The Washington Peace Center is excited to host a teach-in on surveillance and how it has been used as a tool of repressing movements that resist empire. We will hear from Thenmozhi Soundararajan, founder of Equality Labs and Netfa Freeman on how surveillance has been used historically to repress communities and ways communities have resisted surveillance throughout history. We will also cover some concrete tools that can be used to protect our movements under the repressive Trump administration.

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Bios:

• Thenmozhi Soundararajan is a prominent Dalit rights activist based in the US. She is also a trans-media storyteller, song writer, hip hop musician and a technologist. She founded and works with Equality Labs, a South Asian American human rights start-up working at the intersection of art, story, and security.
• Netfa Freeman serves as the Events Coordinator and a Policy Analyst at the Institute for Policy Studies and is an organizer for both Pan-African Community Action (PACA) and the International Committee for Peace Justice and Dignity. He is also a radio host/producer for Voices With Vision on WPFW 89.3 FM in Washington DC.