Hacktivism fundraiser ft. Gabriella Coleman

THIS EVENT IS A FUNDRAISER FOR CHELSEA MANNING (https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Chelsea_Manning) AND JEREMY HAMMOND (https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Jeremy_Hammond), HACKTIVISTS AND WHISTLE-BLOWERS

ON THE MENU: HACKTIVISM + GABRIELLA COLEMAN + WORKSHOPS + DOCUMENTARY + PARTY!

The Bitcoin Embassy is happy to host this event, organized spontaneously by members of Montreal's hacktivism community. Topics covered:

• Online anonymity and privacy

• Safety and activism online

• Government and corporate surveillance

Bitcoin Embassy representatives will be on site to help set-up wallets and provide information about how to protect privacy while using Bitcoin.

Important notes:

• Entry price: freewill donation

• All proceeds will be distributed 50/50 to the legal defense funds of Chelsea Manning and Jeremy Hammond.

• It is not organized by the Bitcoin Embassy. We are simply hosting the event.

• Everyone involved in organizing this event is a volunteer

AGENDA

7PM - 8PM: Self-organizing workshops

8PM-9PM: Keynote by Professor Gabriella Coleman

9PM - 11PM:

a) Self-organizing workshops

b) Surprise documentary!

11PM - 3AM: DJ, Jamming, dancing, party!

About Gabriella Coleman

Gabriella (Biella) Coleman holds the Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy at McGill University. (http://www.mcgill.ca/ahcs/people-contacts/faculty/gabriella-coleman) Trained as an anthropologist, her scholarship explores the intersection of the cultures of hacking and politics (http://culturedigitally.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Coleman-2016-Hacker-Digital-Keywords-Peters-ed.pdf), with a focus on the sociopolitical implications of the free software movement and the digital protest ensemble Anonymous.

She has authored two books, Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking (http://www.amazon.com/Coding-Freedom-Ethics-Aesthetics-Hacking/dp/0691144613/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1419086140&sr=8-1&keywords=Coding+Freedom) (Princeton University Press, 2012) and Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous (http://www.versobooks.com/books/1749-hacker-hoaxer-whistleblower-spy) (Verso, 2014), which was named to Kirkus Reviews’Best Books of 2014 (https://www.kirkusreviews.com/lists/best-current-affairs-books-2014/hacker-hoaxer-whistleblower-spy/) and was awarded the Diana Forsythe Prize by the American Anthropological Association (http://blog.castac.org/2015/10/2015-forsythe/). Her work has been featured in numerous scholarly journals and edited volumes. Committed to public ethnography, she routinely presents her work to diverse audiences (http://livestream.com/internetsociety/hopeconf/videos/130645379), teaches undergraduate and graduate courses, and has written for popular media outlets, including the New York Times, Slate, Wired, MIT Technology Review, Huffington Post, and the Atlantic. She sits on the board of Equalitie (https://equalit.ie/), The Tor Project (https://www.torproject.org/), and the Social Science Advisory Board of the National Center for Women and Information Technology. (https://www.ncwit.org/alliances/ssab)