Flex Your Rights Foundation Inc

Programs: Statement of program service accomplishmentsflex your rights (flex) is a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit founded in 2002. We believe that citizens in a free and democratic society must actively shape the relationship between police and their community. That means citizens must be prepared to intelligently "flex" their constitutional rights during contacts with police. But whenever abuses occur, citizens must be empowered to file complaints that will be fairly investigated. Original know-your-rights mediaour popular dvds focus on the constitutional rights of citizens during police encounters. They are embraced by classroom teachers, attorneys, concerned parents, community leaders, and police instructors. The flex youtube channel has surpassed 41 million views and 168 thousand subscribers. Open police complaints: upgrading citizen oversight of policewe're developing new open data tools to transform the way citizens and police engage with the complaints process. These tools will benefit the public by making complaints more transparent, allowing users to publish professional-quality complaints online. This transparency will improve tracking of policing trends - including racial profiling, use of force, stop and frisk, etc. Social & mainstream mediaflex your rights is able to leverage its strong social and mainstream media reach to launch new initiatives. In addition to our powerful youtube presence, we have 288k facebook followers, 6k twitter followers, and an email list of 10k subscribers. Executive director steve silverman is also an animated spokesperson. He's been a guest on c-span's washington journal program, and has been quoted in the new yorker, newsweek, and the guardian. His articles have been published in reason magazine, the washington post, and the huffington post.