Latest From ACLU of Washington

The latest content and updates from the ACLU of Washington website.

2023 Legislative Agenda

Published: 
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
The ACLU-WA's legislative priorities for the 2023 Washington state legislative session.
Read more

Follow the Money: 2022

Published: 
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Read more

Washington should be a leader in ending the War on Drugs 

Published: 
Monday, November 7, 2022
Washington legislators should not reignite the War on Drugs in the 2023 session 
Read more

[CLOSED] Lobbyist/Senior Lobbyist

Published: 
Monday, November 7, 2022
The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington (ACLU-WA) seeks a lobbyist to support the advancement of ACLU-WA’s civil liberties and civil rights legislative agenda in the Washington state legislature, local government bodies, and with the Washington Congressional delegation. The Lobbyist or Senior Lobbyist is a member of the Political Strategies Department and reports to the Legislative Director.
Read more

Let empathy, not fear, guide you this election cycle

Published: 
Friday, October 28, 2022
Read more

Resources [Police Reform]

Published: 
Friday, October 28, 2022
Read more

We need radical hope like never before

Published: 
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Radical hope dares to believe that even when forces seek to exclude some of us, we will find a way to include all of us.
Read more

Infringement of personal liberty within the civil commitment system

Published: 
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
The legal basis for and ability to commit someone has changed dramatically over the last few hundred years in the United States. Here is a brief history of institutionalization in Washington State and context for some of the massive racial disparities that exist in the civil commitment system.
Read more

[CLOSED] Smart Justice Policy Manager or Counsel

Published: 
Monday, October 17, 2022
Application Deadline: November 8, 2022   The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington (ACLU-WA) seeks a passionate and strategic advocate to help lead its efforts to substantially reduce incarceration in Washington and work with stakeholders and community to develop new approaches and alternatives to our current criminal legal system.
Read more

An Open Letter to Our King County Neighbors 

News Release, Published: 
Friday, October 7, 2022
Read more

29 community organizations publish open letter highlighting that police reform legislation has saved lives, improved public safety

News Release, Published: 
Friday, October 7, 2022
A recently publicized letter from eight of the 13 South King County mayors made the unsubstantiated claim that policing and drug policy reforms enacted by the state Legislature are driving an increase in crime. Those narratives aren’t just false.
Read more

Indigenous Justice is Foundational to Civil Rights – and Under Attack

Published: 
Friday, October 7, 2022
We all live, work, and play on the ancestral homelands of Indigenous peoples who have stewarded these lands since time immemorial.
Read more

Pages