America really meant to be?
Scene on Radio is a podcast that tells stories exploring human experience and American society. Produced and hosted by John Biewen, Scene on Radio comes from the Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) at Duke University and is distributed by PRX. Season 1 featured a mix...
Re-imagining Our Sacred Relationships
Rugged individualism has served America well in some respects. It’s created many of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs and decades of economic growth. But has individualism gone too far? The collective mentality often goes into binary thinking: it’s...
Defunding Violence
Democracy without Violence – A Participatory Policy Library on Law Enforcement A cooperative toolkit for reducing violence in your community The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) staff have helped facilitate the creation of a “model ordinance” to...
Feb. 2021 VACRN Newsletter: Uniting the Rights of Nature and Community
January, 2020 Newsletter #4
December, 2020: Uniting the Rights of Nature and Community
Challenging traditional Law: CELDF and NLG
Rights of Nature (recognition that all life has equal right to exist, thrive and evolve) is the fastest-growing legal and ethical movement in the world. Our legal system shapes our worldview. Advancing social and environmental justice requires us to take a closer look...