Secrecy, Surveillance and Sunlight

Secrecy, Surveillance and Sunlight

As you know, we’re very closely following the LGBT news this week (especially with the Proposition 8 trial in California and recent talk about repealing the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy).

However, we’re also gearing up for our big statewide conference, which is taking place on February 6^th, 2010 at UMass Boston. The theme of the day is Secrecy, Surveillance and Sunlight, and we’re focusing on talks, workshops and strategies for activists and ACLU supports, advocating the end to needless surveillance and abuses of power.

Check out our list of workshops:

Presentations and How-To Workshops:

Taking on Big Brother: Post 9/11 Surveillance



Liberty & Security in the 21st Century: Can We Have Both?



Confronting the New McCarthyism: Post 9/11 Guilt By Association and Dissent


Piercing the Code of Silence: Race, Secrecy, and Law Enforcement



Social Media: Blogging for Liberty, Tweeting for Equality



Shake the System: Civil Liberties Activism in Congress and the State House



The ACLU of Massachusetts at 90

We also have some seriously powerful speakers, including our keynote speaker, Jameel Jaffer, the Director of ACLU’s National Security Program.

We’ll give you a special preview of Jameel’s talk next week, but for now, check out our official conference page and register for the conference!

http://aclum.org/2010/