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Shelton Mason County Chamber Community Event

Shelton-Mason County General Election Candidate Forum

Date: 
Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Event Location: 
Olympic Middle School
Candidate forum hosted by the Shelton-Mason County Chamber of Commerce, including the 35th legislative district

Do We Belong? Film Screening and Panel Discussion

Date: 
Sunday, October 7, 2018 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Event Location: 
Seattle University, Pigott Auditorium
Do We Belong screens with Sunayana Dumala (widow of Srinivas Kuchibhotla) on the Closing day of Tasveer South Asian Film Festival

20th Annual Privacy and Security Conference

Date: 
Wednesday, February 6, 2019 - 8:00am to Friday, February 8, 2019 - 4:00pm
Event Location: 
Victoria Conference Centre
Shankar Narayan, Technology and Liberty Project Director at the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington will be on the panel for the discussion: Artificial Intelligence - Should Canada Be A Leader Developing Ethical Standards For AI?

CAIR-WA, MAPS, & MAPS-AMEN Present: Interfaith Vigil & Anti-Islamophobia Teach-In

Date: 
Monday, March 18, 2019 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Event Location: 
Muslim Association of Puget Sound (MAPS)
Please join us for an interfaith prayer vigil for the victims of the New Zealand mosque massacre followed by a teach-in about combating Islamophobia in our communities. 

Kick-Off Reception Spokane's AAPI Heritage Month Celebration

Date: 
Saturday, May 4, 2019 - 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Event Location: 
Spokane Public Library Shadle

Othello Park International Festival

Date: 
Sunday, August 11, 2019 - 12:00pm to 6:00pm
Event Location: 
Othello Park
Free! Music, art food, dance, and more!
Seattle City Club Community Event

Seattle City Council District 7 Debate

Date: 
Thursday, September 26, 2019 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Event Location: 
Town Hall Seattle
Join this Seattle City Council District 7 Debate hosted by Seattle CityClub.
League of Women Voters Community Event

Tacoma Area Candidate Forum

Date: 
Thursday, October 17, 2019 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Event Location: 
Center at Norpoint
Join this candidate forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Tacoma-Pierce County.

The University of Washington Honors Program presents: Technology, Ethics and Social Change: Who Cares?

Date: 
Wednesday, November 6, 2019 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Event Location: 
Husky Union Building North Ballroom
We invite our entire community to explore this topic together in a public conversation with speakers Anna Lauren Hoffmann (UW iSchool), Ece Kamar (Microsoft Research) and Shankar Narayan (ACLU) at the UW Honors Program’s 2019 Global Challenges/Interdisciplinary Answers event.

CANCELED - Flights & Rights Yakima - Voting Rights

Date: 
Wednesday, March 11, 2020 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
We will be rescheduling this event in the future.

Rule Of Law During A Pandemic - The Human Rights Of Migrants In Detention

Date: 
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 12:30pm to 1:45pm
Event Location: 
Join Via Zoom
This week, join for the next webinar in this virtual series examining how governments are balancing public health and human rights during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
Wednesday’s panel discussion examines the international human rights issues, as well as the local legal challenges, relating to COVID-19 and migrants in detention.
 

Black Lives Matter: Black/Immigrants/Refugees Solidarity Rally

Date: 
Saturday, July 25, 2020 - 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Event Location: 
Tukwila Village
In reflecting on the systemic racial injustice in this country, many of us are leaning in as Black/Immigrants and refugees and engaging in an important internal work, unpacking and exploring our own anti-Blackness sentiments within our respective communities. We have some unlearning to do. We are also aware that some of us live at the intersection, but anti-Blackness lives within us too.

The Sex Talk and the Ballot Box

Date: 
Tuesday, October 6, 2020 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Event Location: 
Online
High school, college, and graduate students swap stories about sex education – the good, the bad, the awkward.

Activist in Residence 2021 - Eastern Washington University

Date: 
Friday, February 12, 2021 - 1:15pm
Event Location: 
Online
Learn about activist campaigns in Spokane, and hear from members of the Spokane Community Against Racism (SCAR) steering committee as they discuss the tactics they’ve used individually and as a group to affect local policy.

Flights & Rights: Pride

Date: 
Tuesday, June 29, 2021 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Event Location: 
Online
Join ACLU-WA for a conversation on LGBTQ+ Pride. 
 

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