Podcasts about aclu socal

Early this year, an uncrewed Chinese-operated high-altitude balloon floated across U.S. airspace, stoking anxiety and fascination among Americans, who assumed it was spying on them, and ultimately provoking President Biden to order the Pentagon to shoot it down. Just as alarming as foreign espionage, though, is the fear of information-gathering turned inward. American anxieties around the “surveillance state” have only grown since the Watergate scandal; with the post-9/11 passage of the USA PATRIOT Act; and with revelations that federal agencies sift through ordinary Americans' phone and email communications, financial information, and Internet usage. Add in the rise of artificial intelligence, and our addictions to smartphones and sharing personal data, and pressing questions arise: Is Big Brother watching, and do we like it? What is the role of surveillance in our democracy, and to what ends do government and business use it? Does being watched keep us safe, or are we being snookered into becoming our own unwitting informants? What standards for digital privacy do we even want? ArtCenter College of Design art and tech scholar Mashinka Firunts Hakopian, Brennan Center government surveillance expert Faiza Patel, and ACLU SoCal attorney Mohammad Tajsar—experts working in and thinking deeply about surveillance and what it means for our 21st-century public and private lives—visit Zócalo for a timely discussion moderated by Ramesh Srinavasan, tech and society scholar at UCLA and director of the UC Digital Cultures Lab. This discussion was co-presented by Zócalo Public Square, ACLU of Southern California, and The Progress Network.

Last week, Hunter spoke with LA County Chief Public Defender Ricardo Garcia to discuss the state of Public Defense in LA. Today, Hunter sat down with two Public Defenders, Garret Miller and Brooke Languevan, to get the LA Public Defenders Union perspective on the same question. While the two sides may not always agree on the best way to address the issues plaguing the offices, they both recognize the pressing need for more people, more funding, and a dramatic reimagining of the role Public Defense can and should play in community engagement. After listening to both episodes, what do you think is the best solution to cure the many ills of LA County Public Defense?     Guest: Garret Miller, Public Defender, Los Angeles County, California Brooke Longuevan, Public Defender, Los Angeles County, California     Resources: Follow LA Public Defender Union on Twitter https://twitter.com/LApubdefunion?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Follow the LA Public Defender Union on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lapubdefunion/?hl=en LA Public Defender Union Website https://local148.org/ Justice LA https://justicelanow.org/ ACLU Socal https://www.aclusocal.org/ L.A. County shifts lawyer program for the poor from Bar Assn. to already busy public defender https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-09/la-me-la-county-shifts-attorney-program-to-public-defender   Contact Hunter Parnell: Publicdefenseless@gmail.com  Instagram @PublicDefenselessPodcast Twitter                                                                 @PDefenselessPod www.publicdefenseless.com    

Today Cecilia interviews Jose Armendariz, a man incarcerated at the age of 16. Below is the profile he shared with us. My name is Jose Armendariz. I am a 30-year-old Mexican and Salvadoran-American man. I have been incarcerated since the age of 16. At 16, I was tried as an adult and sentenced to 80 years to life. While incarcerated, I have come to embrace what the late Congressman John Lewis called “good trouble.” As I have grown older, I have come to realize that simply expressing my beliefs in social justice does not create change. This motivated me to become a student, writer, and organizer. Whether it cost me my liberty or my life, I will always stand up against injustice. I earned a paralegal certificate while behind bars. I received material in the mail, studied, and completed self-guided coursework. After earning my certificate, I helped an undocumented incarcerated person who was facing deportation apply for asylum. In 2020, I became an inside organizer with Transforming Justice Orange County (TJOC) and started working at the ACLU SoCal. My work has included reporting conditions of confinement issues, advocating on my behalf and that of others in custody, opposing jail expansion and backwards criminal justice propositions, and voter education and registration behind bars. As an inside organizer, I have provided recommendations about the direction of campaigns and shared information with other incarcerated people. My written and audio work has been used to provide public comment at Board of Supervisor and Board of State and Community Corrections meetings to advance demands that center on the wellbeing and needs of people behind bars. My op-eds have been published by the Voice of OC, JURIST, and Chispa, and my experiences have been written about in La Opinion, Cal Matters, and LAist. I also regularly participate in community webinars and panels and share my experiences with students, organizers, and advocates. My lived experience, commitment to racial and social justice, and interpersonal skills have allowed me to make valuable contributions to policy campaigns in OC and beyond. In 2020, I participated in TJOC’s Reimagine Justice in OC workshop series. I was a guest speaker in two workshops. In the same year, I also supported ACLU SoCal’s voter education and registration program called Unlock the Vote. I educated other incarcerated people about voting rights and helped eligible people fill out registration applications. This year, I was a speaker for the California Correctional Crisis: Mass Incarceration, Healthcare, and the COVID-19 Outbreak Symposium organized by UC Hastings Law School. Throughout these experiences, I have developed leadership and discipline which has allowed me to support other incarcerated people in resolving conflict and raising grievances. Upon my release, I would like to pursue a degree in journalism or creative writing to expose the inhumanity of jails and prisons and uplift the experiences of incarcerated people to inform policy, legislative and organizing work. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/designedconviction/support

The election was about 2 weeks ago. The nation spoke and elected Joe Biden as our next President. There's one person that seems to have not caught up with reality and that's the current President. He's spreading misinformation, lies, and undermining the integrity of our election and our democracy. We have to call this madness out and set the record straight. We would all love to move on from this dark chapter in our history. Trump is hell bent on dragging us all down with him. In this episode we talk about the various lawsuits the president and his team have filed over supposed voter fraud and how each one is being dismissed due to lack of evidence. We talk about how Trump has blocked the transition process from going forward and how his election defense fund is nothing more than a last minute money grab to pay off campaign debts and line his pockets on the way out the door. We're all wondering what would happen if Trump lost and now we have our answer. He's going to make this next 2 months as difficult as possible. We say the names of our fallen this week, revisiting the tragic story of Latahsa Harlins and giving an update on the trial of men accused of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. We also highlight Public Academic Rachel Cargle and ACLU SoCal doing great work in southern California. Are you ready to pivot? Are you ready to move forward? We are and we have so much work to do now. Make sure you are taking care of yourself and arming yourself with knowledge and information. And as always, thanks so much for hanging with us as we unlearn the BS and relearn the good stuff. Rachel Cargle--Public Academic, Philanthropic Innovator, and Social Entrepreneur www.instagram.com/rachel.cargle ACLU SoCal https://www.aclusocal.org/en/news/democracy-persists Music Credit: 'Low Frequency Music' Track Name: 'Good Day' Music By: Low Frequency Music @ https://soundcloud.com/user-551516820 Official "Low Frequency Music" YouTube --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wilson-megan/message

We really don't have that much to say about Mad Mod, episode 10 of Teen Titans. It's light, fun, and goofy and not much else. We talk about our experiences with school, generational divides, and why this is a poor follow up to Masks. And we talk about how cool and competent Robin is. Well, one of us does. Note: At the end of the episode we talk about "The Clinic," a staged reading benefiting the ACLU SoCal and WRRAP to raise funds for reproductive rights. If you're interested you can get tickets here: https://www.gofundme.com/039the-clinic039-staged-reading Email us at teentrashtalkpod AT gmail DOT com Follow Kyle on Twitter Follow Hannah on Twitter Follow Teen Trash Talk on Twitter

This is the launch (original air date: May 3, 2015) of The O&Z Show with Ofelia Barba & Zoey Luna. The O&Z Show is a part of the LGBT Hero Awards Talk Radio. The LGBT Hero Awards Talk Radio is a listener-funded (Donte today with PayPal)progressive station that interviews guest from the world of entertainment, art and community, politics, public health, and business. lgbtheroawards.com Attorney and law professor, James Gilliam, sits down with hosts, Ofelia and Zoey, to talk about LGBTQ student rights. James also discusses his lates publishing; a chapter on Bullying in an upcoming book titled “The Right Side of History.”  More on James Gilliam: James Gilliam was appointed the deputy executive director of the ACLU of Southern California (“ACLU SoCal”) in April 2010.  He manages the day-to-day operations of the organization and founded its LGBTQ Student Rights Project, an anti-bullying project the ACLU SoCal recently launched. www.aclusocal.org Guest | James Gilliam Co-Host | Ofelia Barba Co-Host | Zoey Luna Produced by | Xavier Mejia   ACLU SoCal Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/ACLU.SoCal

Show aired live on Sunday | March 29, 2015 |10AM (PST) An intimate one hour love story with Ofelia Barba, as she opens up about her journey as a mother of a trans daughter.  Host:Xavier Mejia | President | LGBT Hero Awards Co-Host:Zoey Luna | 2014 LGBT Youth Hero of the Year Featured Episode Music |Leo Vargas    More info on the LGBT Hero Awards: www.lgbtheroawards.com More info on the ACLU SoCal: www.aclusocal.org

This is the launch of The O&Z Show with Ofelia Barba & Zoey Luna. The O&Z Show is a part of the LGBT Hero Awards Talk Radio. The LGBT Hero Awards Talk Radio is a listener-funded progressive station that interviews guest from the world of entertainment, art and community, politics, public health, and business. Their first guest, James Gilliam (attorney & law professor), sits down with hosts, Ofelia and Zoey, to talk about LGBTQ student rights. James also discusses his lates publishing; a chapter on Bullying in an upcoming book titled “The Right Side of History.”  More on James Gilliam: James Gilliam was appointed the deputy executive director of the ACLU of Southern California (“ACLU SoCal”) in April 2010.  He manages the day-to-day operations of the organization and founded its LGBTQ Student Rights Project, an anti-bullying project the ACLU SoCal recently launched. www.aclusocal.org Guest | James Gilliam Co-Host | Ofelia Barba Co-Host | Zoey Luna Produced by | Xavier Mejia   ACLU SoCal Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/ACLU.SoCal