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Flights & Rights - Voting Rights in Spokane

Date: 
Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Event Location: 
The McGinnity Room
In celebration of the 10-year anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Restoration Act, Staff Attorney Breanne Schuster was joined by Rae Lynn Barden (Seattle Public Libraries) and Dave Reynolds (Access 4 All Spokane) to discuss how far we have come, the challenges ahead, and ongoing work to defend the right to vote. 

Seattle Social Justice Film Festival

Date: 
Thursday, October 3, 2019 - 4:00pm to Saturday, October 12, 2019 - 9:00pm
Social Justice Film Festival exhibits a series of short and feature-length documentaries and narrative films broadly related to social justice
League of Women Voters Community Event

Spokane City & School Board Candidate Forum

Date: 
Tuesday, September 24, 2019 - 3:00pm to 7:00pm
Event Location: 
Spokane City Hall - City Council Chambers
Join this Spokane City & School Board Candidate Forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of the Spokane Area.
League of Women Voters Community Event

Tacoma Area Candidate Forum

Date: 
Saturday, October 12, 2019 - 10:30am to 1:30pm
Event Location: 
Star Center
Join this candidate forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Tacoma-Pierce County.
League of Women Voters Community Event

Ferndale & Whatcom County Candidate Forum

Date: 
Saturday, October 19, 2019 - 9:30am to 1:15pm
Event Location: 
Ferndale High School
Join this candidate forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Bellingham/Whatcom County.

CANCELED - Special Flights & Rights ( Bremerton ) – Right To Care

Date: 
Thursday, January 9, 2020 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm
This event has been canceled.

"Los Eternos Indocumentados" Documentary Screening & Discussion

Date: 
Saturday, February 29, 2020 - 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Event Location: 
Washington State Labor Council
Hello friends and partners,
The Seattle Interfaith Migrant Rights Alliance (SIMRN) and the the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the International Migrants Alliance (IMA-PNW) invite you to our upcoming screening and discussion of Los Eternos Indocumentados (The Eternally Undocumented).

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.

Virtual Public Meeting to Demand Justice for Immigrants

Date: 
Wednesday, September 16, 2020 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Your voice matters and you have the power to rise up and shift the future for immigrant and refugee communities in Washington State!

Join OneAmerica Votes and it's immigrant leaders for a Virtual Public Meeting with Governor Jay Inslee and Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction, Chris Reykdal. 

DATE: September 16, 2020
TIME: 6:00-8:00 PM PST

Immigrant leaders will lead this meeting, share their stories and ask our elected leaders to commit to specific asks that uphold the dignity of our immigrant communities. We are powerful, let's take a stand to create systemic change. 

More details to come soon but please register below to join us!

SEATTLE IS NATIVE LAND: 2020 Indigenous People Festival

Date: 
Friday, November 20, 2020 - 6:00pm to Saturday, November 21, 2020 - 3:00pm
Join us as we celebrate Indigenous brilliance and explore our shared joys and struggles—all on Native Land.  

The Indigenous People Festival is a time for Native people to celebrate our unique traditions and visions for the future. This year, we acknowledge what is and always will be Coast Salish land and imagine a future guided by Indigenous knowledge and excellence.

SAL Presents Ocean Vuong

Date: 
Wednesday, June 9, 2021 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Event Location: 
Online
Ocean Vuong is a poet and fiction writer whose work considers class, queerness, family, and identity. His epistolary novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (2019), was an immediate and enduring bestseller described by the Los Angeles Times as a “series of high notes that trembles exquisitely almost without break.” Q&A moderated by musician Perfume Genius.

Vancouver & Clark County: Know Your Rights with Police

Date: 
Tuesday, October 12, 2021 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Event Location: 
Online
Join NAACP and ACLU-WA to learn more about your rights when approached by the police at home, on the street, or in a car.

Festival Sundiata: Black Arts Fest

Date: 
Friday, June 17, 2022 - 6:00pm to Sunday, June 19, 2022 - 6:00pm
Event Location: 
Seattle Center
Seattle Center Festál presents Festival Sundiata: Black Arts Fest in partnership with Sundiata African American Cultural Association (SAACA). The ACLU-WA is proud to be a presenting sponsor of this year's festival, held during Juneteenth weekend. On Saturday and Sunday, visit our table in the Armory to meet us and check out our photo booth.

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. 
Come and see Shared Legacies Thursday May 11 6pm

Shared Legacies: The African American-Jewish Civil Rights Alliance

Date: 
Thursday, May 11, 2023 - 5:30pm to 8:00pm
Event Location: 
Northwest African American Museum
Join ADL Pacific Northwest, the Holocaust Center for Humanity, and the Northwest African American Museum for a film screening and dynamic panel discussion about the work of the Black and Jewish communities during the civil rights era, hosted by ACLU-WA Executive Director Michele Storms.

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