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The many civil rights in our laws coexist to ensure that communities can thrive and all people can live in dignity. That's why Public Rights Project works across a range of issues, including defeating abuses of power, protecting voting rights and election integrity, and securing legal access to abortion.
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Local governments are on the front lines of nearly every issue that affects their communities. That means the civil rights challenges they face are cross-cutting, too.

Our wins in partnership with local governments have spanned a range of issues — voting rights and election integrity, health care and abortion access, public safety, community wellbeing, and other civil rights issues — that ultimately affect the quality of life in communities across the country.

Across our work, we defend local governments’ authority against federal overreach while equipping them with the legal tools to respond quickly and meet their communities’ specific needs in the moment.

Committed to using government power for good
Committed to using government power for good
Committed to using government power for good
Committed to using government power for good
Committed to using government power for good

Our solutions

PRP supports local government officials with a playbook to protect and advance civil rights. We build partnerships to ensure our democracy works for everyone.
Berbeth Foster
“We see litigation as a vital aspect to protecting the rights of all the community organizers we work with, ensuring they have the right to protest in the streets of Florida, but also the right to appeal to their local governments as they seek to reimagine public safety.”
Berbeth Foster Senior Staff Attorney
Community Justice Project
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