Your Newsletter for Civic Tech, Legal Tech, and Justice For All |
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Hello Changemaker 👋 With the start of March, so comes the start of Women's History Month, set aside to honor women’s contributions in American history. International Women's Day is March 8, and it has been observed in some shape or form since 1911. Each year, a theme is selected and since many of the women's suffrage centennial celebrations were canceled in 2020, the National Women's History Alliance is extending the annual theme for 2021 to "Valiant Women of the Vote: Refusing to Be Silenced". |
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If your traveling... Border agents can search phones freely under a new circuit court ruling |
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🛬 A US appeals court has ruled that Customs and Border Protection agents can conduct in-depth searches of phones and laptops, overturning an earlier legal victory for civil liberties groups. 👩🏻⚖️ First Circuit Judge Sandra Lynch declared that both basic and “advanced” searches, which include reviewing and copying data without a warrant, fall within “permissible constitutional grounds” at the American border. 🇺🇸 Lynch ruled against a group of US citizens and residents objecting to invasive searches of their electronic devices. The group includes Sidd Bikkannavar, a NASA scientist who was detained and pressured to unlock a secure government-issued phone. 👎🏽 The ACLU expressed dissatisfaction with the outcome. “Warrantless and suspicionless electronic device searches can give border officers unfettered access to vast amounts of private information about our lives..." |
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Meet James Rucker, the Co-Founder who seems to be doing it all: |
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James Rucker is co-founder of Citizen Engagement Lab (CEL), which focuses on the creation and support of online organizations designed to empower underrepresented and organize communities to create political and social change. He is also co-founder of ColorofChange, a web-based advocacy group with over 1.7 million members using social media to address racial issues. James started his work in advocacy as the Director of Grassroots Mobilization for MoveOn.org, which followed a decade of starting and supporting software startups. |
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The Good News - Justice at last: Brevard School Board acknowledges unjust firing of civil rights leaders (ClickOrlando)
- N.Y. Repeals Law That Critics Say Criminalized ‘Walking While Trans’ (NYTimes)
- Justin Bieber Details New Album ‘Justice’ (RollingStone)
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