ID? We don't need no 'real' ID! NYCLU's Forum on the 'Real' ID Act

Hi everyone,
For now, NYCLU has another forum on the vital topic of your next 'internal passport', the 'real' ID. Hope to see you there!

Thanks for coming to the last few events. The one last week was excellent, had great participation, and really dedicated presenters and activists. We want to do more in this group so we'll choose an additional meeting time and discuss our next moves. We'll be posting a poll in the next few days to choose the meeting time.

Andreas

NYCLU's holding a forum on the 'not-so-real' ID.

Let's go participate in this forum on this extremely serious threat to privacy and civil rights!

Andreas

If you thought the Patriot Act and warrantless wiretapping were bad, wait until you hear what the Bush Administration has up its sleeve next.

Passed by Congress in 2005 with no meaningful debate, the Real ID Act attempts to create America's first-ever national ID card system.

Under the Bush Administration's vision, a Real ID card will become an internal passport for Americans and part of everyday life--a way to keep track of your movements, your activities and your lifestyle.

following is from NYCLU (http://nyclu.org/node...)

Under President Bush?s vision, a Real ID card will become an internal passport for Americans and part of everyday life--a way to keep track of your movements, your activities and your lifestyle.

Join us in Manhattan on Thursday evening for this important forum where you will hear from national and local experts on what a national ID card system will mean for New Yorkers and what you can do to put a stop to it. The forum, "Your Papers Please: What the Real ID Act Means for American Values," is co-sponsored by the New York Society for Ethical Culture.

New York Society for Ethical Culture
2 W. 64th St.
New York, NY 10023

Participants include: UPDATED!

State Senator Eric Schneiderman, (D-Upper West Side)
Ed Ott, Executive Director, New York City Central Labor Council*
Jim Harper, Member, Department of Homeland Security?s Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee, and Director of Information Policy Studies, Cato Institute
Susan Lerner, Executive Director, Common Cause New York
Valerie Lucznikowska, September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
Donna Lieberman, Executive Director, New York Civil Liberties Union
* For identification purposes only

Sponsored by: National Council of Jewish Women (State Public Affairs, New York), the New York Society for Ethical Culture, September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, New York Alliance Against the Real ID Act, Bill of Rights Defense Committee, and the New York Civil Liberties Union.