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SUMMARY:Forensic Snake Oil: Shotspotter Is Untrustworthy and Dangerous
DESCRIPTION:Join for a startling look at a surveillance system already in use in Cambridge and financed by money from the Department of Homeland Security. Shotspotter is an acoustic surveillance technology that the City of Cambridge has deployed to detect gunshots. While this may sound beneficial on the surface\, there are serious concerns about how this technology impacts our community—particularly communities of color. \nThis event is hosted by First Parish Church in Cambridge\, The Black Response and the Stop ShotSpotter Coalition. The speaker is Spencer Piston\, Associate Professor of Political Science at Boston University. \n\n\n\nThe First Parish Church is at 3 Church Street\, Cambridge. It is in Harvard Square and a minute walk from MBTA Harvard Square Red Line.   \n \n  \n  \nPast ShotSpotter presentations: \n \n \n \n  \n 
URL:https://masspirates.org/blog/event/forensic-snake-oil-shotspotter-is-untrustworthy-and-dangerous/
LOCATION:First Parish Church\, 3 Church Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Meeting
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SUMMARY:TBR Community Dinner & ShotSpotter Presentation
DESCRIPTION:The Black Response will host a community education workshop on ShotSpotter. This is the third event in a series. We encourage all Pirate Party supporters to attend this presentation. The community dinner is a potluck\, so please bring some food to share. \nThe event will feature presentations by Gabriel Rojas\, University of Chicago doctoral candidate\, and Valerie Werder\, a doctoral candidate at Harvard University. Gabriel Rojas has conducted extensive research on ShotSpotter in Chicago. His presentation will examine the history of SoundThinking (formerly ShotSpotter)\, the logic and strategies for ShotSpotter’s implementation\, and the legal and affective harms associated with the ShotSpotter system. \nValerie Werder’s research critically examines police body camera footage. She explores the financialization of police body cameras\, their implementation and governing protocols\, and notably\, the contractual terms surrounding data and access of police body cameras and footage. Her presentation will also reflect on the City of Boston’s 2013 contract with the corporation (then known as) ShotSpotter as well as a speculative analysis of how the ShotSpotter data might be used if the devices\, the data\, and financialization follows the trajectory of police body cameras. Please join us for a thought provoking set of presentations.  \n\n\n\nThe Cambridge Community Center is at 5 Callendar Street\, Cambridge. It is a five minute walk from Central Square and the MBTA Red Line stop there. Please register in advance. \n \nPast ShotSpotter presentations:
URL:https://masspirates.org/blog/event/tbr-community-dinner-shotspotter-presentation-march/
LOCATION:Cambridge Community Center\, 5 Callender Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Meeting
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Black Response":MAILTO:general@theblackresponsecambridge.com
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SUMMARY:TBR Community Dinner & ShotSpotter Presentation
DESCRIPTION:The Black Response will host three community dinners to share presentations on ShotSpotter surveillance devices in Cambridge.  This February’s event will be on Wednesday\, February 11th at CIC Cambridge. The third event will be on Wednesday\, March 4th. We encourage all Pirate Party supporters to attend this presentation. The community dinner is a potluck\, so please bring some food to share. \n\n\n\nCIC Cambridge is at 1 Broadway\, Cambridge. It is is Kendall Square and a short walk from the MBTA Red Line stop there. \nPast ShotSpotter presentations: \n \n \n \n 
URL:https://masspirates.org/blog/event/tbr-community-dinner-shotspotter-presentation-february/
LOCATION:CIC Cambridge\, 1 Broadway\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02142\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Meeting
ORGANIZER;CN="The Black Response":MAILTO:general@theblackresponsecambridge.com
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SUMMARY:TBR Community Dinner & ShotSpotter Presentation
DESCRIPTION:The Black Response will host three community dinners to share presentations on ShotSpotter surveillance devices in Cambridge. This is the first. The second event will be on Wednesday\, February 11th at CIC Cambridge and the third event will be on March 4th. We encourage all Pirate Party supporters to attend this presentation. The community dinner is a potluck\, so please bring some food to share. TBR asks everyone who plans to attend to register in advance. \n\n\n\nThe Community Art Center is at 119 Windsor Street\, Cambridge. It is a nine minute walk from Central Square and the MBTA Red Line stop there. \nPast ShotSpotter presentations: \n \n \n \n 
URL:https://masspirates.org/blog/event/tbr-community-dinner-shotspotter-presentation-january/
LOCATION:Community Art Center\, 119 Windsor Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02139\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Meeting
ORGANIZER;CN="The Black Response":MAILTO:general@theblackresponsecambridge.com
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SUMMARY:The Criminalization of Self-Defense
DESCRIPTION:The Black Response and Impact Boston will present The Criminalization of Self-Defense\, a community education event on Thursday\, November 20\, from 6:00 to 8:30 PM at The Community Art Center in Cambridge\, MA. We are proud to be one of the sponsors of it. Please register in advance. \n\n\n\nIt is a free and public gathering that will explore how self-defense is criminalized\, particularly for Black\, Brown\, and marginalized survivors\, and how communities can reclaim safety through resistance\, advocacy\, and care. \n\n\n\nFeatured Speakers will be: \n\n\n\n\nProf. Alisa Bierria – Survived and Punished / UCLA\n\n\n\nMeg Stone – Impact Boston\n\n\n\nKishana Smith-Osei – Massachusetts Women of Color Network\n\n\n\nLea Kayali – Palestinian Youth Movement Boston\n\n\n\n\nThe Community Art Center is at 119 Windsor Street\, Cambridge. It is a nine minute walk from Central Square and the MBTA Red Line stop there. \n \nFREE food and childcare will be provided. TBR will collect food donations for the network of free Community Fridges. Please bring nonperishable food items to contribute. More details are available.
URL:https://masspirates.org/blog/event/the-criminalization-of-self-defense/
LOCATION:Community Art Center\, 119 Windsor Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02139\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Meeting
ORGANIZER;CN="The Black Response":MAILTO:general@theblackresponsecambridge.com
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