Resources for Local Campaigns
Toolkit
Toolkit for organizing a local legislative effort
Talking Points
Talking about Torture Accountablity (También está disponible en español)
Talking about Local Surveillance and Immigration Enforcement (También está disponible en español)
Model Legislation
Model legislation to regulate the use of or ban the purchase of drones: Available with annotations or without.
Local Civil Rights Restoration Act: Model legislation placing limits on local law enforcement
Model legislation seeking executive accountability for torture
Other Organizing Opportunities
Legislation introduced in the North Carolina House of Representatives, crafted by NC Stop Torture Now, to authorize a commission to criminalize torture and rendition; this type legislation is an excellent option for activists in communities unwilling to consider stronger remedies for torture.
Legislation to criminalize torture at the local level
Protests in Minneapolis, MN offer an excellent model for how to respond when an official complicit in torture has a speaking engagement in your area.
Commentary and Analysis
Executive Accountability for Torture
Organizing Resources
- Talking points on torture accountability (en español)
- Toolkit for organizing locally
- Model resolution on executive accountability for torture
- Legislation introduced in the North Carolina House of Representatives, crafted by NC Stop Torture Now, to authorize a commission to criminalize torture and rendition; this type legislation is an excellent option for activists in communities unwilling to consider stronger remedies for torture.
- Legislation to criminalize torture at the local level
- Protests in Minneapolis, MN offer an excellent model for how to respond when an official complicit in torture has a speaking engagement in your area.
Commentary and Analysis
- Torture and Human Rights: A Guide (Unitarian Universalist Service Committee)
- "Government Fights To Thwart New Torture Photo Scandal" by Heather Marlowe, People's Campaign for the Constitution Blog, October 14, 2009
- "Losing Wars We Already Won (Part I): Torture vs. WWII" by Shahid Buttar, Huffington Post, August 26, 2009
- "Torturing the Rule of Law" by Shahid Buttar, Huffington Post, July 1, 2009
Multimedia
- Tortured Law, a 10-minute documentary by Alliance for Justice about the government lawyers who authorized torture
- Torturing Democracy, a 90-minute documentary, produced by Washington Media Associates and the National Security Archive, about America's torture policies
Local Civil Rights Restoration Act (LCRRA)
Organizing Resources
- Talking points about local surveillance and immigration enforcement (en español)
- Toolkit for organizing locally
- Local Civil Rights Restoration Act: Use this model legislation as a basis for the bill you'll introduce in your municipal government
- Map of campaigns already underway
- Case Study: Legislative Campaign in Hartford, CT
- Full-page flier for publicizing a local rally
- Quarter-page flier for publicizing local events (También está disponible en español)
- Flier en español
Note: This flier is an editable PDF form. If you find you are unable to use the form to add your local event information to the flier, please download the latest version of Adobe Reader. - Resolution passed by the Common Council of Albany, NY, to request that the Department of Justice revisit prosecutions in terrorism-related trials to ensure compliance with constitutional rights such as access to exculpatory evidence
- "Restoring the Fourth Amendment: How We, the People, Can Win Over Washington" by Shahid Buttar, Huffington Post, July 3, 2010
- PR Tips from David Swanson
- Social network activism and the Patriot Act by Jon Pincus
Information Resources
- Uncover the Truth Toolkit: ICE and Police Collaborations
- "The Performance of 287(g) Agreements," Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General
- "Suspicious Activity Reporting to go Nationwide," PublicEye.org
- "Mission Unaccomplished: The Misplaced Priorities of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office," a Goldwater Institute Policy Report by Clint Bolick, Director
- "Big-City Police Chiefs Urge Overhaul of Immigration Policy" by Damien Cave, New York Times, July 1, 2009
- Testimony of Richard Wiles, Sheriff of El Paso, TX, to U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary at the "Securing the Borders and America's Points of Entry, What Remains to Be Done" Hearing, May 20, 2009
- "The Role of Local Police: Striking a Balance Between Immigration Enforcement and Civil Liberties" by the Police Foundation, published April 2009
Multimedia
Map of current coalitions
Tortured Law, a 10-minute documentary by Alliance for Justice about the government lawyers who authorized torture
Torturing Democracy, a 90-minute documentary, produced by Washington Media Associates and the National Security Archive, about America's torture policies
Other Resources
Resolution passed by the Common Council of Albany, NY, to request that the Department of Justice revisit prosecutions in terrorism-related trials to ensure compliance with constitutional rights such as access to exculpatory evidence
PR Tips from David Swanson
Social network activism and the Patriot Act by Jon Pincus
