Virtual and In-Person Events

Upcoming Events

Cascade PBS Ideas Festival

Date: 
Saturday, May 31, 2025 - 9:30am to 9:00pm
Event Location: 
Amazon Meeting Center
Join us at this year's Cascade PBS Ideas Festival! We'll be gathering with other changemakers and innovators, including featured speaker Nadine Strossen, senior fellow with FIRE (the Foundation for Individual Rights & Expression) and national American Civil Liberties Union President 1991-2008. Visit the ACLU-WA information and photo booth. Grab free swag for being a member or becoming a member.

What You Missed

2023 MLK Jr. Day - Seattle Martin Luther King Jr. Organizing Coalition

Date: 
Tuesday, January 10, 2023 - 9:00am to Monday, January 16, 2023 - 3:30pm
Event Location: 
Virtual and Seattle
The 2023 MLK Day festivities celebrate 40 years of continuing King's mission. Activities included a youth event, virtual and in-person workshops, and an in-person (outdoor) rally at Garfield High School, followed by a march.

Abortion: Charting a Path Forward

Date: 
Tuesday, December 6, 2022 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Event Location: 
Online
Learn about the future of abortion with Cedar River Clinics, Gender Justice League, Legal Voice, Northwest Health Law Advocates, Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates – Washington, Pro-Choice Washington, Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network, and ACLU of Washington. 

Radical Hope: ACLU-WA Annual Celebration 2022

Date: 
Friday, October 21, 2022 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Event Location: 
Online
An evening of inspiration and connection featuring keynote speaker Valarie Kaur.
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David Fenton with Brady Piñero Walkinshaw

Date: 
Friday, October 14, 2022 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Event Location: 
Elliott Bay Book Company
David Fenton brings fifty years of activism to bear to his new book, The Media Activist's Handbook: Lessons from Fifty Years as a Progressive Agitator. Join him and Brady Pinero Walkinshaw for a conversation.

Reproductive Rights Forum: A Post-Dobbs Landscape

Date: 
Wednesday, October 12, 2022 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Event Location: 
Russell Investments Center
Join Morgan Lewis and the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) for an intimate conversation around reproductive rights in the post-Dobbs landscape, followed by an opportunity to network with others in the Seattle area.

Indigenous Peoples' Day on KEXP

Date: 
Monday, October 10, 2022 - 5:00am to Monday, October 24, 2022 - 11:30pm
Event Location: 
On the air at 90.3 FM Seattle, online at KEXP.org
ACLU-WA is proud to support KEXP programming in honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day, all day October 10.

Boycott: Film Screening and Talk

Date: 
Thursday, September 29, 2022 - 6:30pm to 9:00pm
Event Location: 
Northwest Film Forum
Boycott traces the impact of state legislation designed to penalize individuals and companies that choose to boycott Israel due to its human rights record. A legal thriller with “accidental plaintiffs” at the center of the story, Boycott is a bracing look at the far-reaching implications of anti-boycott legislation and an inspiring tale of everyday Americans standing up to protect our rights in an age of shifting politics and threats to freedom of speech.
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How Police Can Extract All Your Cellphone Data in Minutes

Date: 
Thursday, July 28, 2022 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Event Location: 
Online
Join the ACLU-WA to learn from Upturn about the widespread power of law enforcement to search mobile phones and the implications of Mobile Device Forensic Tools use on privacy and civil liberties.

Flights & Rights: LGBTQIA2S+ Pride

Date: 
Tuesday, July 19, 2022 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Event Location: 
Online
Join ACLU-WA for a conversation on LGBTQIA2S+ Pride. 
 
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Free Renty: Film Screening and Talk

Date: 
Sunday, July 17, 2022 - 7:00pm to 10:30pm
Event Location: 
The Forum at Town Hall Seattle
FREE RENTY, an award winning documentary, tells the true story of Tamara Lanier's legal journey to reclaim the images of her great-great-great grandfather, an enslaved man named Renty, from Harvard University.

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