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The Roots of the Assault on Mainstream Media

Sam Chavez (she/they/he)

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Whew, what a week for tech and the media! The Trump regime is flexing its muscles after the Charlie Kirk assassination opened a door. Join us live today at 1pm EST/10am PST to talk about it! Plus, we dig into cyber security for grassroots organizations and vulnerable communities as Google sells out students to ICE. No one's content or data is safe on Big Tech and it's time to get serious about what that means for your digital footprint and your organizations. Read on for more...

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  3. Want to Delete Your Disney Account? (Joe Cardillo)
  4. The Ongoing Suppression of Journalist That Got Us to Kimmel (Sam Chavez)
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It's Time for the Digital Security Talk

Over the last four years of building this agency, I have had countless non-profits and grassroots organizations dismiss the importance of cyber security. "Why do I need to pay you?" they say, "when I can just read the blogs from Google and Hubspot." Well...we are all now extremely aware of why we ABSOLUTELY need experts who will break down the (intentional) complexity of Big Tech so that we can migrate to healthier alternatives and fight back against their unearned power.

We just launched a new Digital Security 101 tab in the Resource Hub to help regular folks and organizations start to learn and migrate to healthier alternatives. Browse our past podcasts, templates, zines, & guides to strengthen your cyber security.

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You've Got to Be Kimmel-ing Me!

Heir Trump has ratcheted up the suppression and attacks on the 1st amendment his whole career (who remembers that Central Park 5 ad?), but this time it's truly chilling the mainstream, liberal establishment.

Join Joe Cardillo (they/them) and Sam Chavez (she/they/he) to talk about the rapid destruction of the mainstream media as Trump enters his 9th month in office.

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Weโ€™re Roadtrippinโ€™ for Change! Joe Cardillo (they/them) is guest hosting a Live! broadcast of the roots of change podcast to talk to host, Sam Chavezโ€ฆ

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