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Demand fairness and transparency: Sign in PRO on SB 5356

Published: 
Monday, February 13, 2023
Automated systems make life-changing decisions in government every day. Demand accountability, fairness, and transparency.
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Donor Relations Manager

Published: 
Thursday, February 9, 2023
Reporting to the Associate Director of Individual Giving, this position will feed the major gift pipeline by pre-qualifying major donor prospects. Application Deadline: March 2, 2023
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REPORT: Washington Schools Routinely Physically Restrain and Isolate Students, Disproportionately Subjecting Students with Disabilities, Black, Homeless and Foster Care Students to Traumatic Practices that Violate State Law 

News Release, Published: 
Monday, February 6, 2023
Advocates call on the Legislature to Clarify the Law and Adopt Reforms to Protect Students 
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Restraint and isolation in Washington schools: What these practices are, how they are being used and what needs to change 

Published: 
Monday, February 6, 2023
One parent recounted their son saying that he couldn’t breathe, and that he thought he was going to die. Another described how her kindergartener was placed in isolation, often for “cussing,“ many times a week for months. A survivor described witnessing restraint at a non-public agency as “an everyday thing” in all classrooms. 
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ACLU of Washington comment on passage of abortion and gender affirming care bills out of policy committees

News Release, Published: 
Friday, February 3, 2023
Policy committees in the Washington state House of Representatives and Senate advanced the progress of number of important pieces of legislation to protect abortion and gender affirming care.
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