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Year in Review: Help Our Work Grow in 2014

Please include CELDF in your end-of-year giving. In 2013, our work expanded across the U.S. and abroad, with communities facing fracking and other threats. Your support will help our work grow in 2014....

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Lafayette, CO - First in the State to Adopt a Community Bill of Rights

On Election Day, voters in Lafayette, CO, approved a City Charter Amendment establishing a Community Bill of Rights to secure the right to local self-government and to protect the right to clean air,...

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Citizens Across Ohio Attempt to Secure their Rights, with Mixed Results

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Sangerville & Parkman, ME - The Way Life Should Be

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Ohio Community Rights Network Launched

In response to continued state preemption blocking communities from protecting their residents and local ecosystems, on November 16th, Ohio residents partnered with CELDF to launch the Ohio Community...

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PACRN Holds Statewide Convention

On September 28th, citizens from more than 20 Pennsylvania Counties met in State College to discuss the ongoing work of the Pennsylvania Community Rights Network (PACRN).

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Judge Blocks New Mexico County from Home Rule

Residents of San Miguel County wanted to codify their rights to clean air and water, the rights of nature, and their right to local self-governance, at the County level. A single judge has blocked them...

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Community Rights In New Mexico

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New State Preemption of Local Control Fuels the Fire for Community Rights in...

While the Oregon state legislature places all control over seed in the hands of the state, communities at the grassroots are asserting their Community Rights over seed.

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Oregon Community Rights Network Formed

While the state legislature continues usurping local control

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Pesticide Community Rights Ordinance in Josephine County, Oregon

Josephine County residents move forward with a Community Rights ordinance banning pesticide use.

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Hawaii Farm and Food Rights Summit Held on Maui

CELDF held a Farm and Food Rights Summit in Hawaii, attended by community members, grassroots activists, and local organizations from Maui, Kaui, Hawaii, and Oahu.

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Right to Local Initiative Gutted in Spokane, Possibly the Whole State of...

Spokane, WA's, Community Bill of Rights is blocked by a lawsuit backed by corporate interests and upheld by a single judge.

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