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Daily Protest / Vigils at Ice Offices in Downtown Seattle

Date: 
Friday, June 29, 2018 - 8:00am to Friday, August 31, 2018 - 10:00am
Event Location: 
ICE Offices, Seattle
Join the Community Alliance for Global Justice for daily weekday (M-F) Vigil for Human Rights in front of the Seattle ICE office, 1000 2nd Ave (between Spring and Madison in downtown Seattle).

Immigration Rights and Rapid Response

Date: 
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Event Location: 
Central Washington University, Dean Hall, Room 104
Know Your Rights discussion with Abigail Scholar with Central Washington Justice For Our Neighbors and Rapid Response training with Brenda Rodriguez Lopez from WA Immigrant Solidarity Network
League of Women Voters Community Event

42nd Legislative District & 1st Congressional District Candidate Forum

Date: 
Saturday, October 20, 2018 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
Event Location: 
Ferndale High School Auditorium
42nd Legislative District & 1st Congressional District candidate forum hosted by League of Women Voters Whatcom County
League of Women Voters Community Event

General Election Candidate Forum on Lopez Island

Date: 
Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 5:45pm to 7:45pm
Event Location: 
Grace Episcopal Church, Lopez Island
Candidate forum hosted by League of Women Voters of the San Juans, including the 40th legislative district

Flights & Rights - Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System (Spokane)

Date: 
Tuesday, December 11, 2018 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Event Location: 
The McGinnity Room
ACLU Executive Director Michele Storms moderated a conversation with Mark Cooke (ACLU Policy Director for Smart Justice), Meghan Aphsaga (Disability Rights Washington), Dr. Ecandon (The Native Project), Levi Keesecker (I Did the Time) and Tony Williams (Chemical Dependency Counselor) about the intersection between mental health and the criminal justice system.
Rally Against Trump's Abuse of Power Community Event

Rally Against Trump's Abuse of Power

Date: 
Friday, February 22, 2019 - 1:00pm to 2:30pm
Event Location: 
CASA Latina
Join the ACLU and others in rallying against Trump's abuse of power on February 22!

Breaking the Prison to Deportation Pipeline: Advocacy in the Southeast Asian Americans

Date: 
Monday, May 6, 2019 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
Event Location: 
Hargreaves Reading Room 201

Othello Park International Festival

Date: 
Sunday, August 11, 2019 - 12:00pm to 6:00pm
Event Location: 
Othello Park
Free! Music, art food, dance, and more!
Seattle City Club Community Event

Seattle City Council District 7 Debate

Date: 
Thursday, September 26, 2019 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Event Location: 
Town Hall Seattle
Join this Seattle City Council District 7 Debate hosted by Seattle CityClub.
League of Women Voters Community Event

Tacoma Area Candidate Forum

Date: 
Thursday, October 17, 2019 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Event Location: 
Center at Norpoint
Join this candidate forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Tacoma-Pierce County.

The University of Washington Honors Program presents: Technology, Ethics and Social Change: Who Cares?

Date: 
Wednesday, November 6, 2019 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Event Location: 
Husky Union Building North Ballroom
We invite our entire community to explore this topic together in a public conversation with speakers Anna Lauren Hoffmann (UW iSchool), Ece Kamar (Microsoft Research) and Shankar Narayan (ACLU) at the UW Honors Program’s 2019 Global Challenges/Interdisciplinary Answers event.

CANCELED - Flights & Rights Yakima - Voting Rights

Date: 
Wednesday, March 11, 2020 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
We will be rescheduling this event in the future.

Rule Of Law During A Pandemic - The Human Rights Of Migrants In Detention

Date: 
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 12:30pm to 1:45pm
Event Location: 
Join Via Zoom
This week, join for the next webinar in this virtual series examining how governments are balancing public health and human rights during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
Wednesday’s panel discussion examines the international human rights issues, as well as the local legal challenges, relating to COVID-19 and migrants in detention.
 

Black Lives Matter: Black/Immigrants/Refugees Solidarity Rally

Date: 
Saturday, July 25, 2020 - 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Event Location: 
Tukwila Village
In reflecting on the systemic racial injustice in this country, many of us are leaning in as Black/Immigrants and refugees and engaging in an important internal work, unpacking and exploring our own anti-Blackness sentiments within our respective communities. We have some unlearning to do. We are also aware that some of us live at the intersection, but anti-Blackness lives within us too.

The Sex Talk and the Ballot Box

Date: 
Tuesday, October 6, 2020 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Event Location: 
Online
High school, college, and graduate students swap stories about sex education – the good, the bad, the awkward.

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