{"id":30,"date":"2017-07-13T14:05:52","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T18:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/privacy-technology-center\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2025-05-12T11:09:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T15:09:03","slug":"color-of-surveillance-2018","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/privacy-technology-center\/the-color-of-surveillance\/color-of-surveillance-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"The Color of Surveillance: Government Monitoring of American Religious Minorities (2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"

On July 19, 2018, the Center hosted The Color of Surveillance: Government Monitoring of American Religious Minorities<\/em>. American surveillance of religious minorities is far from new. Across our country\u2019s history \u2013 from the surveillance of the Separatists we now know as Pilgrims in 16th and 17th century England, to federal house raids and interrogations of early Mormons in the Utah Territory in the 19th century, to the 20th century surveillance of Jewish, Muslim, Quaker, and Sikh communities, to modern post-9\/11 surveillance systems \u2013 government monitoring has long had a deep and disparate impact on American religious minorities.<\/p>\n

The Color of Surveillance: Government Monitoring of American Religious Minorities<\/em> will trace that history, and ask hard questions about what it means: Is modern surveillance consistent with the intentions of the American founders \u2013 or, for that matter, the events that precipitated the migration of English Separatists to the New World on the Mayflower? Do modern counterterrorism initiatives appropriately protect civil rights and civil liberties? How are local communities, advocates, and artists responding to these challenges?<\/p>\n

Watch videos from the conference here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Schedule:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Welcome & Introduction to The Color of Surveillance: Government Monitoring of American Religious Minorities
\n<\/em>8:45 \u2013 9:00am<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dean William Treanor, Georgetown Law
\nAlvaro Bedoya, Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law<\/p>\n

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Elizabeth I to the Early 20th Century
\n9:00 \u2013 10:15am<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Hunted”: 16th & 17th Century Surveillance of Pilgrims<\/strong>
\nJohn Coffey, University of Leicester<\/p>\n

Is the United States a Christian Nation?<\/strong>
\nBrooke Allen, Bennington College<\/p>\n

“Mohammedan Barbarism”: The Campaign Against Early Mormons<\/strong>
\nJ. Spencer Fluhman, Brigham Young University<\/p>\n

The Military Intelligence Division and American Jews (A Transition)<\/strong>
\nAlvaro Bedoya, Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law<\/p>\n

The FBI and the Moorish Science Temple of America<\/strong>
\nSylvester A. Johnson, Virginia Tech<\/p>\n

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BREAK
\n10:15 \u2013 10:30am
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The 1960s to the Aftermath of 9\/11
\n10:30 \u2013 12:05pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

J. Edgar Hoover, Black Clergy, and Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/strong>
\nLerone A. Martin, PhD, Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis<\/p>\n

The Feeling of Being Watched<\/em>: A Filmmaker’s Response<\/strong>
\nAssia Boundaoui, The Inverse Surveillance Project
\nRabia Boundaoui
\nXiangnong (George) Wang (moderator), Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law<\/p>\n

Post-9\/11 Watchlists<\/strong>
\nHina Shamsi, ACLU National Security Project<\/p>\n

Community Reflections<\/strong>
\nMembers of the Center for Media Justice’s National Delegation of MASA Community Activists<\/p>\n

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LUNCH BREAK
\n12:05 \u2013 1:00pm
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Life in Affected Communities
\n1:00 \u2013 2:45pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Conversation on Countering Violent Extremism<\/strong>
\nFaiza Patel, Brennan Center for Justice
\nAyaan Dahir, Young Muslim Collective
\nEric Rosand, The Prevention Project
\nWilliam Braniff, START, University of Maryland
\nAlvaro Bedoya (moderator), Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law<\/p>\n

“Mosque Crawlers” and the Raza<\/em> and Hassan<\/em> cases<\/strong>
\nAsad Dandia, NYU Graduate Student
\nFarhaj Hassan, Muslims United For Justice
\nLaura Moy (moderator), Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law<\/p>\n

“If they should come for us”: A Poet’s Response<\/strong>
\nFatimah Asghar
\nRenata Barreto (moderator), Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law<\/p>\n

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BREAK
\n2:45 \u2013 3:00pm
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Community Action
\n3:00 \u2013 5:25pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Organizing after <\/strong>Raza<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Fahd Ahmed, DRUM – Desis Rising Up & Moving<\/p>\n

Stopping the Digital Muslim Ban: A Case Study<\/strong>
\nRachel Levinson-Waldman, Brennan Center for Justice
\nNatasha Duarte, Center for Democracy & Technology
\nYolanda C. Rondon, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
\nSteven Renderos, Center for Media Justice
\nHarrison Rudolph (moderator), Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law<\/p>\n

Organizing in Silicon Valley<\/strong>
\nMaya Berry, Arab American Institute
\nMichelle Miller, Coworker.org
\nJameson Spivack (moderator), Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law<\/p>\n

Organizing Locally<\/strong>
\nBrian Hofer, Oakland Privacy<\/p>\n

Religious Surveillance and Intersectionality<\/strong>
\nBrandi Collins-Dexter, Color Of Change<\/p>\n

Computer Vision Surveillance: An Artist’s Response<\/strong>
\nAdam Harvey<\/p>\n

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Closing Remarks
\n5:25 \u2013 5:30pm<\/strong>
\nReception to follow in Hart lobby<\/em><\/p>\n

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