Press Releases
CCR in the News
August 16, 2019
CCR in the News
...MSNBC, Democracy Now, CNN, and other news channels. He joins us to talk about communications as a tool to advocate more effectively. He shares an example of how CCR leveraged the media to shift public views about stop-and-frisk in New York City, tales from appearing on FOX News, and...
August 15, 2019
CCR in the News
...Maria LaHood, deputy legal director at The Centre for Constitutional Rights, which represented the students, said: “the students’ support for Palestinian rights and their demand to freely express that support truly exemplify Fordham’s stated values, unlike the administration’s shameful actions...
August 15, 2019
CCR in the News
...Trump and his allies have dismissed any suggestion that his words contributed to the violence, arguing that mental illness is to blame or pointing to the weekend’s other shooting in Dayton, Ohio, in which the shooter expressed support for Democrats. (Notably, authorities have not identified the...
August 14, 2019
CCR in the News
...At the end of last year, Prada released a collection of figurines dubbed Pradamalia that a New York Center for Constitutional Rights attorney, Chinyere Ezie, photographed and posted on Facebook, pointing to some of the figures’ resemblance to the racist caricatures in the 1899 children’s book...
August 14, 2019
CCR in the News
... Plaintiffs also include Sapphira Lurie, Sofia Dadap and Julie Norris, who all have graduated. Veer Shetty, who just completed his sophomore year, also joined the lawsuit, despite an attempt by Fordham to block him in court from doing so. The students were represented by Palestine Legal, the...