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SUMMARY:Marion County... Who Controls Our Future?
DESCRIPTION:For the past 200 years\, the structure of our legal system and constitution has shifted from that of the people\, by the people\, for the people\, to that ruled under the weight of billion-dollar corporations. Laws bind corporate power above actual human beings\, and take strong measures to block the people's say in what happens in our own communities and lives. Today\, in the face of catastrophic global heating and species extinction\, we are collectively beginning to open our eyes to the devastating reality that is our climate crisis. Whether we are trying to protect ourselves and our ecosystem from factory farming\, fracking\, privatization of public water\, or neighborhood development  corporate powers have been given "rights" which protect them from local dissent. So\, how do we change the rules and make sure we have a voice and power over the future of our communities and our planet?\n\n\n\nThis presentation will lay out the history of corporate "rights" and how communities have begun to focus on structural change and organizing to directly challenge legal doctrines in order to liberate themselves from corporate control. This growing movement is called Community Rights\, and it is about shifting from state-sanctioned corporate harms to building healthy\, resilient communities. \n\n\n\nThis presentation and Q&A will be conducted by the Environmental Legal Defense Fund's Northwest Organizer\, Kai Huschke. \n\n\n\nKai Huschke is the Northwest Organizer for the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund. He is also a national Democracy School lecturer and advisor to the Oregon Community Rights Network and Washington State Community Rights Network. \n\n\n\nThe Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) is building a movement for Community Rights and the Rights of Nature to advance democratic\, economic\, social\, and environmental rights   building upwards from the grassroots to the state\, federal\, and international level.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="color: rgb(29\, 33\, 41)\; font-family: &quot\;Helvetica Neue&quot\;\, Helvetica\, Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">For the past 200 years\, the structure of our legal system and constitution has shifted from that of the people\, by the people\, for the people\, to that ruled under the weight of billion-dollar corporations. Laws bind corporate power above actual human beings\, and take strong measures to block the people&rsquo\;s say in what happens in our own communities and lives. Today\, in the face of catastrophic global heating and species extinction\, we are collectively beginning to open our eyes to the devastating reality that is our climate crisis. Whether we are trying to protect ourselves and our ecosystem from factory farming\, fracking\, privatization of public water\, or neighborhood development&hellip\; corporate powers have been given &ldquo\;rights&rdquo\; which protect them from local dissent. So\, how do we change the rules and make sure we have a voice and power over the future of our communities and our planet?</span><br style="color: rgb(29\, 33\, 41)\; font-family: &quot\;Helvetica Neue&quot\;\, Helvetica\, Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; white-space: pre-wrap\;" />\n<br style="color: rgb(29\, 33\, 41)\; font-family: &quot\;Helvetica Neue&quot\;\, Helvetica\, Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; white-space: pre-wrap\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(29\, 33\, 41)\; font-family: &quot\;Helvetica Neue&quot\;\, Helvetica\, Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">This presentation will lay out the history of corporate &ldquo\;rights&rdquo\; and how communities have begun to focus on structural change and organizing to directly challenge legal doctrines in order to liberate themselves from corporate control. This growing movement is called Community Rights\, and it is about shifting from state-sanctioned corporate harms to building healthy\, resilient communities. </span><br style="color: rgb(29\, 33\, 41)\; font-family: &quot\;Helvetica Neue&quot\;\, Helvetica\, Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; white-space: pre-wrap\;" />\n<br style="color: rgb(29\, 33\, 41)\; font-family: &quot\;Helvetica Neue&quot\;\, Helvetica\, Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; white-space: pre-wrap\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(29\, 33\, 41)\; font-family: &quot\;Helvetica Neue&quot\;\, Helvetica\, Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">This presentation and Q&amp\;A will be conducted by the Environmental Legal Defense Fund&rsquo\;s Northwest Organizer\, Kai Huschke. </span><br style="color: rgb(29\, 33\, 41)\; font-family: &quot\;Helvetica Neue&quot\;\, Helvetica\, Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; white-space: pre-wrap\;" />\n<br style="color: rgb(29\, 33\, 41)\; font-family: &quot\;Helvetica Neue&quot\;\, Helvetica\, Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; white-space: pre-wrap\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(29\, 33\, 41)\; font-family: &quot\;Helvetica Neue&quot\;\, Helvetica\, Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">Kai Huschke is the Northwest Organizer for the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund. He is also a national Democracy School lecturer and advisor to the Oregon Community Rights Network and Washington State Community Rights Network. </span><br style="color: rgb(29\, 33\, 41)\; font-family: &quot\;Helvetica Neue&quot\;\, Helvetica\, Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; white-space: pre-wrap\;" />\n<br style="color: rgb(29\, 33\, 41)\; font-family: &quot\;Helvetica Neue&quot\;\, Helvetica\, Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; white-space: pre-wrap\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(29\, 33\, 41)\; font-family: &quot\;Helvetica Neue&quot\;\, Helvetica\, Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) is building a movement for Community Rights and the Rights of Nature to advance democratic\, economic\, social\, and environmental rights &ndash\; building upwards from the grassroots to the state\, federal\, and international level. </span>
LOCATION:Stayton Public Library 515 N 1st Ave\, Stayton\, Oregon 97383
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DTSTAMP:20260411T004031Z
URL:https://business.staytonsublimitychamber.org/events/details/marion-county-who-controls-our-future-8770
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