Sarahi Uribe of the National Day Laborers Organizing Network invites you join us at the "Securing Our Rights Convening in the Information Sharing Era: A convening on national security, surveillance and immigration enforcement" in San Francisco, Calif. from Dec. 1 - 2, 2011.  Learn more about NGI and how that impacts our communities.  For more information: www.securingourrights.org

Sarahi Uribe Discovers Next Generation Identification (NGI) Thru FOIA Request

Implication of Government Surveillance on Human Rights and Civil Liberties

Jumana Musa introduces "Privacy in Perspective" at #SecureRights Convening

Activists who are working on local responses to policies driven by federal agencies will discuss tactics, lessons learned, and emerging opportunities. Participants are invited to join the conversation with recommendations about how to best connect various efforts and expand on recent victories. [Apologies for missing the beginning of Hamid's speech]

Speakers: LaResse Harvey, A Better Way Foundation; Nadia Kayyali, Coalition for a Safe San Francisco & National Lawyers' Guild; Hamid Khan, Community Organizer; Veena Dubal, Asian Law Caucus (Moderator) and George Friday, Bill of Rights Defense Committee (Moderator)

Veena Dupal of Asian Law Caucus at #SecureRights Convening

Call held Tuesday, July 17, 20102. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision on Arizona’s racial profiling law, many are asking: Is it possible to enforce section 2(b) of Arizona’s infamous SB1070 without using racial profiling? With perspectives from organizers, legal experts, and law enforcement, this call will tackle this question and draw on examples of policies such as Stop-and-frisk and unwarranted surveillance that encourage racial profiling across the country, as well as offer solutions that address all forms of racial profiling. Expanding the discussion beyond immigration, this call will look at what 2(b) means from a racial profiling lens, and share strategies on how to connect communities impacted by discriminatory policing. 
Speakers:
- Chief Ronald L. Davis, Police Chief, E. Palo Alto, CA
- Omar Jadwat, Sr. Staff Attorney, ACLU Immigrant Rights Project
- Opal Tometi, Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Phoenix, AZ
Moderator: Jumana Musa, Rights Working Group

RWG Moderator Jumana Musa introduces speakers on call about #SB170

Chief Ronald L. Davis, Police Chief of E. Palo Alto, on ending racial profiling (part 1)

Chief Ronald L. Davis, Police Chief of E. Palo Alto, on ending racial profiling (part 2)

Caller questions about #SB1070 & Racial Profiling

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision on Arizona’s racial profiling law, many are asking: Is it possible to enforce section 2(b) of Arizona’s infamous SB1070 without using racial profiling? With perspectives from organizers, legal experts, and law enforcement, this call will tackle this question and draw on examples of policies such as Stop-and-frisk and unwarranted surveillance that encourage racial profiling across the country, as well as offer solutions that address all forms of racial profiling. Expanding the discussion beyond immigration, this call will look at what 2(b) means from a racial profiling lens, and share strategies on how to connect communities impacted by discriminatory policing. Keith, you won't want to miss this discussion! RSVP HERE
Speakers:
- Chief Ronald L. Davis, Police Chief, E. Palo Alto, CA
- Omar Jadwat, Sr. Staff Attorney, ACLU Immigrant Rights Project
- Opal Tometi, Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Phoenix, AZ
- Senator Cardin of Maryland
Moderator: Jumana Musa, Rights Working Group

Full Conference Call on #SB1070: Racial Profiling in the Spotlight

RWG hosted a membership call addressing the effects of government surveillance on communities of color.  Princeton Professor Imani Perry, author of More Beautiful and More Terrible: The Embrace and Transcendence of Racial Inequality in the United States,  spoke about privacy and surveillance in the broader historical and legal context of race in the United States, and the ways these concepts, differently applied to communities of color, continue to perpetuate racial injustice. Joining Professor Perry will be Deborah Peterson Small, Executive Director of Break the Chains: Communities of Color and the War on Drugs, who  discussed the way the “war on drugs” has impacted communities of color and subjected them to increasing forms of surveillance. 

Jumana Musa introduces call on Privacy, Surveillance & #RacialProfiling

Professor Imani Perry on Privacy, Surveillance & #RacialProfiling

Deborah Peterson Small on Privacy, Surveillance & #RacialProfiling

Questions for speakers on on Privacy, Surveillance & #RacialProfiling

As talk of immigration reform moves forward, many in Congress are tying any reform to mandatory employment verification programs, particularly e-verify.  As these conversations develop, Rights Working Group held a conference call with experts on e-verify and privacy to look at how mandatory e-verify will affect all people living and working in the United States.

Speakers:

Emily Tulli, Policy Attorney with the National Immigration Law Center
Chris Calabrese, Legislative Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union
Lillie Coney, Associate Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center


E-Verify, Privacy Rights & Racial Profiling - Introduction by Jumana Musa

As talk of immigration reform moves forward, many in Congress are tying any reform to mandatory employment verification programs, particularly e-verify.  As these conversations develop, Rights Working Group held a conference call with experts on e-verify and privacy to look at how mandatory e-verify will affect all people living and working in the United States.

Speakers:

Emily Tulli, Policy Attorney with the National Immigration Law Center
Chris Calabrese, Legislative Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union
Lillie Coney, Associate Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center

E-Verify, Privacy Rights & Racial Profiling - Emily Tulli, NILC

As talk of immigration reform moves forward, many in Congress are tying any reform to mandatory employment verification programs, particularly e-verify.  As these conversations develop, Rights Working Group held a conference call with experts on e-verify and privacy to look at how mandatory e-verify will affect all people living and working in the United States.
 
Speakers: 

Emily Tulli, Policy Attorney with the National Immigration Law Center
Chris Calabrese, Legislative Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union
Lillie Coney, Associate Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center

E-Verify, Privacy Rights & Racial Profiling - Chris Calabrese, ACLU

E-Verify, Privacy Rights & Racial Profiling - Lillie Coney, EPIC

E-Verify, Privacy Rights & Racial Profiling - Q & A

In the aftermath of 9/11, the Rights Working Group (RWG) strives to restore the American commitment to protect civil liberties and human rights for all people in the U.S. RWG has grown a strong coalition of civil liberties, human rights and civil rights, national security, and immigrant rights organizations to work hand in hand to restore due process.


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