Building a just society that values the inherent dignity of all people

What We Do

Advocacy

The Center provides media consulting and helps build the organizing capacity of advocacy organizations at the state, local and national levels.

Research

CNC supports organizations, journalists and academics by conducting investigative research and producing free resources in the form of reference guides, backgrounders, and in-depth reports.

Media Matters exposes Oregon nativists
April 28, 2015After Oregon’s legislature approved “driver’s cards” for state residents unable to prove their citizenship in Spring 2013, opponents of the bill coordinated a well-funded campaign to force the law to a popular vote. In November 2014, voters blocked the driver’s cards and secured a victory for the anti-immigrant group Oregonians for Immigration Reform (OFIR), which […]
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POTUS hopefuls, elected officials to join Gaffney at Iowa summit
April 28, 2015Frank Gaffney, notorious figurehead of the organized Islamophobia movement, will be hosting another one of his “National Security Action Summits” in Iowa on May 16 where he will bring together a variety of far-Right activists, elected officials, and 2016 presidential hopefuls. The summit, scheduled to take place at Point of Grace Church in Waukee, is […]
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