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

Refugees Are Welcome, STOP the Tears!

Date: 
Sunday, December 2, 2018 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
Event Location: 
Occidental Square
March in solidarity; We reject the inhumane policies and cruel treatment of those seeking refuge!

5 Year Anniversary Rally at NWDC

Date: 
Sunday, March 10, 2019 - 1:30pm to 4:00pm
Event Location: 
Northwest Detention Center
Join us on Sunday 3/10 to commemorate five years of fierce resistance to NWDC and the deportation machine. We'll make music to celebrate the resilience of our movement, and we'll hear from folks who participated in the original action to shut down NWDC in 2014.
 

Breaking the Prison to Deportation Pipeline: Advocacy in the Southeast Asian Americans

Date: 
Monday, May 6, 2019 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
Event Location: 
Hargreaves Reading Room 201

Power Up Activist Training

Date: 
Saturday, December 5, 2020 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Event Location: 
Online

Join the ACLU of Washington for our inaugural Power Up training for activists! At the training you will have the opportunity to meet with other like-minded people in your community and learn how to be an effective advocate with lawmakers. Staff from the ACLU-WA will provide skills-building training on topics including race equity and allyship, strategy and goal setting, power mapping, lawmaker engagement tactics, and a guide to the Washington legislative process.

Spokane Coalition of Color Community Event

Spokane Coalition of Color Candidate Forum #2: City Council

Date: 
Saturday, October 5, 2019 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Event Location: 
East Central Community Center
Join this Spokane city council candidate forum hosted by Spokane Coalition of Color.
League of Women Voters Community Event

Edgewood City Council Candidate Forum

Date: 
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Event Location: 
Edgewood City Hall
Join this candidate forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Tacoma-Pierce County.

Special Flights & Rights - Right To Care (Burien)

Date: 
Monday, November 18, 2019 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Event Location: 
TAF Bethaday Community Learning Space
Join us for Flights & Rights on the future of health care in Washington state, specifically on access to reproductive services and end-of-life care.

47th Anniversary of Roe v Wade

Date: 
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 - 7:00pm
Event Location: 
Town Hall
Now, 47 years later, Roe v. Wade remains one of the most contentious rulings to date, spurring debates and protests across the country, and becoming an ideal day to reflect on the current state of the reproductive rights of all people.

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

Date: 
Thursday, April 23, 2020 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Event Location: 
Online
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).

Protest; ICE at Juvenile Detention Center Longview

Date: 
Friday, July 17, 2020 - 3:00pm to 4:30pm
Event Location: 
Cowlitz County Juvenile Court
Despite a judge order to release all children being held at the center for ICE to be released due to the impacts of COVID-19, 1 child has remained in custody. This youth has now turned 18 and is being transported to another facility. We are outraged that the City of Longview would engage in such behavior, and are calling that the city take direct action and end this now!

Flights & Rights: Election 2020

Date: 
Wednesday, October 14, 2020 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Event Location: 
Online
What’s on the ballot for Washingtonians? Join us to learn about the potential impact of this election, from the makeup of our House of Representatives to advocacy around Referendum 90 – the Washington state law requiring all public schools to teach age-appropriate, inclusive, comprehensive sexual health education to K-12 students. 

People Power Legislative Update Webinars

Date: 
Thursday, January 21, 2021 - 6:00pm to Tuesday, April 27, 2021 - 7:00pm
Event Location: 
Online
Join staff from the ACLU of Washington and People Power activists from across the state throughout the 2021 legislative session to hear updates on our priority bills, learn from issue experts, and find out how can take action to pass important civil liberties bills.

Racially Charged: America’s Misdemeanor Problem – Spokane screening and Community Conversation

Date: 
Wednesday, May 19, 2021 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm
The misdemeanor system in the United States ensnares more than 13 million people a year – most of them poor or people of color – and has led to the wrongful imprisonments and deaths of countless Black Americans, including George Floyd and Eric Garner.

Join free screenings and post-film discussions of Robert Greenwald’s film ‘Racially Charged: America’s Misdemeanor Problem,’ to learn more about the misdemeanor system nationally and how it impacts people in Washington State.

Technology and Liberty Project

The ACLU supports uses of technology that enhance privacy and freedom while opposing those that undermine liberty and move us closer to a surveillance society.
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