Everyone Has Something to Hide
About this Event
Welcome to Curiosity Brews!
Join us for an engaging evening where experts, trailblazers, and advocates share their most actionable insights at your local bar in Houston!
Hosted by Curiosity Brews.
🗓️ Date: September 22, 2026
🕡 Time: Talk begins promptly at 7:00 PM (Doors open at 6:30 PM)
📍 Location: Garden Oaks neighborhood. Exact address given in confirmation email
📚 Talk: "Everyone Has Something to Hide: Flock Knows Where You Work, Worship, and Wander"
🎤 Speaker: Dr. Howard Henderson
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This talk is for anyone who drives through Houston, which is to say, everyone. Whether you've never noticed the cameras or you're already asking questions, this talk breaks down what's actually happening to your privacy, and what you can do about it.
What You'll Learn:
📌 How Flock's cameras follow you everywhere you wander: work, worship, your kid's school, and the places you'd rather keep private, then build it all into one searchable profile. No warrant required.
📌 The real scale of Houston's camera network: roughly 3,800 cameras regionally, feeding into a nationwide database of up to 88,000 more, and growing. It's not just HPD looking; any agency plugged into the network, from a small-town department to a sheriff three states away, can search it, too.
📌 How 3 Houston-area law enforcement agencies have already faced misuse allegations in just the past few weeks
📌 Who else can see your data: the private companies, HOAs, and businesses quietly plugged into the same network
📌 Why Houston residents got a real vote to K*ll red light cameras in 2010, and never got one for Flock
📌 What residents can actually do about it, no matter which local Flock contract covers your neighborhood
Dr. Howard Henderson, founding director of the Center for Justice Research at Texas Southern University, has spent his career studying how systems meant to protect communities end up failing them instead.
This isn't about being paranoid. It's about knowing who's actually watching you, and what's still in your control.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dr. Howard Henderson is the founding director of the Center for Justice Research at Texas Southern University and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. His research on predictive bias and equity in the criminal justice system has shaped policy from Houston to Washington, and he chaired the data subcommittee for Houston's Racial/Ethnic Disparities Committee. He's appeared on CNN, Fox News, and NBC, and his work has been cited by Politico, Vice, and Al Jazeera.
Grab a drink, meet curious minds, and explore interesting ideas at Curiosity Brews!
AGENDA
6:30 PM – Doors open: find a seat (open seating), order drinks (not included in ticket), and expect a bar line—arriving early is key
7:00 PM – Host introduction/Talk begins
7:45 PM – Audience Q&A
8:15 PM – Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round
8:30 PM – Wrap up
*** A CAUSE CLOSE TO MY HEART ***
Curiosity Brews was launched by our very first speaker, Bridgette Mongeon — sculptor and founder of Houston Women's Hiking Group, a community of 20,000+ hikers. Hiking has personally been a lifeline for me, and Bridgette is now working on something ambitious: two life-size bronze statues honoring Emma "Grandma Gatewood," the remarkable 67-year-old grandmother who in 1955 became the first woman to solo thru-hike the entire Appalachian Trail. To honor that connection, I'm donating 5% of net proceeds from every Curiosity Brews event to this tribute. If her story moves you too, you can contribute directly at
- Jeanne, Founder of Curiosity Brews
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 25.00 to USD 39.91
