by Rights of the Salish Sea | Nov 28, 2020 | News
Coming up in December, we are co-hosting with Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) an offering of their new Virtual Democracy School program: Democracy School is a stimulating and illuminating virtual course that teaches residents and activists an...
by Rights of the Salish Sea | Oct 8, 2020 | News
PRESS RELEASE San Juan County Council Candidates Offer Different Visions & Priorities on Governance, Economy and Environment San Juan Islands, WA, October 8, 2020—Four San Juan County Council Candidates set themselves apart by offering different...
by Rights of the Salish Sea | Oct 7, 2020 | News, Rights of the Salish Sea
Protecting the Salish Sea in the Time of Covid-19 A virtual round-table discussion over Zoom Hosted by Community Rights San Juan Islands (CRSJI) through the Lopez Island Library Tuesday, October 13th from 6-7:30pm Community Rights San Juan Islands (CRSJI) is a...
by Rights of the Salish Sea | Mar 12, 2020 | News, Podcast
Kai is the Northwest and Hawaii organizer for the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF). He was centrally involved in the first-in-the-nation Community Bill of Rights, Worker Bill of Rights, and Voter Bill of Rights campaign efforts in Spokane,...
by Rights of the Salish Sea | Jan 27, 2020 | News, Rights of Nature
Tomorrow is a big day for the Lake Erie Bill of Rights, with a scheduled hearing to determine whether the citizen-led initiative can be invalidated. As an article in the Toledo Blade describes: “The latest showdown over the ever-controversial Lake Erie Bill of...
by Rights of the Salish Sea | Dec 24, 2019 | News, Rights of Nature
Corporate rights and state preemption can make it difficult or impossible for communities to protect themselves from harm. Will Falk and Sean Butler lay out how the structure of the legal system makes meaningful environmental protection illegal in this excellent...
