101010: Cell Phone Justice Conference | Oakland

Submitted by the Event Organizer

UC Berkeley’s 0n0n0n series of conferences continues with 10/10/10: Cell Phone Justice, a conference concerned with the cell phone’s impact on crime and justice. Informed by recent events where cell phones played a role in the fight for justice, and other events where cell phones played a role in perpetrating crimes, panelists will discuss some social and cultural complexities of the most ubiquitous handheld device on the planet.

101010 Panelists include:
* Dr. Heather Horst, UC Humanities Research Institute, UC Irvine
* Gabriella Wilson, KPFA News Analyst
* Cephus Johnson, Uncle of Oscar Grant
* Hodari Davis, Senior Director of Youth Speaks
* Asha Richardson, Merritt College teacher and Founding Member of Mobile Action Lab
* Eric Arnold, Bay Area Journalist and Net Neutrality Specialist
* Azeem, International Hip-hop Artist and Actor
* George Haynes, School of Information, UC Berkeley
* Jabari Mahiri, Education, U C Berkeley and Author of Digital Tools for Urban Schools

Panels will address:
* The criminal, legal, and social uses of cell phone technology
* A case study of the impact of cell phones for Jamaicans, Haitians, and Dominican Republicans
* How the cell phone can bring about educational and learning justice
* The cell phone’s use helping low-income students produce music
* The relationship between music, mobile media, and oral culture

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.