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Flights & Rights - Immigration and Police Practices (Ellensburg)

Date: 
Monday, January 27, 2020 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Event Location: 
Kittitas Valley Event Center
Enoka Herat (ACLU), Brenda Rodriguez (WAISN) and Abigail Scholar (CWJFON) discuss how Trump's immigration policies play out at the local level and what the ACLU and allies are doing to oppose them.

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

Date: 
Thursday, April 9, 2020 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Event Location: 
Online
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).

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! 

Pandemics: COVID-19, Racism, and the Call to Action

Date: 
Monday, September 21, 2020 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
This series of virtual conversations moderated by Enrique Cerna will explore the racial disparities and inequities in Washington’s public health and policing systems highlighted by COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement.  State lawmakers are beginning to convene to prepare for the 2021 state legislative session when these issues, and the budget, will be top priorities. Join us to learn how to put equity front and center in the Olympia debates.

Flights & Rights: Surveillance, Data Privacy and You

Date: 
Wednesday, January 27, 2021 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Event Location: 
Online
Join us in examining the intersection of technology and liberty. New technologies are making it easier for companies and the government to learn about the most intimate aspects of both our online and offline activities—from where we live and work, to what religion we practice, to what we purchase, to what we read, and with whom we associate. 

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