say they can name 3+ rights
CIVIC LITERACY, ON THE STREET
Do you actually know your rights?
We ask real people what they know, track the answers, and turn the results into simple information everyone can use.
6 questions · about 2 minutes · anonymous
KNOW IT.USE IT.SHARE IT.KNOW IT.USE IT.SHARE IT.
THE RIGHTS CHECK
Six questions. No studying.
First tell us what you think you know. Then test it. Your answers are anonymous and help measure civic literacy.
WHAT WE FOUND
What does the block actually know?
Data collection in progress
Public findings will appear here after enough real responses are collected.
SIGNATURE MEASURE
The Knowledge Gap
The difference between what respondents think they know and what they demonstrate on the three-point knowledge check.
Self-reported knowledge—
Demonstrated knowledge—
Waiting for real survey data — placeholder bars are illustrative only.
score 3/3 on the knowledge check
would probably or definitely know what to do next
say they have knowingly asserted a right
Rights information sources
Average score by age group
0–3
Once the sample grows, this chart will compare average knowledge scores across the anonymous age ranges in the Rights Check.
HOW WE REPORT
Anonymous answers. Aggregate findings.
Rights On Your Block reports patterns across groups, not individual submissions. Names, emails, phone numbers, exact ages, and addresses are not requested by the Rights Check. Test submissions are excluded from published findings.
NO RESULTS ARE SHOWN UNTIL THEY COME FROM REAL RESPONSES · PERCENTAGES WILL BE LABELED WITH SAMPLE SIZE (N)
WE ASKED THE BLOCK 🎤
Real people. Real answers.
Follow @rightsonyourblock on TikTok and Instagram for street interviews, quick rights explainers, and new findings from the project.
STREET INTERVIEW 01Can you name 3 rights?
SoHo, NYC
STREET INTERVIEW 02Have you ever used one?
Lower Manhattan
STREET INTERVIEW 03What surprised you?
New York City
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
Start with the basics.
Short explainers should always link back to reliable primary or official sources.
🗣️
Speech
What freedom of speech protects, and where its limits can be more complicated.
Learn more →⚖️
Police Encounters
Learn the difference between being questioned, detained, searched, or arrested.
Learn more →📱
Privacy
Understand some of the protections that can apply to your personal information and devices.
Learn more →🎓
Students
Your rights do not disappear at school, but the rules can work differently there.
Learn more →Educational information only. This project is not a law firm and does not provide individualized legal advice.
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Rights shouldn’t feel like hidden information.
Rights On Your Block is a youth-led civic literacy project built around one simple question: how many people actually know the rights they have?
Through street interviews, anonymous polling, and bite-sized explainers, the project turns everyday conversations into a bigger picture of what people know, what they misunderstand, and what they want to learn.