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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.

SAL Presents Ocean Vuong

Date: 
Wednesday, June 9, 2021 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
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Online
Ocean Vuong is a poet and fiction writer whose work considers class, queerness, family, and identity. His epistolary novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (2019), was an immediate and enduring bestseller described by the Los Angeles Times as a “series of high notes that trembles exquisitely almost without break.” Q&A moderated by musician Perfume Genius.

Vancouver & Clark County: Know Your Rights with Police

Date: 
Tuesday, October 12, 2021 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Event Location: 
Online
Join NAACP and ACLU-WA to learn more about your rights when approached by the police at home, on the street, or in a car.

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

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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.

Systemic Equality

Through policies in housing, voting, education and many other spaces, systemic inequality has been baked into many facets of American society, causing disparate outcomes for communities of color.
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Ballot Title Challenge to Initiative 963

A Thurston County Superior Court judge ruled in favor of a challenge to misleading terms in the proposed ballot title for an initiative that would roll back state protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation.

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LGBT

Freedom Foundation v. Gregoire

ACLU-WA filed an amicus brief in the Washington State Supreme Court in support of the Freedom Foundation, which sued Governor Chris Gregoire for not disclosing certain documents after a public records request

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Public Records

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