Center for Constitutional Rights
Vince Warren serves as the Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) since 2006, where responsibilities include being the chief strategist and spokesperson for a national human rights organization focused on landmark litigation, such as the Stop and Frisk case against the NYC Police Department and representation of Guantánamo detainees. Warren has been pivotal in challenging post-9/11 expansions of presidential power, including habeas corpus violations, extraordinary rendition, and illegal surveillance. Additional accomplishments include launching the Bertha Social Justice Institute to train future lawyers, serving as the W. Haywood Burns Chair in Civil and Human Rights at the City University of New York School of Law, and previously holding positions at the American Civil Liberties Union and the Legal Aid Society. Warren holds a JD from Rutgers Law School and a BA in Political Science from Haverford College.
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Center for Constitutional Rights
The Center for Constitutional Rights works with communities under threat to fight for justice and liberation through litigation, advocacy, and strategic communications. Since 1966, we have taken on oppressive systems of power, including structural racism, gender oppression, economic inequity, and governmental overreach. Too often, the law supports systems of power that violate our most fundamental rights and prevent people from living with dignity. We use creative and aggressive legal strategies against the most virulent forms of oppression to push the law to meet the demands of justice. Our advocacy work complements litigation to build power where it’s most needed, among communities who have been pushed to the margins. Through strategic communications, we shift the dominant narratives that normalize rights violations and increase public support for our efforts. Our approach is holistic, fearless, and relentless. By partnering with communities fighting for social justice and centering their struggles for liberation, we are able to transform systems, policies, and public narratives. You have a role to play in this fight. Join forces with activists, lawyers, and storytellers to fight oppression and build power at ccrjustice.org.