Sunlight on Surveillance – the Workshops

As you may know, our statewide conference is just around the corner. This Saturday, we’ll be presenting over 30 speakers across six interactive workshops, along with a special keynote address by National ACLU’s Jameel Jaffer and a very special film session.

We’re all about activism and empowering ordinary folks to use their voices, and that’s why we’ve put together the program we have.

Here’s a quick preview: we have something for every taste, and urge you to come out and get involved.

Taking on Big Brother: Post 9/11 Surveillance

JAMEEL JAFFER, Director of the ACLU’s National Security Program CHRISTOPHER PYLE, Professor of Politics, Mt. Holyoke College

JOHN REINSTEIN, Legal Director, ACLU of Massachusetts

Moderator: LISA H. THURAU, Attorney and ACLU of Massachusetts Board

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

CHRISTOPHER CALABRESE, Legislative Counsel, ACLU’s Technology and Liberty Program

LAURA RÓTOLO, Staff Attorney, ACLU of Massachusetts

ROBERT ELIS SMITH, Publisher, Privacy Journal

Moderator: ANN LAMBERT, Legislative Counsel, ACLU of Massachusetts

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

MALICK GHACHEM, Attorney and ACLU of Massachusetts Board

MAHEEN JUNAID, Attorney

NANCY MURRAY, Director of Education, ACLU of Massachusetts

Moderator: BILL NEWMAN, Director of the ACLU of Massachusetts’ Western Regional Law Office

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

DICK LEHR, Author, The Fence and Black Mass

Respondent: HECTOR PIÑEIRO, Attorney

Moderator: SARAH WUNSCH, Staff Attorney, ACLU of Massachusetts

Social Media: Blogging for Liberty, Tweeting for Equality

HOPE LEWIS, Northeastern Law School and ACLU of Massachusetts Board CHRIS OTT, Communications Director, ACLU of Massachusetts

DANIELLE RIENDEAU, Online Communications Coordinator, ACLU of Massachusetts

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

CAROL ROSE, Executive Director, ACLU of Massachusetts

BYRON RUSHING, State Representative and ACLU of Massachusetts Board

GAVI WOLFE, Legislative Counsel, ACLU of Massachusetts Moderator:

STEVE HURLEY, Director of Development, ACLU of Massachusetts

You can download the full program here!