We have received confirmation from Bharat Trehan, PhD, that he will also present at our May meeting. Dr. Trehan retired from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco two years ago, and has since been active with the ACLU. His focus has been on surveillance. In his presentation, he will discuss the use of drones and other surveillance devices, who should decide on whether or not to use such devices, and how they should be deployed.
MAY MEETING PREVIEW
Vote on standing rules addition (see http://ecdclub.dev.haveabyte.com/?p=1208)
Resolution on Payment in Lieu of Taxes (see http://ecdclub.dev.haveabyte.com/?p=1223)
Main Presentation
Our main topic for May is the militarization of local police departments. Mimi Bull, retired from the legal division of CA Dept of Social Services and a member of our local ACLU of Northern California Chapter, will be joined by one or two of her fellow chapter members, including Antonio Medrano who is also an ECDC member, a retired teacher, and a past member of the West Contra Costa County Unified School Board. We look forward to a lively discussion!
Come Celebrate Loving Day, El Cerrito Style!
Sunday June 12, 2016 from 12:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
City Hall Civic Plaza, Manila Avenue
Let’s celebrate Loving Day on June 12th at El Cerrito City Hall. Loving Day in El Cerrito is a celebration of racial equality, marriage equality and human equality.
Loving Day was started by a graduate student named Ken Tanabe. He had been studying the Supreme Court Case of Mildred and Richard Loving. Richard Loving was a Caucasian man and Mildred was an African American woman. Their marriage was illegal in Virginia and they were forced to leave their home after being arrested. The Lovings and their children relocated to Washington DC where they took their case to the Supreme Court and won, unanimously.
Loving Day has become a celebration of multiculturalism and is an opportunity to learn from the past while coming together to create a future of tolerance and understanding through dialogue and education. It is also noteworthy that it was the Loving case that was used as precedent to legalize Gay Marriage.
Join us on June 12th for this family friendly event! We will have music, crafts, photo booth fun, a reading corner, chalk art, food trucks and more!
Rochelle Pardue-Okimoto RN
ECDC Member
(Please contact Hilary Crosby – homehilary@comcast.net – if you want to help staff the ECDC booth at this event.)