2022 Conference Resources

Schedule of Events (Expand for details)

1. Tues, April 19: Kick-Off and Legislative Training

   6-8pm Conference Kick-Off and Legislative Training
   Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0tc-uhqz8vH9246pdCq4HHC4h4L48e7Zch

   Our Conference kicks off with an opportunity to connect with ACLU supporters from across the state! We’ll also discuss our 3 priority bills during the legislative advocacy training: SB 1038, AB 1608 and SB 1273. Finally, we’ll share an overview of all the Conference events and tell you how you can win some great prizes!

   Speakers:

   • Tanisha Humphrey (she/her) Grassroots Advocacy Manager, ACLU NorCal
   • Carlos Marquez (he/him) Executive Director, ACLU California Action
   • Jennifer Jones (she/her) Staff Attorney, ACLU NorCal
   • Kimberly Woo (she/her) Cal ACLU 504 Task Force Director
   • Andres Kwon (he/him) Policy Counsel and Senior Organizer, ACLU SoCal
   • Cephus “Uncle Bobby X” Johnson (he/him) Uncle of Oscar Grant and Oakland Activist
   • Destiny Tillear (she/her) Youth Liberty Squad, ACLU SoCal

2. Weds, April 20: NorCal Lobby Visit Practice Session

   5:30-7pm NorCal Lobby Visit Practice Session
   Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvde2opjgvE9RID115a_HqyQHyAKL_d7Yh

   Learn more about the bills that you will be lobbying on including talking points that you will discuss with legislators. Meet with your lobby teams and Captain to assign roles and practice for your lobby visits.

   Speakers: Ashley Morris (she/her) Organizing Director, ACLU NorCal

3. Thurs, April 21: SoCal Lobby Visit Practice Session

   
   6-7:30pm SoCal Lobby Visit Practice Session
   Zoom: https://aclu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwodeChqz4sH9PO359D3yPfG7PIVAf-NW-0

   Learn more about the bills that you will be lobbying on including talking points that you will discuss with legislators. Meet with your lobby teams and Captain to assign roles and practice for your lobby visits.

   Speakers: TBD

4. Thurs, April 21: Land Back and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People

   11am-12:30pm Land Back and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People (MMIWP)
   Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqduiqrDoqHt1spbrPjP-ZJq0lyTomgA0L

   Join us to learn about Land Back and how you can support Indigenous people today as well as hear from Restoring Justice for Indigenous Peoples for a deeper discussion of the impact of MMIWP on future generations. RJIP works to expose and address the disparities of California Indigenous people, especially women and youth in the carceral system using traditional and cultural lifeways and practices, community organizing and advocacy to restore justice to these communities and ancestral homelands.

   Speakers:

   • Morning Star and Lisa, Restoring Justice for Indigenous Peoples
   • Tedde Simon (she/her) Racial and Economic Justice Advocate, ACLU NorCal

5. Thurs, April 21: What Makes Us Safe?

   5:30-7pm What Makes Us Safe?
   Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIodOyppz4jHdHo7r4SXS9wxIX28zh85BgD

   The past year has brought a growing narrative that crime is out of control and that past reforms of the criminal legal system, like California’s Prop 47, are to blame. In turn, proponents from across the political spectrum—Democrats and Republicans alike—are using this narrative to push for larger police budgets, increased surveillance tools, and harsher penalties. In this workshop, join ACLU staff for a facts-based look at crime rates in California, who is impacted, and what is driving this narrative. We will explore real-life alternatives to police or surveillance that lead to lasting safety for all Californians.

   Speakers:

   • Tessa D’Arcangelew Ampersand (she/her) Organizing Programs Manager
   • KD (she/her) Organizer, ACLU NorCal

6. Fri, April 22: Housing Is A Human Right

   1-2:15pm Housing Is a Human Right
   Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0uduqsrT8tE9ABVBvet1CqrLRALs2HGV5H

   Houselessness, evictions, income inequality and the criminalization of poverty were escalating statewide long before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, disproportionately impacting Black and Brown Californians. Join our ACLU staff and partners as we examine the historical and present discriminatory policies that shape the movement for racial and economic justice, consider commonly proposed solutions to houselessness, and discuss how you can get involved with these issues in your local community.

   Speakers:

   • Eve Garrow (she/her) Senior Homelessness Policy Analyst & Advocate, ACLU SoCal
   • Brandon Greene (he/him) Racial & Economic Justice Program Director, ACLU NorCal

7. Mon, April 25: Q&A Sessions

   Still have questions about the bills? About the ACLU of California and the issues that we work on? Ask the experts during this informal, open question and answer session.

   ➡12-1pm Q&A Session (1 of 2)
   ➡Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcld-urqDkrE9bQyWh4krKLGvNLK2-sO-7m

   ➡5:30-6:30pm Q&A Session (2 of 2)
   ➡Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rcu-tqT4rHtERZVB7xSv8N0FzXA8ZKkY0

   Session 1 Speakers:

   • Tanisha Humphrey (she/her) Grassroots Advocacy Manager, ACLU NorCal
   • Becca Cramer-Mowder (she/her) Legislative Coordinator & Advocate, ACLU California Action
   • Jennifer Jones (she/her) Staff Attorney, ACLU NorCal

   Session 2 Speakers:

   • Tanisha Humphrey (she/her) Grassroots Advocacy Manager, ACLU NorCal
   • Kalyn Dean (she/her) Legislative Advocate, ACLU California Action
   • Kathy Sher (she/her) Legislative Advocate, ACLU California Action

8. Tues-Thurs, April 26-28: Lobby Visits

   Lobby Visits will be scheduled for these dates.

9. Tues, April 26: Assembly Text Bank

   12-2pm Assembly Text Bank
   Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkde-urzIuGNV5D6WiqCbC0MlvSkpPxjCF

   Create noise that these legislators will have to listen to! After a brief training on our text bank technology, you will text constituents in target Assembly districts and ask them to take action in support of these bills. At the same time as we are meeting with legislators, they will also be flooded with email from their constituents.

10. Weds, April 27: Senate Text Bank

    12-2pm Senate Text Bank
    Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrfuupqDMpG9A3EtLTsd6hCG5Fb0JAiccN

    Create noise that these legislators will have to listen to! After a brief training on our text bank technology, you will text constituents in target Senate districts and ask them to take action in support of these bills. At the same time as we are meeting with legislators, they will also be flooded with email from their constituents.

11. Thurs, April 28: Closing Session

    5:30-6:30pm Closing Celebration
    Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYscOyurzsjGtOOLDuCsGThEUsSWYoA1cya

    Join us for our closing session where we will recap, reflect, and re-envision together as a community. We hope to share highlights, challenges, and dreams for the future before parting ways.

    Speakers:

    • Raquel Ortega (they/them) Organizer, ACLU NorCal
    • Kelsey Daniels (she/they) Poet