Steven Renderos
Steven is the National Organizer at the Center for Media Justice and a DJ based in New York City. With over 10 years of organizing experience Steven has been involved in campaigns to lower the cost of prison phone calls, preserving the Open Internet, and expanding community owned radio stations. Steven grew up in from Los Angeles, CA before attending college at Hamline University in St. Paul, MN and now resides in Brooklyn, NY.
Presentations from Facing Race 2014
Enemies of the State: Surveillance of Communities of Color
The NSA scandal came as a shock to many people because it revealed the lengths our government has gone to spy on U.S. residents and citizens. It also revealed how the government worked closely with telecom and tech companies to violate our civil liberties. Our government has a long and shameful history of using surveillance to disrupt and discredit movements for racial justice lead by people off color. And government surveillance of communities of color continues to this day through law enforcement operations that racially profile people of color. During this session, we will discuss the current debate about reigning in the federal government spying operations and we will expose the history of surveillance in activist communities.
Speakers: Steven Renderos, Matt Cagle, Seeta Gangadharan, Hamid KhanPresentations from Facing Race 2012
Campaign Weaving and Movement Building: Challenging the Incarceration Nation through Creative Action
Across the country organizers and advocates are leading campaigns to challenge the impacts of mass detention/incarceration. From death penalty abolition to ending the high cost of phone calls, and mandatory detention--these organizations are using creative actions, first voice media and innovative policy advocacy to bring the media policy, immigrant rights and criminal justice sectors together to fight the profiteering in mass incarceration.
Speakers: Cherrell Brown, Steven Renderos, Silky Shah, Zachary Norris