Events

Upcoming Events

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.

Let's Talk About Pride

Date: 
Thursday, June 6, 2024 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Event Location: 
The Boxcar Room, Spokane

Learn about the state of 2SLGBTQIA+ rights in Washington with Roo Ramos (Executive Director, Spectrum Center Spokane), Jeff DeBray (Eastern Washington Director, Fuse Washington), and  Adrien Leavitt (Staff Attorney, ACLU-WA). Moderated by ACLU-WA Integrated Advocacy Director Vanessa Torres Hernandez.

Spokane Pride Festival - ACLU-WA Booth

Date: 
Saturday, June 8, 2024 - 12:00pm to 6:00pm
Event Location: 
Riverfront Park
Visit ACLU-WA staff and friends at our booth
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Seattle Pride Parade - ACLU-WA Contingent

Date: 
Sunday, June 30, 2024 - 10:00am to 2:00pm
Event Location: 
Downtown Seattle
Join the ACLU of Washington supporters and staff at the 2024 Pride Parade!

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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. 

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.
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David Fenton with Brady Piñero Walkinshaw

Date: 
Friday, October 14, 2022 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Event Location: 
Elliott Bay Book Company
David Fenton brings fifty years of activism to bear to his new book, The Media Activist's Handbook: Lessons from Fifty Years as a Progressive Agitator. Join him and Brady Pinero Walkinshaw for a conversation.

Reproductive Rights Forum: A Post-Dobbs Landscape

Date: 
Wednesday, October 12, 2022 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Event Location: 
Russell Investments Center
Join Morgan Lewis and the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) for an intimate conversation around reproductive rights in the post-Dobbs landscape, followed by an opportunity to network with others in the Seattle area.

Indigenous Peoples' Day on KEXP

Date: 
Monday, October 10, 2022 - 5:00am to Monday, October 24, 2022 - 11:30pm
Event Location: 
On the air at 90.3 FM Seattle, online at KEXP.org
ACLU-WA is proud to support KEXP programming in honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day, all day October 10.

Boycott: Film Screening and Talk

Date: 
Thursday, September 29, 2022 - 6:30pm to 9:00pm
Event Location: 
Northwest Film Forum
Boycott traces the impact of state legislation designed to penalize individuals and companies that choose to boycott Israel due to its human rights record. A legal thriller with “accidental plaintiffs” at the center of the story, Boycott is a bracing look at the far-reaching implications of anti-boycott legislation and an inspiring tale of everyday Americans standing up to protect our rights in an age of shifting politics and threats to freedom of speech.
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How Police Can Extract All Your Cellphone Data in Minutes

Date: 
Thursday, July 28, 2022 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Event Location: 
Online
Join the ACLU-WA to learn from Upturn about the widespread power of law enforcement to search mobile phones and the implications of Mobile Device Forensic Tools use on privacy and civil liberties.

Flights & Rights: LGBTQIA2S+ Pride

Date: 
Tuesday, July 19, 2022 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Event Location: 
Online
Join ACLU-WA for a conversation on LGBTQIA2S+ Pride. 
 
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Free Renty: Film Screening and Talk

Date: 
Sunday, July 17, 2022 - 7:00pm to 10:30pm
Event Location: 
The Forum at Town Hall Seattle
FREE RENTY, an award winning documentary, tells the true story of Tamara Lanier's legal journey to reclaim the images of her great-great-great grandfather, an enslaved man named Renty, from Harvard University.

Pride Across Washington

Date: 
Saturday, July 9, 2022 - 12:15pm to Friday, September 2, 2022 - 12:15pm
Event Location: 
Various
Celebrate LGBTQIA2S+ Pride all across Washington

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