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Voting Matters - Live Panel with SUPPRESSED 2020: The Fight to Vote

Date: 
Sunday, October 11, 2020 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Voter suppression is a growing threat to the 2020 election. Now, amidst a global health crisis, the cruel weaponization of vote-by-mail restrictions has turned the constitutional right to vote into a choice between life and death.

CLE - The Crime of Complicity: Law and the Bystander from the Holocaust to Today

Date: 
Tuesday, March 9, 2021 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Join the Holocaust Center for Humanity and legal professionals from around Washington for a special legal CLE program and Lunch-and-Learn on Tuesday, March 9 on the Crime of Complicity: Law and the Bystander from the Holocaust to Today with Professor Amos N. Guiora. 

Celebrate Juneteenth with Black-Owned Businesses

Date: 
Saturday, June 19, 2021 - 9:00am to Sunday, June 20, 2021 - 9:00pm
The ACLU is supporting local Black-owned businesses by opening tabs in your community to give you the opportunity to expand your purchasing power and support local businesses.

Webinar: Peace Officer Accountability Act

Date: 
Wednesday, October 27, 2021 - 1:00pm to 1:30pm
Event Location: 
Online
Join Rep. My-Linh Thai for a webinar to learn more about HB 1202, the Peace Officer Accountability Act.

Radical Hope: ACLU-WA Annual Celebration 2022

Date: 
Friday, October 21, 2022 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Event Location: 
Online
An evening of inspiration and connection featuring keynote speaker Valarie Kaur.

Acts On Stage Presents "Pipeline"

Date: 
Friday, March 31, 2023 - 7:00pm to Sunday, April 9, 2023 - 3:00pm
Event Location: 
Acts On Stage

Acts On Stage presents "Pipeline," a powerful play about the nuances and stark realities of the school-to-prison pipeline (especially for Black & Brown students) and what it takes for families and the community at large to wrap around and secure our young people from that peril.

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Breaking Barriers 2023: A Celebration of Disability Community

Date: 
Thursday, June 1, 2023 - 6:00pm to 8:30pm
Event Location: 
415 Westlake & Online
Disability Rights Washington, one of the state’s pioneering disability rights advocacy organizations, is hosting Breaking Barriers: A Celebration of Disability Community on Thursday June 1st from 6:00-8:30pm PST.

Cascade PBS Ideas Festival

Date: 
Saturday, May 4, 2024 - 9:30am to 9:00pm
Event Location: 
Amazon Meeting Center

Visit the ACLU-WA information and photo booth. Grab free swag for being a member or becoming a member. The Cascade PBS Ideas Festival brings together journalists, newsmakers, and innovators from around the country to talk about the issues that are animating our cultural conversations. The festival includes live recordings of television and podcasts from The Atlantic, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Vox, Slate, Pushkin, NPR and PBS; as well as community meetups, meet-and-greets, food trucks, DJs and more.

Meet ACLU-WA staff experts at a happy hour meetup during the festival.

Second Chances

The Second Chances Project is part of a multidisciplinary collaboration across the Legal Department and Smart Justice campaign to significantly reduce the number of people in contact with the criminal justice system including front end reforms, systems reform and reentry work.
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Egbert v. Nicholson

The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a lawsuit to protect the right of veterans and their families to choose religious symbols to engrave on headstones in federal cemeteries.

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