Belonging | The 2021 ACLU-WA Annual Celebration

A festive evening of belonging, awards, words, and music.




ACLU-WA Executive Director Michele Storms in conversation with john a. powell (Director, Othering & Belonging Institute at University of California, Berkeley)


Emceed by Jeannie Yandel and Eula Scott Bynoe 
(Battle Tactics for Your Sexist Workplace)


Musice by The Black Tones and Tomo Nakayama,
and inspiration/affirmation from Sonya Renee Taylor


We celebrate our 2021 ACLU-WA Award Recipients:  

Fred Diamondstone
William O. Douglas Bill of Rights Award

Ivy Pete
Youth Activist Award

Washington Coalition for Police Accountability
Robert S. Chang & David A. Perez
Kathleen Taylor Civil Libertarian Awards




Broadcast from stolen land, as we acknowledge broken treaties, genocide, and much work to be done to improve the lives of Indigenous peoples. The work we are doing will never be enough.

Art by Emma Noyes
D.J. Walker, BlerrdVision Media - Director/Editor
Celene Ramadan - Director/Editor for BLM and WCPA reels, emcees, and incorporation of ASL interpretation
Edward Rhea Hemphill - Director/Editor for john a. powell and Michele Storms
Stick around for full credits and gratitude.

References appearing and mentioned throughout the Celebration:

• Tomo Nakayama
• Stand with the Snoqualmie Tribe and learn more about protecting Snoqualmie Falls 
• Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane
• Beyond land acknowledgements and supporting Indigenous Communities
• The Salish School of Spokane 
• The Native Project (Spokane)
• Support Native-owned businesses. Check out Eighth Generation
• Racing to Justice: Transforming Our Concepts of Self and Other to Build an Inclusive Society
• The Othering and Belonging Institute
• Intersectionality - a term coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw
• An American Dilemma, Gunnar Myrdal
• Justice Black and the 14th Amendment
• The Body Is Not An Apology - Sonya Renee Taylor - (Book available here)
• Steven Universe
• Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County v City of Seattle
• Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality
• Washington Coalition For Police Accountability
• ACLU-WA policing blog series
• House Bill 1054
• Washington State Indian Education Association
• Chase Youth Foundation (Spokane)
• Washington Legislative Youth Advisory Council
• House Bill 1356, a bill, which prohibits the inappropriate use of Indigenous names, symbols, and images as public school mascots 
• Charlene Teters
• Michelle Alexander’s (formerly with the ACLU of Northern California) book, The New Jim Crow on Mass Incarceration
• The Black Tones