Houseless Activist Continues His Fight For Free Speech
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2021 Contact: Sarah Alvarez, Staff Attorney (541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org [...]
Facebooking While Brown: Indigenous Man in Arizona Imprisoned for Social Media “Shock-Talk” about #BLM Protest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 14, 2021 Contacts: Lauren Regan, Executive Director & Senior Staff Attorney [...]
As Law Enforcement Attempts to SLAPP Detroit Will Breathe, CLDC Files Amicus Brief on Behalf of DWB Activists
Update: March 10, 2021: Today the Eastern District of Michigan recognized that the City of [...]
CLDC Files Civil Rights Suit On Behalf of Black Unity Members Brutalized by Springfield Police
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 8, 2021 Contact: Lauren Regan, Executive Director & Senior Staff Attorney [...]
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The CLDC represents activists that, in the course of fighting for a better world, are arrested and criminally charged. We believe their courage deserves the best possible defense that can incorporate the political, social, and philosophical motivations of these activists.
Civil Cases
The CLDC engages in civil litigation to hold the powerful accountable and to protect the rights of activists and marginalized communities. Our civil litigation is aimed at holding governments, corporations, and the powerful accountable when they violate the constitutional rights of others. The civil practice of the CLDC is shaped and driven by a desire to create a lasting impact.
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The Civil Liberties Defense Center supports movements that seek to dismantle the political and economic structures at the root of social inequality and environmental destruction. We provide litigation, education, legal and strategic resources to strengthen and embolden their success.
CLDC educates, supports and defends grassroots activists nationwide. We are dedicated to being a backbone for the grassroots and the frontlines. We help activists navigate the legal system, we represent them at no cost when they are arrested and we help them make smart choices in the face of state repression. We provide the necessary legal support so that activists can have long, sustainable lifetimes fighting in the movement for justice.
We also provide Know Your Rights and other legal trainings for activists and other vulnerable groups such as youth, tribes, the houseless community and the undocumented community. We believe that knowledge is power, and when people have the tools and understanding to take action and demand that the government honor all their rights, then grassroots activism will be the best chance of exacting necessary change.