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5:00 pm Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission – ALPRs, JTTF report, etc @ Oakland City Hall
Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission – ALPRs, JTTF report, etc @ Oakland City Hall
Apr 4 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Relevant Agenda Items 4. 5:15pm: Federal Task Force Transparency Ordinance – OPD – presentation of inaugural annual report for FBI/JTTF, review and take possible action. 5. 5:25pm: Surveillance Equipment Ordinance – OPD – Automated License Plate Reader Anticipated Impact Report and draft Use Policy – review and take possible action. 6. 6:00pm: Surveillance Equipment Ordinance – OPD – Remote Camera Impact Report and draft use Policy – review and take possible action. 7. 6:20pm: Surveillance Equipment Ordinance – UC Berkeley/Steve Trush – Review of Surveillance Acquisition Technology Questionnaire revisions 8. … Continued
7:00 pm Author Event: Seeking Rights From the Left @ East Bay Book Sellers
Author Event: Seeking Rights From the Left @ East Bay Book Sellers
Apr 4 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Elisabeth Jay Friedman to discuss her new book Seeking Rights From the Left: Gender, Sexuality and the Latin American Pink Tide, on Thursday, April 4 at 7pm. She will be joined in conversation by C.S. Soong. Seeking Rights from the Left offers a unique comparative assessment of left-leaning Latin American governments by examining their engagement with feminist, women’s, and LGBT movements and issues. Focusing on the “Pink Tide” in eight national cases–Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Uruguay, and Venezuela–the contributors evaluate how the Left addressed gender- and sexuality-based rights through … Continued
7:00 pm Devi Laskar, author of The Atlas of Reds and Blues @ Revolution Books
Devi Laskar, author of The Atlas of Reds and Blues @ Revolution Books
Apr 4 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
In The Atlas of Reds and Blues, an American born daughter of Bengali immigrants moves her family to a suburb of Atlanta. What happens there bears witness to American racism and abuse of power, tracing one woman’s shift from acquiescence to resistance. The Atlas of Reds and Blues is as narratively beautiful as it is brutal…. Laskar creates a world where the consequences of American terror never stop reverberating…I’ve never read a novel that does nearly as much in so few pages. Laskar has changed how we will all write … Continued
7:30 pm Solito, Solita Book Launch @ Pegasus Bookstore
Solito, Solita Book Launch @ Pegasus Bookstore
Apr 4 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Join the editors and two narrators of Solito, Solita for a discussion of this powerful new book from Voice of Witness and Haymarket Books. Solito, Solita tells the stories of youth refugees fleeing their home countries and traveling for hundreds of miles seeking safety and protection in the United States. In an era of fear, xenophobia, and outright lies, these stories amplify the compelling voices of immigrant youth. What can they teach us about abuse and abandonment, bravery and resilience, hypocrisy and hope? Narrators: Gabriel, who after surviving sexual abuse starting at the age … Continued