Know Your Rights, Share Your Rights

The First Amendment protects your right to assemble and express your views through protest. Help make sure everyone knows their rights.

Read the full Know Your Rights resource on protesters' rights here.

If you're ready to share what you've learned, we’ve created graphics outlining your protest rights that you can download and share on social media. This includes a graphic that you can download to your phone and save as your lockscreen background — so you can easily see your rights during a protest without unlocking your phone. We've also created a downloadable protest sign that you can print at home.

Of course, while the right to protest is protected by the Constitution, we’re all too aware that law enforcement and ICE have disregarded our constitutionally protected rights in the past. We hope that these resources will help you and your community advocate for your rights, but we also know that there can be significant daylight between what the law requires and what happens in practice. It’s important to know your rights, and also to know your risks.

Download all the Know Your Protest Rights graphics here:

Downloadable Protest Sign

If you're having this protest sign printed at a local printing shop, it can be printed on signs up to 24 x 36 inches.

Know Your Protest Rights: Phone Background

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A graphic with a black background and bold yellow text at the top reading "KNOW YOUR PROTEST RIGHTS:" followed by a numbered list of four key protest rights in white text: You don’t need a permit to protest in streets or on sidewalks if you’re not obstructing traffic or access to buildings. You have the right to photograph anything in plain view, including police. If stopped by the police, ask if you’re free to go. If yes, calmly walk away. If arrested, ask for a lawyer immediately. Don’t sign, say or agree to anything without a lawyer present. At the bottom left, a small white logo reads "KNOW YOUR RIGHTS." The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ logo appears in red at the bottom right.

Know Your Protest Rights: Social Media Graphics

Know Your Rights: Informing people of their rights