{"id":12891,"date":"2025-09-09T09:27:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T13:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=12891"},"modified":"2025-09-09T09:28:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T13:28:25","slug":"12891","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/event\/12891\/","title":{"rendered":"We the People: Defending Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12892\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/files\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-9.25.57\u202fAM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"924\" height=\"1190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/files\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-9.25.57\u202fAM.png 924w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/files\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-9.25.57\u202fAM-233x300.png 233w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/files\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-9.25.57\u202fAM-795x1024.png 795w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/files\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-9.25.57\u202fAM-768x989.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-fcd70e50c8120a32 card-title flex-center gap-2 spread\">\n<div class=\"jsx-fcd70e50c8120a32 title-label text-tinted fs-sm\">About Event<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-fcd70e50c8120a32 content\">\n<div class=\"spark-content\">\n<p class=\"\">\u200b<strong>The fight for justice is at a crossroads.<\/strong>\u00a0From Project 2025 to the OBBBA, coordinated attacks are threatening hard-won rights, freedoms, and protections across our nation. These aren&#8217;t just political maneuvers; they are blueprints to roll back civil liberties, undermine democracy, and silence marginalized communities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u200bJoin The Prolific Circle and Citizen Action NY &#8211; Hudson Valley for a timely panel discussion on what\u2019s at stake and how we can resist during these uncertain times. Together, we\u2019ll unpack these authoritarian agendas, connect the dots, and chart strategies for collective defense and action.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\uddd3\u00a0<strong>Thursday, September 18, 2025<\/strong><br \/>\n\ud83d\udd60 Panel 6\u20138 PM | Doors open at 5:30 PM<br \/>\n\ud83d\udccd Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts (Elm Room) | 165 College Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY<br \/>\n(The Heartwood at Vassar)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Social Mixer to follow!\u00a0<\/strong>Stick around after the panel to unwind, connect, and celebrate joy and resilience in community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Panelists confirmed:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">\u200b<strong>Antonio Delgado<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Lieutenant Governor of NY<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">\u200b<strong>Livia Santiago-Rosado<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Commissioner of the Dutchess County (NY) Department of Health<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">\u200b<strong>Jamar Cummings City<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<em>Moderator<\/em><br \/>\nCity Chamberlain, Poughkeepsie<br \/>\nYoung Adults Committee, Chair<br \/>\nNAACP Northern Dutchess Branch<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/luma.com\/qzr37hem\"><strong>Register here!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u200bFor sponsorship, media, or more info: theprolificcircle@gmail.com | ifenichel@citizenactionny.org<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Event \u200bThe fight for justice is at a crossroads.\u00a0From Project 2025 to the OBBBA, coordinated attacks are threatening hard-won rights, freedoms, and protections across our nation. These aren&#8217;t just &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/event\/12891\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;We the People: Defending Justice&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9436,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-12891","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/12891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9436"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/12891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12895,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/12891\/revisions\/12895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12891"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/officeofcommunityengagedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=12891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}