BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
X-WR-CALNAME:www.indybay.org
PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:Indybay-18845125
SEQUENCE:19004699
CREATED:20210925T005900Z
DESCRIPTION:Santa Cruz CPVAW and community partners invite you to a virtual conference: 
 Cyber Abuse & How To Stop It\n\nJoin the Commission for Prevention of 
 Violence Against Women (CPVAW) in the City of Santa Cruz as we mark our 
 40th anniversary, along with our community partners and an internationally 
 known panel of speakers, for our virtual event entitled "Cyber Abuse & How 
 To Stop It."\n\nIn conjunction with Domestic Violence Awareness month and 
 Cybersecurity Awareness month, this event intends to raise awareness about 
 different forms of online and tech-facilitated abuses such as 
 cyberstalking, cyberbullying, doxing and social media harassment, online 
 forms of sexual exploitation, and more. Through a mix of presentations, a 
 panel discussion, and a workshop, our speakers will share ways to prevent 
 such abuses and provide resources on how to keep you, your family, and your 
 community safe.\n\nRSVP is required to receive the Zoom link. The link will 
 be sent closer to the date of the event.\n\nEvent Schedule\n\n9 AM - 9:10 
 AM: Opening and a welcome message from Dena Loijos, CPVAW Commissioner and 
 Chief Strategy and Impact Officer, Santa Cruz Community Health 
 Center\n\n9:10 AM - 9:40 AM: An overview of online and tech-facilitated 
 abuse, presentations by:\nRachel Thomas, Director of the Sowers Education 
 Group\nTaina Bien-Aimé, Executive Director of the Coalition Against 
 Trafficking in Women\n\n9:40 AM - 9:55 AM: Question & Answer with Ann 
 Simonton, Founder and Director of Media Watch and current CPVAW Chair, 
 speakers, and the audience\n\n| Break |\n\n10 AM - 10:40 AM: Panel 
 Discussion: Safety and Prevention\nAnjana Rajan, Chief Technology Officer, 
 Polaris Project\nEva Galperin, Director of Cybersecurity, Electronic 
 Frontier Foundation (EFF)\nBrielle Roundtree, Domestic and Intimate Partner 
 Violence Hotline Coordinator, Trans Lifeline\nDiana Freed, Ph.D. candidate, 
 Department of Computer and Information Science at Cornell 
 University\nModerator: Roya Pakzad, CPVAW Commissioner and Founder and 
 Director at Taraaz\n\n10:40 AM - 11:00 AM: Question & Answer\n\n| Break 
 |\n\n11:10 AM - 11: 40 AM: Cybersecurity Training Session\nDiana Freed, 
 Ph.D. candidate, Department of Computer and Information Science at Cornell 
 University\nJulio Poveda, Ph.D. student, the Department of Computer Science 
 at the University of Maryland, College Park\n\n11:40 AM - 12:00 PM: Closing 
 and community partners acknowledgment by Karen Madura, CPVAW Commissioner 
 and Owner of Brady's Yacht Club\n\n? About the Speakers (in alphabetical 
 order)\n\nTaina Bien-Aimé: Taina Bien-Aimé is the Executive Director of 
 the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW), one of the oldest 
 international organizations dedicated to ending trafficking in women and 
 girls and commercial sexual exploitation as practices of gender-based 
 violence and discrimination. Prior to this position, Taina was the 
 Executive Director of Women's City Club of New York, an advocacy 
 organization that helps shape public policy in New York. She is also a 
 founding Board member of and later served as the Executive Director of 
 Equality Now (2000-2011), a human rights organization that works to promote 
 the human rights of women and girls globally. Taina holds a Juris Doctor 
 from NYU School of Law and a License in Political Science from the 
 University of Geneva/Graduate School of International Studies in 
 Switzerland.\n\nDiana Freed: Diana Freed is a Ph.D. candidate in the 
 Department of Computer and Information Science at Cornell University. Her 
 research interests lie broadly at the intersection of human-computer 
 interaction, computer security and privacy, law and mHealth. Diana’s 
 research focuses on advancing the current understanding of how digital 
 technologies are used as tools of abuse in the context of intimate partner 
 violence and youth interpersonal relationships. She is a Facebook Fellow 
 and was previously a Cornell Digital Life Doctoral Fellow, a Data and 
 Society Research Institute Fellow, and has received a Cornell Serve in 
 Place Grant, and an Engaged Cornell Graduate Student Grant. She was a 
 recent visiting scholar at NYU and is a graduate of NYU and Columbia 
 University. Her research has been published at conferences including USENIX 
 Security, CHI, and CSCW and featured by media outlets such as The New York 
 Times, MIT Technology Review, Wired, and Time Magazine. She is also a 
 volunteer at the Clinic to End Tech Abuse (CETA).\n\nEva Galperin: Eva 
 Galperin is Electronic Frontier Foundation’s (EFF) Director of 
 Cybersecurity. Prior to 2007, when she came to work for EFF, Eva worked in 
 security and IT in Silicon Valley and earned degrees in Political Science 
 and International Relations from SFSU. Her work is primarily focused on 
 providing privacy and security for vulnerable populations around the world. 
 To that end, she has applied the combination of her political science and 
 technical background to everything from organizing EFF's Tor Relay 
 Challenge, to writing privacy and security training materials (including 
 Surveillance Self Defense and the Digital First Aid Kit), and publishing 
 research on malware in Syria, Vietnam, Lebanon, and Kazakhstan. When she is 
 not collecting new and exotic malware, she practices aerial circus arts and 
 learning new languages.\n\nJulio Poveda: Julio Poveda is a Ph.D. student in 
 the Department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland, College 
 Park. His research interests are human-centered security and cybersecurity. 
 He obtained his Master's degree in Information Security and his bachelor's 
 degree in Systems and Computing Engineering at Universidad de los Andes, 
 Colombia. He is also a volunteer at Cornell University's Clinic to End Tech 
 Abuse (CETA).\n\nAnjana Rajan: Anjana Rajan is the Chief Technology Officer 
 of Polaris, an NGO that uses data-driven strategies to disrupt and prevent 
 human trafficking and modern slavery. She is a seasoned executive and 
 entrepreneur whose expertise is applying technology to human rights and 
 national security issues. Anjana is the former CTO of Callisto, a nonprofit 
 that builds cryptographically-advanced technology to combat sexual assault. 
 Recently, Anjana was a Tech Policy Fellow at the Aspen Institute, where she 
 created privacy-preserving methods to eradicate mass gun violence caused by 
 white supremacist terrorists. Previously, she spent several years in London 
 working at Palantir Technologies building big data platforms for 
 international clients. Anjana was a Knight Scholar at Cornell University 
 and received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Operations Research 
 and Information Engineering. Anjana is also a former elite triathlete who 
 raced for Team USA.\n\nBrielle Roundtree: Brielle Roundtree (she/her/hers) 
 is Domestic/Intimate Partner Violence (DIPV) Hotline Coordinator at Trans 
 Lifeline. She is an African American transgender activist whose personal 
 experiences of workplace discrimination ignited her passion to help fight 
 discrimination in hopes of building a future where all persons receive the 
 gift of economic freedom. Brielle’s resiliency is most proudly 
 demonstrated in her founding and facilitating Bridging the Gap Bookclub. 
 Through Bridging the Gap, Brielle helps youth of color in her community 
 navigate their own life experiences by creating support systems of friends, 
 families, allies, and allowing members to share experiences and cultivate 
 love and understanding amongst LGBTQ+ people and their families. Brielle is 
 the National Association of Social Workers 2021 Citizen of the Year and 
 star of OUTtv’s docuseries The Tranzform, highlighting life of three 
 Black trans women in the south.\n\nRachel C. Thomas: A graduate of UCLA and 
 a personal survivor of human trafficking, Rachel has extensive experience 
 teaching, training, curriculum writing, public speaking and mentoring. As 
 director of Sowers Education Group and lead author of Ending The Game: An 
 Intervention Curriculum for Survivors of Sex Trafficking, Rachel has helped 
 millions to become more aware of human trafficking and has helped hundreds 
 of survivors break the bonds of attachment to traffickers and the lifestyle 
 of commercial sexual exploitation. Recently, Rachel was appointed to the 
 United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking for a term of 2 years. 
 www.RachelCThomas.com\n\n? About the Partner Organizations\n\nMonarch 
 Services: Monarch Services offers immediate crisis response to survivors of 
 domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking through a 24-hour 
 confidential, bilingual crisis line. Learn more at 
 https://www.monarchscc.org/\n\nWalnut Avenue Family & Women's Center: 
 Walnut Avenue Family & Women's Center provides crisis intervention services 
 and support to survivors and their families as well as quality childcare 
 and education for families and teen parents. Learn more at 
 http://www.wafwc.org/\n\nKidPower: Kidpower is the global nonprofit leader 
 in personal safety education for all ages, teaching skills for strong 
 relationships and the prevention of harm. Learn more at 
 https://www.kidpower.org/\n\nSanta Cruz County Sexual Assault Response Team 
 (SART): SART Provides survivors of sexual assault immediate, competent and 
 compassionate response via an interdisciplinary team approach that includes 
 the coordinated participation of medical, forensic, legal, advocacy and law 
 enforcement services.\n\nAbout the Commission\n\nSince its establishment in 
 1981, Santa Cruz City CPVAW has envisioned a violence-free world. Through 
 supporting prevention programs and public policy, our vision is to end 
 sexual assault, sexual harassment, and domestic violence in the city of 
 Santa Cruz, and our mission is to collaborate with local stakeholder 
 partners and law enforcement to ensure best practices to respond to and 
 prosecute violent crimes against women.\n\nLearn more about the 
 Commission’s work on our website, and follow us on Facebook and 
 Instagram:\nhttps://www.cityofsantacruz.com/government/city-departments/city-manager/commission-for-the-prevention-of-violence-against-women\nhttps://www.facebook.com/SCCPVAW/\nhttps://www.instagram.com/santacruzcpvaw/\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/09/24/18845125.php
SUMMARY:Cyber Abuse & How to Stop It
LOCATION:Free Online Event. RSVP is required to receive the Zoom link: 
 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cyber-abuse-how-to-stop-it-tickets-173764794177\n\nThe 
 link will be sent closer to the date of the event.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/09/24/18845125.php
DTSTART:20211022T160000Z
DTEND:20211022T190000Z
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR