[sudo-discuss] Digital Rights in Libraries Un/Conference at Noisebridge !

[Ryan]

I want to attend and can help any of those times!

On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 3:19 PM, April Glaser <april.glaser at riseup.net>
wrote:

>  Hi friends,
>
> I'm writing to let you all know about an un/conference at Noisebridge on
> June 29-30, Digital Rights in Libraries. You're all super invited, and we
> also have a call for volunteers (keep reading)!
>
> We've got some killer speakers lined up:
> https://libraryfreedomproject.org/digital-rights-in-libraries/digital-rights-in-libraries-schedule/
>
> For more info, please check our our press release and poster that I've
> pasted below! Also, the Library Freedom Project has had some fun media
> lately (here
> <http://www.onthemedia.org/story/librarians-vs-patriot-act/?utm_source=local&utm_medium=treatment&utm_campaign=daMost&utm_content=damostviewed>
> and here <http://www.thenation.com/article/206561/librarians-versus-nsa>
> and here
> <http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2015/06/03/usa_freedom_act_before_snowden_librarians_were_the_anti_surveillance_heroes.html>),
> if you're curious.
>
> Additionally and importantly, we could use a few technology trainers to
> help with some of our open sandbox privacy tools sessions. We know a lot of
> librarians want to build some skills, and so in these sessions we were
> hoping to have ample technology trainers available to help participants
> learn as much as possible.
>
> The times we're looking for people to come by and help are:
>
> Monday, June 29 @ 2-3
> Monday, June 29 @ 4-5
> Tuesday, June 30 @ 2:30-3:30
> Tuesday, June 30 @ 5:30-6:30
>
> Let me know if you might be available or have any questions. Also let me
> know if you know someone else who might be interested. Or anything at all.
>
> Peace. And thanks a million. <3 Oakland.
>
> April
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> *Librarians Convene With Leading Anti-Surveillance Advocates and
> Technologists In San Francisco to Defend Digital Rights – June 29-30,
> 2015*
>
> Librarians, technologists, and privacy activists and are gathering in San
> Francisco on June 29-30 to strategize about initiatives to protect reader
> privacy, reform digital lending, combat censorship, and champion access to
> information technology in light of emerging concerns over government
> surveillance, censorship, and other forms of electronic exploitation of
> personal data.
>
> The two-day event
> <https://libraryfreedomproject.org/digital-rights-in-libraries/digital-rights-in-libraries-schedule/>,
> which will take place at San Francisco's iconic Noisebridge hackerspace,
> falls directly after the American Library Association's Annual Conference;
> it's also being held in San Francisco this year.
>
> Attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic
> Frontier Foundation, who are leading lawsuits challenging the legality of
> the National Security Agency's mass surveillance programs, will present,
> along with experts on copyright and the future of digital lending from
> Creative Commons and the Internet Archive. Technologists from the Freedom
> of the Press Foundation (where Edward Snowden is a board member) and
> Mozilla will be onsite providing in-depth technology training at the
> hackerspace. The event also features librarians from a number of libraries,
> including the San Francisco and Oakland Public Library systems, as well as
> Oakland-based Hack the Hood, speaking on the challenges of providing access
> to technology and training for Bay Area youth.
>
> Librarians have long been working on the front lines of information
> activism and their communities' right to research. Whether by providing
> access to technology and the Internet, as well as free education, or by
> standing firm for over a decade as staunch opponents of the USA PATRIOT
> Act, librarians are at the grassroots of the Internet freedom debate and
> are uniquely plugged into serving the information needs of local
> communities, especially those that lack technological or financial
> resources.
>
> The conference is being organized by the Library Freedom Project, a recent
> grantee from the Knight Foundation that is a partnership among librarians,
> technologists, attorneys, and advocates to teach librarians about
> surveillance threats, digital rights, and privacy-protecting technology.
> The Nation Magazine recently featured
> <http://www.thenation.com/article/206561/librarians-versus-nsa> the work
> of the Library Freedom Project as a cover story.
>
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> What: "Digital Rights in Libraries"
>
> Date: June 29-30, 2015
>
> Where: Noisebridge hackerspace, 2269 Mission Street; San Francisco
>
> Website:
> https://libraryfreedomproject.org/digital-rights-in-libraries/digital-rights-in-libraries-schedule
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__libraryfreedomproject.org_digital-2Drights-2Din-2Dlibraries_digital-2Drights-2Din-2Dlibraries-2Dschedule_&d=BQMFaQ&c=RAhzPLrCAq19eJdrcQiUVEwFYoMRqGDAXQ_puw5tYjg&r=07NuVTPCoKFuU7w6V8DGq0edwg0WoSHQFAIem9LAGPI&m=D9xhjyTSVXuVbkSFa7O7HSTLJVf52XMczoFEDnLVuFE&s=67FQvXTUcMoIk7Fdj7yt9kk0iRqgl7TqJQmKL65AIik&e=>
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> Â
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> *Contact:*
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> Alison Macrina
> alison at libraryfreedomproject.org
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> April Glaser
> april at libraryfreedomproject.org
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