Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
QUICK CLICKS: Interactive/Printable/Sharable PDFs
- Race, Injustice, Black Lives Matter: Recommended reading from faculty and staff (Williams Record)
- Williams College CLIA: Resources For Anti-Racism Reasearch & Advocacy Work
- Williams College CLIA: Summer 2020 Online Tech and Training Resources (mostly free)
- Anti-racism webinars ON DEMAND (last updated 06_19_2020)
- Amnesty International: Safety During Protests handout PDF
- Williams College Library's available resources on racism & anti racism (last update June 2020)
- Recommended antiracist literature for Middle School/High School/Young Adult Community (PDF)
- NAACP What to do: Meeting with your Police Department
- NAACP: Racial_Profiling_Know_Your_Rights_Postcard
- pocket resources:
- ACLU Know Your Rights _ Stopped by Police-English
- ACLU Know Your Rights _ ¿Qué Debe Hacer Si la Policía_
- Antiracism_Starter_Kit_self_study_program PDF
- Dismantling Racism: From White Racist to Antiracist Teaching Tolerance: Let's Talk-Discussing Race, Racism and other Difficult topics with Students
- Checklists:
- Public Property Protest_Demonstration Permit Information (By Major City)
- An Activist's Guide to Safer Protesting: A list of Dos and Don'ts to help activists stay safer and keep the message of the protest at the forefront of the conversation
PROTESTS: organizing, participating & documenting
- Know Your Rights: Protests, Laws, Law Enforcement and You (Davis Center website)
- Black Lives Action: Resources for Accountability and Actions for Black Lives (live document: very up to date)
- NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
- National Black Justice Coalition
- M4BL – Black like we never left
- Black Futures Lab
- Campaign Zero
- Center for Policing Equity - Home
- community bail funding: mutual aid funds, and bail support for racial justice organizers
- Equal Justice Initiative
- Public Property Protest_Demonstration Permit Information (By Major City)
Information about what your rights are and how to exercise them are readily available through the NGL. CLICK HERE to learn more.
This pocket-sized know-your-rights booklet by the NLG is designed to be a practical resource for people dealing with law enforcement. The 16-page primer advises people of their rights when confronted by FBI agents or the Department of Homeland Security. It also includes information for noncitizens and minors. Write directly to the NGL to have a print copy sent to you.
American Civil Liberties Union
"The First Amendment protects your right to assemble and express your views through protest. However, police and other government officials are allowed to place certain narrow restrictions on the exercise of speech rights. Make sure you’re prepared by brushing up on your rights before heading out into the streets." --ACLU website
These PDFs are one page print outs from their online resource outlining the laws to be mindful of. These laws protect you while expressing your First Amendment rights: make sure that you and those you affiliate with are well versed in the laws that in theory, are all there to protect us.
Know Your Rights: PROTESTS, LAW & LAW ENFORCEMENT
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- ACLU know rights: WANT TO ORGANIZE?
- ACLU: know rights ORGENG.pdf - English
- ACLU:know your rights ORGSPN.pdf- Spanish
- ACLU-know your rights: WANT TO ATTEND?
- ACLU: know your rights ATTENDENG .pdf -English
- ACLU: know your rights ATTENDSPN.PDF -Spanish
- ACLU-Know your rights: WANT TO OBSERVE, REPORT or DOCUMENT?
- ACLU-know your rights_OBSERVEENG.PDF - English
- ACLU know your rights DOCUMENTSPN.pdf-Spanish
- ACLU-know your rights: WHAT TO DO IF INTERACTING WITH POLICE?
- ACLU know rights: WANT TO ORGANIZE?
ONLINE READINGS/VIDEOS ON PROTESTS, RIGHTS, LAWS & LAW ENFORCEMENT
- An Empirical Analysis of Racial Differences in Police Use of Force: Yale Law School
- The Language of Consent in Police Encounters : Northwestern Law School
- Police Use of Force: An Examination of Modern Policing Practices: US Commission On Civil Rights
- Police Officers' Decision Making and Discretion: Forming Suspicion and Making a Stop: Department of Justice
- Human Rights Standards and Practice for the Police Expanded Pocket Book on Human Rights for the Police: United Nations
- Protest and Human Rights Standards on the rights involved in social protest and the obligations to guide the response of the State- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
- The Right to Protest: Principles on protection of human rights in protests: Article 19
- How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance: Wired Magazine
- What to Bring to a Peaceful Protest: Vice Media
- How to Protest Safely During a Pandemic: Vice Media
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