Events

Upcoming Events

Flights & Rights: Abortion

Date: 
Tuesday, May 24, 2022 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Event Location: 
Online

Learn about the future of abortion in Washington with community partners and ACLU-WA Health Care and Liberty Counsel Leah Rutman. Moderated by ACLU-WA Executive Director Michele Storms.

Pride Across Washington

Date: 
Wednesday, June 1, 2022 - 12:15pm to Monday, October 24, 2022 - 12:15pm
Event Location: 
Various
Celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride all across Washington

Festival Sundiata: Call for Volunteers and Save-the-Date

Date: 
Friday, June 17, 2022 - 12:00pm to Sunday, June 19, 2022 - 8:00pm
Event Location: 
Seattle Center
Seattle Center Festál presents Festival Sundiata: Black Arts Fest in partnership with Sundiata African American Cultural Association (SAACA). The festival focuses on intergenerational activities and promotion of traditional and contemporary African American heritage, showcasing local entertainment, photography, food merchants, historical exhibits, and more! The ACLU-WA is proud to be a presenting sponsor of this year's festival, held during Juneteenth weekend. Festival organizers are seeking volunteers for various roles.
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Seattle Pride Parade - ACLU Contingent

Date: 
Sunday, June 26, 2022 - 11:00am to 3:00pm
Event Location: 
Downtown Seattle
Join the ACLU of Washington supporters and staff at the 2022 Pride Parade!

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Flights & Rights: Indigenous Youth

Date: 
Tuesday, November 24, 2020 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Event Location: 
Online
Join ACLU-WA Equal Justice Works Fellow Crystal Pardue and leaders of Indigenous youth serving organizations for a conversation on cultural connections needed for Indigenous youth to thrive. Learn about creative ways of overcoming the particular barriers Indigenous youth encounter. Topics include food sovereignty; physical, mental, and spiritual health; education and school discipline; and the arts.

SEATTLE IS NATIVE LAND: 2020 Indigenous People Festival

Date: 
Friday, November 20, 2020 - 6:00pm to Saturday, November 21, 2020 - 3:00pm
Join us as we celebrate Indigenous brilliance and explore our shared joys and struggles—all on Native Land.  

The Indigenous People Festival is a time for Native people to celebrate our unique traditions and visions for the future. This year, we acknowledge what is and always will be Coast Salish land and imagine a future guided by Indigenous knowledge and excellence.

Right To Care Town Hall

Date: 
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
The ACLU of Washington partners with our allies to present a special town hall on the future of health care in Washington state, including stories from patients and providers on access to reproductive services and end-of-life care. Learn more about religious-secular hospital affiliations, current legal issues, and proposed legislative solutions.  

True Justice Screening and Panel Discussion

Date: 
Tuesday, October 27, 2020 - 6:00pm to 8:30pm
Event Location: 
Online
Join representatives from the Meaningful Movies Project, Northwest African American Museum, Kunhardt Films, ACLU WA, the Sociology Department of the University of Washington, and the Loren Miller Bar Association for a screening and meaningful discussion of True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality. The film follows 30 years of the Stevenson's work on behalf of the poor, the incarcerated, and the condemned.

2020 Centennial Celebration

Date: 
Friday, October 23, 2020 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm
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.

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