Spotlight Sundays: A Talk with Know Your Rights Camp

February 18, 2024 from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

$1 – $30 Sliding scale

Join us for a discussion led by advocacy leaders of Know Your Rights Camp, an organization dedicated to advancing the liberation and wellbeing of Black and Brown communities through knowing your rights across the varied sectors of education, health, technology, and the legal system.

Through presentations and a panel talk, speakers will engage in critical dialogue about these themes and impart essential tools, knowledge and self-empowerment strategies for audiences to gain a deeper understanding of civil resources and rights across multiple facets of society.

Panelists will include representatives from Know Your Rights Camp, including Nicole Martin, Attorney and Legal Program Director of the Autopsy Initiative,  a Know Your Rights Initiative, and Dr. Roger A. Mitchell, Jr. MD FCAP, Forensic Pathologist Coordinator of the Autopsy Initiative and Kyron Loggins, Development Associate at The Hidden Genius Project, an Oakland-based organization that has led workshops at previous camps focused on technology and social change. The conversation will be moderated by Dania Jordan, Associate Curator of History at the Oakland Museum of California.

After the panel, there will be Call to Action tables with additional resources to learn more.

A Talk with Know Your Rights Camp is a part of our exhibition programming for OMCA’s Gallery of California History.

Member tickets are available now. General tickets will be available on January 31. 

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Accessibility

Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible, welcoming, and inclusive of our community. Wheelchairs, sensory inclusive devices, and additional amenities are available for checkout on a first come, first served basis at the Ticketing Desk. To request other accommodations, like American Sign Language (ASL), Cantonese, Spanish or another language interpreter, please email [email protected] at least three weeks before the event. Learn more about our accessibility options.

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Panelists

Nicole Martin
Nicole Martin is an attorney and received her Juris Doctorate from Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University and my Masters of Laws in Intellectual Property from American University Washington College of Law. She serves as the Legal Program Director for the Know Your Rights Camp Autopsy Initiative. She has shown a demonstrated interest and passion for social justice and civil rights. While working for the Autopsy Initiative, Nicole assists family members, who have lost their loved ones due to an in-custody death, in obtaining free secondary autopsy services.
Dania Jordan
Dania Jordan is Associate Curator of History at the Oakland Museum of California. Dania has worked in cultural resource management, and by training, she is a historical archaeologist. She holds a B.A in anthropology and sociology from the University of Nevada, Reno, and a M.A in historical archaeology from the University of Massachusetts Boston with a concentration in Indigenous archaeology, African American archaeology, and the African Diaspora. Prior to joining the Oakland Museum of California, Dania worked for the National Park Service’s Northeast Museum Services Center as a museum technician where she managed numerous projects and collections, led community collaborations on interpretations of park sites, and supervised a team of interns and peers to achieve the program’s goals.
Roger A. Mitchell, Jr. MD FCAP
Dr. Mitchell is board certified in Anatomic and Forensic Pathology by the American Board of Pathology and is a tenured Professor of Pathology at Howard University College of Medicine. Among many other titles Dr. Mitchell is also the Pathology Coordinator for Colin Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights Camp Autopsy Initiative, where they perform second hand autopsies for those who have died in custody. He has performed over 2000 forensic autopsy examinations and has testified as an expert witness in over 65 cases. His expertise on Death in Custody has recently been highlighted nationally on “Dateline with Lester Holt” and “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd.” He has recently co-authored the book, Death in Custody: How America Ignores the Truth and What We Can Do About It. Dr. Mitchell has lectured all over the world including in Africa, Asia, The Caribbean, Egypt, Bangladesh, India, Rwanda, Zambia, Barbados, and Belize.
Kyron Loggins
Kyron Loggins is a Development Associate and alum at The Hidden Genius Project and has presented at former Know Your Rights Camps. Kyron was a featured speaker at AfroTech 2019, CSTA 2022, CUBE 2022, etc. They are also a Social Media Manager with experience managing and creating content for Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and TikTok pages for businesses and non-profit sectors.