The Power of Disability Rights: What Every Lawyer Should Know CLE Training Join on us May 1st for our CLE training followed by our new brand reveal: https://creeccle2024.eventbrite.com/ We will delve into the crucial topic of disability rights. Join us…
CREEC Files Complaint: CBP One App Blocks People with Disabilities From Seeking Asylum
On March 25, 2024, the Civil Rights Education and EnforcementCenter and the Texas Civil Rights Project filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) on the Customs and Border Protection…
CREEC Files Petition with U.S. Department of Transportation on Behalf of All Blind People in the U.S.
On January 29, CREEC filed a petition with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on behalf of a class of all blind people in the U.S. represented by the National Federation of the Blind and three individual blind guide dog…
CREEC’s Impact: Loren’s Story
“Protest means absolutely everything, without it there is nothing else. If you don’t have the right to protest then you are not free to do or think certain ways. You’re not free.” This is what Loren, a disabled social justice…
CREEC, DREDF, and King & Spalding LLP File Lawsuit Against State of CA for Failure to Provide Special Education Services
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:December 14, 2023 CRESENT CITY, CA – On December 14, Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center (CREEC), the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), and the law firm King & Spalding LLP as pro bono counsel filed a complaint (linked…
CREEC’s Impact: Jessie’s Story
Flying as an unaccompanied minor can be daunting and intimidating. Because of this, airlines require guardians to accompany their children to and from airport gates when they are flying to visit other parents or family members, go to summer camp,…
Update on Saltwater Intrusion Threat in Louisiana
Impacts of saltwater intrusion on New Orleans are uncertain, but affected residents downriver continue to rely on bottled drinking water. The City of New Orleans is no longer expected to face the immediate catastrophic impacts of saltwater intrusion forecast…
Welcoming Karla Gilbride, CREEC’s New Temporary Of Counsel Staff Member
We are so excited to welcome Karla Gilbride (she/they), who will be our temporary acting Of Counsel. To learn more Karla, her career, on being a disabled attorney, and why they’re working with CREEC, read below. CREEC: What is your…
CREEC Staff in the News: Service Animals and Airlines
CREEC’s own Staff Attorney Al Elia is in the Washington Post! Read the article to learn how Department of Transportation rules are making it more difficult for blind people who are guide dog users to fly: “The agency acknowledged that…
Protecting Public Protest is Critical to Disability Advocacy
Written by Aviance Brown, CREEC Staff Attorney Public protest is one of the most effective methods of disability advocacy. This was one of the prime messages which dynamic speaker and longtime disabled advocate Anita Cameron shared during the Protect Dissent…