Privacy Self-Defense & Immigration Know Your Rights
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Secure Justice invites you to participate in our east bay regional Privacy Self-Defense Workshop and Immigration Resource Fair, in Oakland. This important event will provide participants with practical resources and strategies to protect digital privacy rights, particularly for immigrants, Muslims, individuals seeking reproductive care, and the LGBTQ+ community.
If you bring your smartphone and/or laptop with you, we’ll help you install and setup our recommended privacy protecting products.
Event Details:
What: Privacy Self-Defense Workshop and Immigration Resource Fair
When: April 12, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Where: Oakstop, 2323 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612
Who: Open to the general public (Max capacity: 150)
Cost: Free*
Extras: Coffee, tea, lunch, childcare, and translators provided
Translators in Spanish, Mandarin, Farsi, Dari, Pashto confirmed so far (more to come)
Questions? Send an email to events@secure-justice.org
*This event is free thanks to generous funding received from the:
About the Event: Secure Justice, with assistance from the organizations listed below, will provide practical privacy tools and immigration legal guidance, including:
Privacy workshops covering smartphone, laptop, online, and vehicle data security and easy-to-understand technical privacy-protecting product recommendations and solutions. (Electronic Frontier Foundation, Secure Justice)
Know Your Rights (KYR) training on immigration law, including the impact of recent federal policy changes for refugees and those with past criminal records, along with how to create a step-by-step family preparedness plan. (Centro Legal de la Raza, Alameda County Public Defender’s Unit, Law Office of Spojmie Nasiri, Council on American-Islamic Relations SF Bay Area)
Contact information for local rapid response networks and hotlines, mutual aid organizations, legal aid groups. (Centro Legal de la Raza, Alameda County Public Defender’s Unit, Law Office of Spojmie Nasiri, Council on American-Islamic Relations SF Bay Area)
Legal assistance with gender name and documentation changes. Attorney onsite from 1:30-3:30pm. (Identity Affirmation Workshop)
This event will begin with remarks from invited elected officials, followed by privacy and KYR workshops to empower attendees with actionable knowledge and technical assistance.