Anonymous Comrade writes:

"Little Sister 2003

Community Resistance, Security, Law and Technology"

May 9-11, 2003


Vancouver, British Columbia (Coast Salish Territory)

Martime Labour Centre

The Goal is Freedom:



We believe our greatest strength in defeating the security and legal

maneuvers used against us as community organizers is by unifying and

building common cause in our movements. This means building diverse

coalitions who are willing to support each other in order to create safe

spaces for oppposition to the policies and practices of governments and

corporations. Ultimately, as organizers, our goal is to resist the

injustices that our communities face, while retaining our physical and

emotional freedom. Little Sister 2003 is the first conference of its kind being held in

North America. The conference focus is specifically on community

resistance and the security and legal needs of autonomous movements.

Some of the topics we aim to cover through workshops and panel

discussions include:



* Training the Trainers

* Computer Security for Non-Geeks

* Understanding Law Enforcement "Intelligence"

* Surveillance Measures & Countermeasures

* Security for Organizations

* Informers and Infiltrators

* Security Culture

* "At-risk" Communities - Special Organizing Considerations

* Infiltration by Right-Wing Agendas

* Communicating Securely

* Trends in Law

* The Legal System & You

* Does the Law Ever Work For Us?

* Political Climates and Repression

* Action-Planning & Security

* Security Technology

* Secure Systems Administration

* PGP - What is it? How do we use it?

* When the Cops Come Knocking



Workshop Proposals Needed:



WE NEED PEOPLE to facilitate and lead these, and other workshops. If you

are interested in presenting on any of these topics (or others), or

speaking on a panel please submit a workshop/skillshare proposal no

later than March 20th so we can start to formulate and publicize the

conference agenda. There is a form for workshop submissions online at

https://littlesister2003.org/workshop.php.



Logistics:



Local organizers are working to make this conference as open as

possible. We are able to provide billeting for out of town guests, child

care and a fully wheelchair accessible space for the conference itself

(if you have special housing needs, we will do our best to accomodate

those as well).



Although there are no travel subsidies available, we do have bursaries

for participating in the conference at a 100% subsidization rate for

those unable to pay.



Registration:



Registration is now open for the conference. Online, the registration

form can be found at https://littlesister2003.org/reg_form.php. If you

wish to register via email or phone, please contact the Little Sister

2003 Organizing Collective using the contact info provided below.



The Bottom Line.....



As organizers everywhere know, changes in political climate and to

statutes and legislation over the past several years have allowed for a

lot more harassment, infiltration, and criminalization of community

organizations and their members. A tremendous strength can be found in

bringing together these experiences to examine how we might make

security skills and techniques a part of our organizing tool-box.


Contact the organizing collective at:

info@littlesister2003.org

phone: 604-682-3269 ext 7038.

https://littlesister2003.org (website under development)"