Privacy is a Human Right

Our guest speaker, Anoush Ter Taulian, lifetime activist for social justice, will present an indigenous woman's perspective on the effects of the erosion of our human right to privacy by corporations, governments and culturally unaware individuals. What are the dangers of constant surveillance and targeting to an indigenous Armenian activist who has stood up to Turkey's denial of the 1915 Armenian Genocide? How are privacy rights violations affected by the fact that capitalism and racism ensures that many people are without jobs, homes, healthcare and can't even afford Internet access?

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Privacy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy), Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (https://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/), is defined by Wikipedia as "...the ability of an individual or group to seclude themselves, or information about themselves, and thereby express themselves selectively. When something is private to a person, it usually means there is something to them inherently special or sensitive." Learn how activists at the 2014 HOPE X (https://hope.net/) conference, Welcome to Hackers on Planet Earth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_on_Planet_Earth), have compiled valuable information on the many ways our privacy has been invaded and sold. Also learn about the Indigenous Bill of Rights and how to be careful and respectful of indigenous privacy rights.

Anoush Ter Taulian created and coordinated a volunteer women's prison art program for eight years at the Federal Correctional Institute at Pleasanton, California. An Artsakh (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artsakh) war veteran, she volunteered for nine years in the Artsakh Liberation forces to help free part of the Armenian homeland under control by Azerbaijan. She has produced radio shows for over 20 years on Pacifica radio stations, mainly WBAI-FM in New York. She has spoken in universities, churches, at the U.N. and at the Left Forum about the 1915 Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman Turks.

Please note that because this meeting is being held in a restaurant, food and adult beverage of your choice will be available for purchase. To allow our speakers to be uninterrupted, let's do food service early, say until 7:15 or so. Because we must vacate the room at 9:00 PM, we can always eat later, downstairs. Some of us will always stay late. We can't stop sharing our Humanist Philosophy. Hoping to see you soon!

For questions, please call Beth Lamont at 914-588-5284 or e-mail HSMNY Executive Director Stephen James at info.hsmny@corliss-lamont.org .

Note: This HSMNY Chapter Meeting Announcement Notice can be found on the HSMNY Web site at http://bit.ly/1Ejzwh3 .