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Thursday, October 27, 2011

ACJ at Advancing Justice Conference in San Francisco

ACJ Advisory Board member Frances Kai-Hwa Wang will be speaking at Advancing Justice Conference in San Francisco, Thursday, October 27, 2011:

Is There An App For That? Leveraging Social Media for Social Justice

Date: Thursday, October 27th
Time: 11:00am-12:30pm
Place: Spring C
Workshop Track: Capacity Building

Social media is now ahead of email in terms of online activity and accounts for over 10% of user time spent on the Internet. Recognizing that this shift is a powerful vehicle by which to communicate social justice messaging, many nonprofits are using social media to raise funds for their programs, inspire advocacy, and raise awareness. This workshop will address how to leverage social media more effectively, overcome challenges, and draw supporters to their cause.

Speakers: Keith Kamisugi, Director of Communications Equal Justice Society; Bilen Mesfin, Communications Consultant/Principal Change Consulting; Mariam Hosseini, Director of Communications Asian Law Caucus; Frances kai-hwa Wang, Online Communications Chair American Citizens for Justice Advisory Board

http://advancingjustice.org/conference/2011/is-there-an-app-for-that-leveraging-social-media-for-social-justice/

Saturday, August 6, 2011

ICE’s Shredding of “S-Comm” Agreements: A Stunning Display of Bad Faith

via Asian Law Caucus who writes: "Amid a growing chorus of national criticism of the flawed “Secure” Communities or S-Comm program, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) earlier today unilaterally canceled memorandums of agreement with 39 states over the program (including California) and announced that those states would still be forced to participate in the program without any sort of local oversight or accountability:



ICE’s Shredding of “S-Comm” Agreements: A Stunning Display of Bad Faith



More from NAKASEC who writes: "Today's SComm announcement continues to ignore the concerns of the community ":



Ignoring the Masses, Changing the Rules As They Go - NAKASEC