On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we stand in solidarity 

From our offices on occupied Lenape territory in lower Manhattan, we stand in solidarity with the nearly seven million Indigenous people in this country, who continue to fight to protect their rights, lands, and cultures against the perpetual onslaught of colonialism and racism. The Indigenous people of Turtle Island have survived and resisted more than 500 years of colonial violence and occupation of their land, including the largest genocide in human history. Today, colonization of Indigenous land continues with the plunder, extraction, and destruction of the Earth for corporate profits — political decisions by the U.S. government and corporations that have devastating consequences for all present and future generations. 

Read more on our website.

You’re invited to the War on Terror Film Festival! 

We’re excited to co-sponsor the War on Terror Film Festival, a month-long, virtual program organized by the Coalition for Civil Freedoms featuring 20 award-winning films made over the last 20 years that document abuses, highlight crimes, and satirize absurdities of the so-called “War on Terror.”

On Friday, October 29, our own Senior Staff Attorney Katherine Gallagher will join speakers to reflect on the film Ghosts of Abu Ghraib. Please check the festival schedule for the exact time.

For the schedule of screenings and conversations throughout October, FAQs, registration, and panelist information, visit the War on Terror Film Festival website.

Upcoming Events: Water Is Our Critical Infrastructure; Building Surveillance: Three Chapters in U.S. History 

Water Is Our Critical Infrastructure — Lawfare by Oil and Gas Won’t Stop Us from Winning

Tuesday, October 12, 2021 | 2 p.m.

In honor of Indigenous Peoples Day, and in support of the Indigenous-led week of action People v. Fossil Fuels Oct. 11-15, join the Indigenous Environmental Network, The Red Nation, and the Center for Constitutional Rights on Tuesday, October 12, at 2 p.m. ET for Water Is Our Critical Infrastructure — Lawfare by Oil and Gas Won’t Stop Us from Winning, an online discussion with frontline Indigenous Water Protectors. Speakers include Anne White Hat (Sicangu Lakota Oyate), Ashley Nicole Engle (Oglala Lakota & Absentee Shawnee), Sungmanitu Bluebird (Oglala Sioux), and Senior Staff Attorney Pamela Spees.

Learn more and RSVP on our website. For more information about the case, visit the  case page on our website: White Hat v. Landry. 

ASL translation and transcription will be provided for this event.

Building Surveillance: Three Chapters in U.S. History
Wednesday, October 13, 2021 | 6–7:30 p.m. 

This online panel discussion is part of The Normalizing Gaze: Surveillance from Drones to Phones, a biweekly online speaker series from July–October 2021. In conjunction with Sam Duran’s High Line Plinth commission Untitled (drone), High Line Art, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), and NYU Law’s Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy are bringing together artists, activists, scholars, filmmakers, journalists, and more to demystify the twinned histories of surveillance and drone warfare in the U.S. and illuminate routine examples of surveillance in our daily lives. Senior Staff Attorney Omar Farah will be one of the speakers on the panel.

Register for the October 13 event at the Zoom registration link, and find out more about the full series beginning in July and other resources on the High Line website.