Resources
Know your rights
Practical guides written to be read once, under pressure, and acted on. Free to read, free to share, no account required.
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Know Your Rights
Understanding Your Rights: A Plain-Language Starting Point
What a right actually is, where rights come from, and how to tell the difference between a rule, a policy, and a legal obligation.
8 min read
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Know Your Rights
How to Request Your Own Records
A step-by-step approach to asking an agency, school, provider, or employer for the file they keep on you.
6 min read
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Compliance Navigation
Reading a Compliance Notice Without Panic
How to break a dense notice into the four things that actually matter: what is alleged, what is required, by when, and how to respond.
7 min read
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Compliance Navigation
Preparing for an Administrative Hearing
What to bring, how to organize your documents, and how to present facts clearly when you have limited time to speak.
9 min read
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Advocacy Toolkits
Documenting a Concern So It Can Be Acted On
A template approach for turning an experience into a complaint or report that an institution can actually investigate.
5 min read
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Advocacy Toolkits
Escalating Effectively: Who to Contact and When
Moving a stalled matter up the chain without burning the relationships you still need.
6 min read
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Family & Community
Supporting a Family Member Through a System
How to help without taking over: consent, authorization, note-taking, and protecting your own capacity.
7 min read
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Family & Community
Running a Community Rights Workshop
A facilitator's outline for a two-hour neighborhood session on rights, records, and where to get help.
10 min read