Events

Upcoming Events

Tacoma Pride 2020

Date: 
Tuesday, July 7, 2020 - 5:00pm to Wednesday, July 22, 2020 - 7:00pm
Event Location: 
Virtual
The Tacoma Pride Festival honors the LGBTQA community by fostering pride in who we are as valuable, creative members of a diverse population in the South Puget Sound region by curating cultural events, establishing partnerships, and hosting Tacoma Pride, formerly Out in the Park, an outdoor festival.

Seattle Black Film Festival

Date: 
Friday, July 10, 2020 - 2:45pm
Event Location: 
Online
Black Cinematic Brilliance is going fully online - for the first time. This summer, for the 17th edition of the Seattle Black Film Festival (formerly Langston Hughes African American Film Festival) you can tune in from your couch! 

Flights and Rights: LGBTQ+ Rights (Virtual)

Date: 
Thursday, July 23, 2020 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Pride 2020 for the ACLU is about being resilient together. For this virtual event, advocates will speak on the implications of the landmark win at the Supreme Court, how to center Black trans people in the movement and the Trump administration’s removal of nondiscrimination protections when it comes to health care and health insurance.

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Hope to Action: Reproductive Rights in Washington Today

Date: 
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 - 5:30pm to 6:30pm
In light of the United States Supreme Court's decision in June Medical Services LLC v. Russo, join us for an update on reproductive rights, abortion access, the ways in which systemic racism shows up in health care, and the significant disproportionate impact on Black and Brown bodies.
 

Support Black-Owned Businesses on Juneteenth - on Us!

Date: 
Friday, June 19, 2020 - 6:00am to 10:00pm
Event Location: 
Across Washington State
The ACLU is supporting local Black-owned businesses by opening tabs in your community to give you the opportunity to expand your purchasing power and support local businesses.

Juneteenth Week 2020

Date: 
Wednesday, June 17, 2020 - 3:10pm
Juneteenth Week 2020 is a week long celebration hosted by the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle, Black Lives Matter – Seattle/King County, Tabor 100 and the FW Black Collective.

Our purpose is to honor and remember a special milestone in black history: June 19, 1865. On this day, African Americans forced into slavery in the United States were officially and legally free (ish).

Spokane Pride Week (Virtual)

Date: 
Tuesday, June 9, 2020 - 9:20am
Since 1992, Spokane has seen the LGBTQ+ community come together to honor those brave individuals that fought back against the 6 NIGHTS.  LIVE STREAMING. PERFORMANCES.  DIGITAL EXHIBITOR HALL. GIVEAWAYS.  ALL FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR HOME.

We may not be able to march in person right now,  but we can make pride go viral!

Seattle Pride 2020 (ONLINE)

Date: 
Monday, June 1, 2020 - 9:00am to Tuesday, June 30, 2020 - 7:00pm
Event Location: 
Online
Seattle’s LGBTQIA+ Pride Month is going virtual with three days (June 26-28) of speakers, performances and activities with Gender Justice League, PrideFest, and us here at Seattle Pride for the Together For Pride weekend.

Flights and Rights: COVID-19 and Race (Virtual)

Date: 
Thursday, May 28, 2020 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
COVID-19 is taking Black lives, Latinx lives, and Native lives in disproportionate numbers – not for any biological reason, but because of the institutional racism and systems of oppression the ACLU works to dismantle.

Flights & Rights - Liberty in the Time of COVID-19 (Virtual) Part II

Date: 
Thursday, April 23, 2020 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Learn about privacy and technology in the time of coronavirus disease, as well as our advocacy to minimize the impact on young people facing juvenile detention, students with disabilities, and people experiencing homelessness. Executive Director Michele Storms moderates a conversation with Jennifer Lee (Technology and Liberty Manager), Kendrick Washington II (Youth Policy Director), Breanne Schuster (Staff Attorney).

Flights & Rights - Liberty in the time of COVID-19

Date: 
Thursday, April 9, 2020 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Hear our response to the COVID pandemic and how we’re working to protect Washington’s most vulnerable and impacted communities: those who are locked up in jail, prison and detention centers. Executive Director Michele Storms moderates a discussion with Enoka Herat (Police Practices and Immigration Counsel) and Jaime Hawk (Legal Strategy Director, WA Campaign for Smart Justice).

Flights & Rights - Sentencing Reform in Washington

Date: 
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Observing Black History Month, Executive Director Michele Storms will moderate a conversation on extreme sentencing in Washington with Jaime Hawk (ACLU-WA), Nick Allen (Columbia Legal Services), and DeVitta Briscoe (Collective Justice).

Day of Remembrance, Day of Action

Date: 
Sunday, February 23, 2020 - 12:30am to 2:30pm
Event Location: 
Northwest Detention Center
Join Tsuru for Solidarity, La Resistencia, Densho, and Seattle JACL for Day of Remembrance, Day of Action at Northwest Detention Center on February 23, 2020 from 12:30-2:30.

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