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Aaron Swartz at 40: The Internet’s Own Boy

Name: Aaron Swartz at 40: The Internet’s Own Boy
Start: 2026-11-08T22:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-11-09T01:00:00.000Z
Location: Portland Downtown

Sun, Nov 8 · 2:00 p.m.PST

Portland Downtown · Portland

Free community screening • Sunday, November 8 • Portland, Oregon November 8 would have been Aaron Swartz’s 40th birthday. Aaron believed that knowledge should be accessible and that technology could…

Aaron Swartz at 40: The Internet’s Own Boy

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Sun, Nov 8 · 2:00 p.m.Ends 5:00 p.m.PST

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Portland Downtown5th Avenue Cinema, 510 SW Hall St, Portland, OR 97201, USA

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Date and time: Sun, Nov 8 · 2:00 p.m.Ends 5:00 p.m.PST — local Portland time
Location: Portland Downtown5th Avenue Cinema, 510 SW Hall St, Portland, OR 97201, USAPortland

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Free community screening • Sunday, November 8 • Portland, Oregon

November 8 would have been Aaron Swartz’s 40th birthday.

Aaron believed that knowledge should be accessible and that technology could give people more power over their lives. His work—and the questions he raised about who controls information and who gets to use it—continues to matter.

Portland Civic Lab is organizing a free screening of The Internet’s Own Boy, the documentary about Aaron’s life, work, and fight for an open internet. We’ll come together to remember him, reflect on his ideas, and consider how to carry that spirit forward here in Portland.

The format will be simple: a short welcome, the film, and a brief closing. You don’t need a technical background or any familiarity with Aaron’s story to join us.

A personal note from the organizer

I was at MIT from 2008–2013, and like many in that community, I was heartbroken by Aaron’s death. His belief in making knowledge accessible and using technology for the p