Events

Upcoming Events

People Power Legislative Update Webinars

Date: 
Thursday, January 21, 2021 - 6:00pm to Tuesday, April 27, 2021 - 7:00pm
Event Location: 
Online
Join staff from the ACLU of Washington and People Power activists from across the state throughout the 2021 legislative session to hear updates on our priority bills, learn from issue experts, and find out how can take action to pass important civil liberties bills.

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. 

Flights & Rights: Police Accountability

Date: 
Thursday, March 11, 2021 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Event Location: 
Online
Join ACLU-WA Police Practices and Immigration Counsel Enoka Herat and ACLU-WA Lobbyist Roxana Gomez for a conversation on our integrated advocacy approach to demanding police accountability. Hear from Nickeia Hunter and Sonia Joseph, two impacted family members advocating on the Washington Coalition for Police Accountability. Learn about the bills aimed at reducing police violence that are currently moving through the Washington legislature, and about our amicus work in the court.

Seattle Arts & Lectures Luvvie Ajayi Jones: In Conversation—Live & Online

Date: 
Friday, March 19, 2021 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Event Location: 
Register Here
Luvvie Ajayi Jones is the New York Times bestselling author of I’m Judging You, and a speaker and podcast host who thrives at the intersection of comedy, technology, and justice.

Save the Date: ACLU of Washington Annual Celebration

Date: 
Friday, October 22, 2021 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Event Location: 
Online
Details to follow!

What You Missed

2020 Centennial Celebration

Date: 
Friday, October 23, 2020 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm
2020 Centennial Celebration
Join us to celebrate 100 years of defending civil liberties! Introducing Michele Storms, ACLU of Washington Executive Director with Anthony Romero, National ACLU Executive Director.

How Secure Is Your Right To Vote?

Date: 
Monday, October 19, 2020 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Event Location: 
Online
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: Election 2020

Date: 
Wednesday, October 14, 2020 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Event Location: 
Online
What’s on the ballot for Washingtonians? Join us to learn about the potential impact of this election, from the makeup of our House of Representatives to advocacy around Referendum 90 – the Washington state law requiring all public schools to teach age-appropriate, inclusive, comprehensive sexual health education to K-12 students. 

Uplift International’s HR2FP Initiative Webinar: Racism, Covid-19 and Access to Contraception and Abortion Services in America

Date: 
Tuesday, October 13, 2020 - 4:00pm to 5:15pm
Event Location: 
Online
Uplift International's HR2FP Webinar: Racism, COVID-19, and Access to Contraception and Abortion Services in America
 
Moderated by ACLU-WA Executive Director Michele Storms.
Speakers include:  Beth E. Rivin, MD, MPH (President & CEO, Uplift International); LaKimba DeSadier (Indiana State Director, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Indiana and Kentucky); Camie Jae Goldhammer, MSW, Sisseton-Wahpeton (Clinical Social Worker and Lactation Consultant); and U.S. Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal.
 

Indigenous Futures - Live Filmmaker Panel with THE LAST ICE

Date: 
Thursday, October 8, 2020 - 8:00pm to 9:00pm
The Last Ice is the story of Inuit in Canada and Greenland. Long divided by aggressive colonization and decades of hardship, these groups are once again coming together, fighting to protect what will remain of their world. The question is, will the world listen?

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.

Women You Need to Know: Claudia Rankine

Date: 
Friday, September 25, 2020 - 7:30pm to 8:50pm
Author, playwright, poet, and multi-media artist Claudia Rankine is the author of Citizen: An American Lyric. In this event, she will speak on her new book, "Just Us: An American Conversation,"

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.

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!

2020 AAPI Democracy Summit

Date: 
Tuesday, September 15, 2020 - 10:30am to 1:30pm
Event Location: 
Online
Every four years, the 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 (𝐀𝐏𝐈𝐂) holds a Democracy Summit, with the goal of encouraging and promoting culturally meaningful and holistic civic engagement in our communities. This year's virtual summit includes a gubernatorial candidate forum, keynote speakers, and cultural performances, all in service of creating a space for our communities to collectivize around the issues that matter most to us.

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