{"id":5020,"date":"2017-09-20T10:55:36","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T17:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/?p=5020"},"modified":"2017-09-24T19:41:23","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T02:41:23","slug":"a-conversation-with-aclu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/2017\/09\/20\/a-conversation-with-aclu\/","title":{"rendered":"A Conversation with ACLU: Celebrate Your Freedom by Knowing Your Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>On Saturday, September 9 Pacifica Institute hosted a speaker series \u00a0with the theme of Celebrate Your Freedom by Knowing Your Rights. The event was co-hosted with UNA Midpeninsula chapter, UNA Silicon Valley chapter, ACLU &#8211; American Civil Liberties Union, and SIVIC &#8211; Silicon Valley Interreligous Council.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>There were two panelists &#8211; board members from ACLU mid-peninsula chapter: Vandana Varanasif and Dave Wilson. They provided invaluable tips on how to best interact and respond to different law enforcement agents. The attendees found the presentation very timely and helpful.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5020 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/DSC_0475.jpg'><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/DSC_0475-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/DSC_0475-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/DSC_0475-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/DSC_0475.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/DSC_0473.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/DSC_0473-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/DSC_0473-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/DSC_0473-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/DSC_0473.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/DSC_0468.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/DSC_0468-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/DSC_0468-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/DSC_0468-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/DSC_0468.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/Flyer-ACLU-Sept2017-Celebrate-your-freedom1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5033 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/Flyer-ACLU-Sept2017-Celebrate-your-freedom1-765x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"765\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/Flyer-ACLU-Sept2017-Celebrate-your-freedom1-765x1024.png 765w, https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/Flyer-ACLU-Sept2017-Celebrate-your-freedom1-224x300.png 224w, https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/Flyer-ACLU-Sept2017-Celebrate-your-freedom1.png 1344w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/Flyer-ACLU-Sept2017-Celebrate-your-freedom.png\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/featured-flyer-aclu-2017-sept-celebrate-your-freedom.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5032\" src=\"http:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/featured-flyer-aclu-2017-sept-celebrate-your-freedom.png\" alt=\"featured flyer-aclu-2017 sept-celebrate your freedom\" width=\"784\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/featured-flyer-aclu-2017-sept-celebrate-your-freedom.png 784w, https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/featured-flyer-aclu-2017-sept-celebrate-your-freedom-300x165.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">When<\/span> :<\/strong>\u00a0Saturday, September 9, 2017 at 7:00 PM<\/h3>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Where<\/span>:<\/strong>\u00a01257 Tasman Dr. Unit B &amp; C, Sunnyvale, CA 94089<\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Please RSVP at<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/speaker-series-celebrate-your-freedom-by-knowing-your-rights-tickets-36967322256\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;text-decoration: underline\">eventbrite.com<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, September 9 Pacifica Institute hosted a speaker series \u00a0with the theme of Celebrate Your Freedom by Knowing Your Rights. The event was co-hosted with UNA Midpeninsula chapter, UNA Silicon Valley chapter, ACLU &#8211; American Civil Liberties Union, and SIVIC &#8211; Silicon Valley Interreligous Council. There were two panelists &#8211; board members from ACLU [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":5054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[537,278,529],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-silicon-valley-branch","category-slideshow","category-speaker-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5020"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5028,"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5020\/revisions\/5028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/bay-area\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}