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Learn about the future of abortion in Washington with Dr. Erin Berry (Washington State Medical Director, Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai'i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky), Kia Guarino (Executive Director, Pro-Choice Washington), Miranda Vargas (Board Member, Northwest Abortion Access Fund), and  Leah Rutman (Health Care and Liberty Counsel, ACLU-WA). Moderated by ACLU-WA Executive Director Michele Storms.

A conversation on Washington state's 2022 legislative session.
 

A conversation on Indigenous Justice and Decolonizing Thanksgiving
 

A conversation on Washington's work on the ACLU's nationwide Systemic Equality agenda. 
 

Join ACLU-WA Health Care and Liberty Policy Counsel Leah Rutman for a conversation on healthcare equity for immigrants. Leah will be joined by Adriana Ortiz of El Centro de la Raza and Michael Byun of Asian Counseling and Referral Services (ACRS) to discuss health care access issues facing immigrant communities and current steps being taken to address barriers to care.
 

Join us in examining the intersection of technology and liberty. New technologies are making it easier for companies and the government to learn about the most intimate aspects of both our online and offline activities—from where we live and work, to what religion we practice, to what we purchase, to what we read, and with whom we associate. 

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. 

All students have a right to education, and we are working for more effective approaches to build positive school environments and help students.  As we examine the role of police in our daily lives, it’s time we also reevaluate the need for police in schools. Black, Indigenous, Pacific Islander, and Latinx students are disproportionately disciplined, suspended, and expelled from school. Students with disabilities are disproportionately excluded. Students who have been suspended are three times more likely to be in contact with the juvenile justice system within a year. 

COVID-19 is taking Black lives, Latinx lives, and Native lives in disproportionate numbers – not for any biological reason, but because of the institutional racism and systems of oppression the ACLU works to dismantle.

In honor of the 10-year anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Restoration Act, Staff Attorney Breanne Schuster discusses the ongoing work to defend the right to vote in Washington with Xochitl Maykovich (Washington CAN), Bridget Williams (The Washington BUS), and Eli Goss (OneAmerica).

Eunice Cho (ACLU), Maru Mora Villalpando (NWDC Resistance), and Sharcorrie Tunkara (local activist) discuss the detention of immigrants by ICE (Immigration Customs Enforcement).

All people have a right to be who they are, be safe, and live free from discrimination. Join LGBTQ leaders in a panel discussion moderated by Michele Storms.