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The latest content and updates from the ACLU of Washington website.

By the Numbers

Published: 
Thursday, April 4, 2024
A snapshot of our legislative advocacy in the 2024 session
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Advocacy Tips to Change School Board Policies on Free Speech Issues

Published: 
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Learn how to advocate with your school board around issues of free speech.
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ACLU Brief Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Eighth Amendment Protections in Grants Pass v. Johnson

News Release, Published: 
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Brief Argues that the Constitutional Prohibition on ‘Cruel and Unusual Punishments’ Prevents Cities from Arresting or Fining People Experiencing Homelessness for Sleeping in Public
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2024 Legislative Session Report

Published: 
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Building on our previous legislative impact to bring life and voice to the needs of the oppressed.
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2024 ACLU-WA Legislative Session Report

Published: 
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Read about what we accomplished working together in the state Legislature in 2024.
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Building a Washington for all: 2024 Legislative Session Report

Published: 
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Building on our previous legislative impact to bring life and voice to the needs of the oppressed.
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Keeping hope alive for transformative sentencing reform: Reflecting on the 2024 legislative session

Published: 
Friday, March 29, 2024
Reflecting on the 2024 legislative session and sustaining hope for transformative sentencing reform
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The headwinds will turn again: The state of bodily autonomy in Washington State and beyond

Published: 
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Unpacking how the nationwide assault on the right to bodily autonomy has had ripple effects here in Washington state.
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Celebrating women in Washington: Peggy Maxie, the first Black woman elected to the Washington State House of Representatives

Published: 
Friday, March 15, 2024
Celebrating women in Washington: Peggy Maxie, the first Black woman elected to the Washington State House of Representatives
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ACLU statement on recent violence against unhoused community

News Release, Published: 
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
The ACLU of Washington is committed to protecting the rights of unhoused people, and we urge community leaders to condemn this violence.
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Anti-DEI campaigns just the latest part in backlash to racial reckoning

Published: 
Thursday, February 29, 2024
There’s an ongoing push to restrict or remove diversity, equity, and inclusion programs (DEI) from education and the workplace.
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