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  • What Is It Like to be a 911 Operator?

    Extraordinary Ventures 200 S. Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

    Have you ever wondered what a 911 operator experiences in a typical work day?  Is it a constant stream of horrible situations such as the depictions you see on TV?  Or it is 90% boredom coupled with 10% horror?  We will hear from a 911 operator today.  She will share experiences, and insights from her […]

  • Flock Cameras: The Risks of Building a “Local” (but really national) Surveillance Network

    Virtual Program using Zoom

    Automated license plate reader cameras are often presented as simple crime-fighting tools, but systems like Flock create a searchable record of where ordinary people drive, when they travel, and who they may be visiting. This talk will explain how these camera networks work, why they raise serious privacy and civil liberties concerns, and why communities […]

  • The State of Reproductive Rights in NC: How We Got Here, and Where We Go From Here.

    Extraordinary Ventures 200 S. Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

    Attacks on abortion access and reproductive freedom have long been rooted in patriarchal efforts to control other people's bodies. Despite the fact that North Carolina has a history of being a more moderate state on abortion access (some abortion was legal in NC pre-Roe), the past 15 years have seen a dramatic restriction on access […]