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Maple Valley Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce Community Event

5th Legislative District Candidate Forum

Date: 
Thursday, October 11, 2018 - 6:15pm to 8:15pm
Event Location: 
Tahoma High School Performing Arts Center
5th Legislative District candidate forum hosted by the Maple Valley Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce

Community Viewing and Conversation of "Paper Tigers"

Date: 
Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Event Location: 
Northeast Community Center Lower Assembly Room
Every Student Counts Alliance, The Zone Project, and Empire Health Foundation presents a community viewing and conversation of "Paper Tigers"

Eye of the Storm: What Human Rights Organizations Can Learn from the Family Separation Crisis

Date: 
Thursday, December 6, 2018 - 10:45am to 12:45pm
Event Location: 
Bell Harbor International Conference Center
The 2018 annual conference will celebrate Global Washington’s tenth anniversary and will discuss what we want the world to look like ten years from now. From the refugee crisis to global health, food security to climate change

No New Jail community meeting

Date: 
Monday, March 25, 2019 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Event Location: 
Morning Star Baptist Church, Spokane
SCAR – Spokane Community Against Racism, is holding a community meeting on the topic of No New Jail. SMART Justice, The Bail Project, Center for Justice and leaders from communities of color impacted by incarceration will be speaking.

Flights & Rights - AI, Communities, and Fairness

Date: 
Tuesday, May 28, 2019 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Event Location: 
KEXP Studio Gathering Space
This Flights & Rights is a treat! Technology & Liberty Director Shankar Narayan will examine the dynamics in how AI and machine learning are transforming our lives.

Seattle Arab Festival

Date: 
Saturday, August 10, 2019 - 11:00am to Sunday, August 11, 2019 - 7:00pm
Event Location: 
Seattle Center
League of Women Voters Community Event

Bellingham Candidate Election Forum

Date: 
Saturday, September 28, 2019 - 9:30am to 2:30pm
Event Location: 
Whatcom County Council Chambers
Join this Bellingham Candidate Forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Bellingham/Whatcom County.
League of Women Voters Community Event

Tacoma Area Candidate Forum

Date: 
Saturday, October 19, 2019 - 1:30pm to 5:30pm
Event Location: 
Peoples Community Center
Join this candidate forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Tacoma-Pierce County.

Special Flights & Rights - Right To Care (Tacoma)

Date: 
Wednesday, December 4, 2019 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Event Location: 
Tacoma Arts Community Center
Join us for Flights & Rights on the future of health care in Washington state, specifically on access to reproductive services and end-of-life care.

Flights & Rights - Sentencing Reform in Washington

Date: 
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Observing Black History Month, Executive Director Michele Storms will moderate a conversation on extreme sentencing in Washington with Jaime Hawk (ACLU-WA), Nick Allen (Columbia Legal Services), and DeVitta Briscoe (Collective Justice).

Flights and Rights-COVID-19 and Race (Virtual)

Date: 
Thursday, May 28, 2020 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Event Location: 
Online
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.

US Census , Should I Participate? Legal Questions & Answers

Date: 
Thursday, July 30, 2020 - 12:50pm
Event Location: 
Online
This will be virtual, a Zoom meeting from 3:00 pm to 4:30.  The US Census staff-person, Adan Aispuro will make a 40 minute presentation on the benefits, values, protections and critical areas of the US Census.

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?
Join us for Institutional Racism: Mass Incarceration Virtual Town Hall 03.02.21

Institutional Racism: Mass Incarceration

Date: 
Tuesday, March 2, 2021 - 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. Join us to learn how to put equity front and center in the Olympia debates.

Power Up 2021: Local Government

Date: 
Wednesday, June 23, 2021 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Event Location: 
Online
Power Up is back this summer! Join ACLU-WA staff to learn the ins and outs of how local government works, how you can hold lawmakers accountable, and make change in your community.

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