CCR Annual Report 2005 - Center for Constitutional Rights

EDUCATION&OUTREACH
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Awards
Over the past year, CCR has been honored to
receive a number of prestigious awards from
our distinguished allies and colleagues.
Among the awards were:
Global Exchange
2005 Domestic Human Rights Award
City University of New York School of Law
2005 Dean’s Medal
Society of American Law Teachers (SALT)
2005 Human Rights Award
Council on American Islamic Relations– NY
2005 Civil Rights Award
Index on Censorship for Free Expression
2005 Inaugural Law Award
Public Education/Speakers Bureau
This year, CCR's participation in conferences,
panels and symposia was
worldwide, with speaking engagements
throughout the United States as well as
Switzerland, England, France, Germany,
Spain, Turkey, Yemen, Bahrain, Argentina,
Brazil, Venezuela and Canada.
Guantánamo Action Center
Through our website, this advocacy
component to our work fighting the
Administration’s unlawful policies at
Guantánamo provides instant updates on
recent developments and legal work, direct
links to elected officials, action alerts for
rapid responses to legislative and other
initiatives that address the issue, and
opportunities for grassroots actions. We
worked with Eve Ensler, the Culture
Project, Amnesty International and others
on the national July Fourth “Shut Down
Guantánamo” actions, and have joined the
Bill of Rights Defense Committee to foster
awareness of the issue though the
Guantánamo Reading Project, which helps
communities to stage readings – large or
intimate – of the acclaimed play,
Guantánamo: Honor Bound to Protect
Freedom.
New York-New Jersey 9/11 Regional
Network
CCR continues to host bi-monthly
meetings of this network of over 30 organizations,
representing legal groups,
community-based immigrants’ rights
organizations, and civil and human rights
groups as we share information about
common issues and develop strategies to
tackle them. CCR worked with fellow
network members to provide education
and advocacy guidance in organizing
communities against proposed antiimmigrant
legislation.
Policing Issues
As a result of CCR’s successful lawsuit
against the New York Police Department
concerning the infamous Street Crimes
Unit responsible for the 1999 shooting of
Amadou Diallo, the unit was disbanded
and the City agreed to hold joint CCR-
NYPD community forums in each
borough. As we continue to work out the
details with the NYPD, CCR has also been
working with grassroots organizations to
determine what, if any, substantive
changes they are experiencing with
policing in their neighborhoods.