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Know Your Rights workshop presented by Gideon Oliver

Know Your Rights workshop presented by Gideon Oliver

In June, we hosted a Know Your Rights workshop presented by Gideon Orion Oliver, Attorney at Law specializing in civil rights. The workshop covered your rights as a protestor or as a witness to an arrest, as well as legal resources and materials. If you missed the workshop, you an watch it here.

This past week, we hosted a workshop presented by Gideon Orion Oliver, Attorney at Law specializing in civil rights, which covered your rights as a protestor...

Know Your Rights NYC Resources:

National Lawyers Guild, NYC Chapter: https://nlgnyc.org/ 

E-mail address for people who were arrested during recent George Floyd/Black Lives Matter demonstrations to send their name, contact information, and the location of the incident ONLY: NYCCivilRights@NLG.org 

 

Know Your Rights Materials:

National Lawyers Guild: https://www.nlg.org/know-your-rights/

Legal Aid Society: https://www.legalaidnyc.org/get-help/arrests-policing/

Center for Constitutional Rights: https://ccrjustice.org/if-agent-knocks-booklet

Mutant Legal Collective: http://mutantlegal.info/?page_id=147

NYCLU: https://www.nyclu.org/en/know-your-rights/what-do-if-youre-stopped-police

Legal Aid Society, DNA Unit, Jerome Greco: https://twitter.com/JeromeDGreco/status/1266891311006625792 

Immigration Defense Project: https://www.immigrantdefenseproject.org/criminal-immigration-helpline/

 

Workshops:

On the Road with Abolition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHdg4dqBMyk

Dream Defenders: https://www.facebook.com/DreamDefenders/videos/615123319385564/?q=dream%20defenders&epa=SEARCH_BOX

Book Five: Jasmine Guillory in conversation with Emma Straub

Book Five: Jasmine Guillory in conversation with Emma Straub

Jenny Zhang in conversation with Tommy Pico for MY BABY FIRST BIRTHDAY

Jenny Zhang in conversation with Tommy Pico for MY BABY FIRST BIRTHDAY