Parents, teachers, and bosses taught many of us to refrain from discussing politics, especially in business settings, for fear of creating tension or divisions with friends, family, co-workers, and clients. That all went out the window on January 20, 2017 (and through a broken U.S. Capitol window on January 6, 2021).
Abuses of constitutionally bestowed power threaten our human and civil rights, especially in marginalized communities. This month, Rain is proud to step up and show cause for the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and its work to protect the individual rights and liberties of American citizens and those entitled to legal protections within our borders.
The CCR is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Since 1966, the center has worked with individuals, organizations, and communities to train and support lawyers, activists, and advocates who are working for social justice. The issues the CCR fights include:
- Abusive immigration practices.
- Corporate human rights abuses.
- Criminalization of the right to dissent.
- Discriminatory policing.
- Government surveillance.
- LGBTQI persecution.
- Mass incarceration.
- Racial injustice.
- Sexual and gender-based violence.
- Torture and war crimes.
Lest we forget what America is and should be, here’s a refresher on the Preamble:
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
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