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SUMMARY:2026 LGBTQ Policy Agenda Think Tank Sessions
DESCRIPTION:📅 Dates: Sunday\, December 21 & Sunday\, December 28\, 2025\n    ⏰ Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PST\n    📍 Location: Address provided upon RSVP\n   \n\n \n\n\n    The NAACP Alaska Oregon Washington State Area Conference (AOWSAC) is proud to announce a powerful collaboration with the Black Prisoners Caucus and SURGE (Surge for Justice).\n   \n\n    As we approach the upcoming legislative session\, it is imperative that we mobilize to shape the 2025–2027 LGBTQ Policy Agenda. This series of Think Tank Sessions is designed to center the lived experiences of our communities.\n   \n\n    Together\, we will examine the power dynamics of politics and co-develop legislative priorities that authentically reflect the needs of Black and Queer communities.\n   \n   \n\n\n      Facilitators:\n      Political Analyst NiRae Petty and NAACP LGBTQ Chair Deaunte Damper\n     \n \n\n    This is a critical moment to unite\, strategize\, and drive meaningful policy change. Your voice matters.\n   \n\n \n\n\n    Event at a Glance\n  \n\nWhat: 2026 LGBTQ Policy Agenda Think Tank Sessions\nWhen: December 21 & December 28\, 2025 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PST\nWho: Facilitated by NiRae Petty & Deaunte Damper\nWhy: To co-develop legislative priorities and finalize the 2026 Policy Agenda\nAccess: RSVP required to receive location details\n\n   \n\n    \n      RSVP Here
URL:https://naacpaowsac.org/event/2026-lgbtq-policy-agenda-think-tank-united-for-legislative-power-2/
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SUMMARY:2026 LGBTQ Policy Agenda Think Tank Sessions
DESCRIPTION:📅 DATES: Sunday\, December 21 & Sunday\, December 28\, 2025\n⏰ TIME: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PST\n📍 LOCATION: Address provided upon RSVP \n\n\nThe NAACP Alaska Oregon Washington State-Area Conference (AOWSAC) is proud to announce a powerful collaboration with the Black Prisoners Caucus and SURGE (Surge for Justice). \nAs we approach the upcoming legislative session\, it is imperative that we mobilize to shape the 2025–2027 LGBTQ Policy Agenda. This series of “Think Tank Sessions” is designed to center the lived experiences of our communities. We are coming together across our intersections to understand the power dynamics of politics and to co-develop legislative priorities that truly reflect the needs of Black and Queer communities. \n\nFACILITATORS:\nThe sessions will be guided by Political Analyst NiRae Petty and NAACP LGBTQ Chair Deaunte Damper. \n\nThis is the time to unite\, strategize\, and create meaningful policy change. Make your voice count. \n\n\nEvent at a Glance\n\nWhat: 2026 LGBTQ Policy Agenda Think Tank Sessions\nWhen: Dec 21 & Dec 28\, 2025 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM\nWho: Facilitated by NiRae Petty & Deaunte Damper\nWhy: To co-develop legislative priorities and finalize the 2026 Policy Agenda.\nAccess: RSVP is required to receive location details.\n\n\nRSVP Here
URL:https://naacpaowsac.org/event/2026-lgbtq-policy-agenda-think-tank-united-for-legislative-power/
LOCATION:WA
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SUMMARY:Louder Than Hate: Trans & Queer Joy as Resistance
DESCRIPTION:📅 Date: Saturday\, August 30\, 2025\n🕓 Time: 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM\n📍 Location: Washington Hall\, 153 14th Ave\, Seattle\, WA \n\nThe NAACP Alaska Oregon Washington State Area Conference (AOWSAC) stands proudly with the Lavender Rights Project\, community leaders\, and our Black\, Trans\, and Queer family in support of Louder Than Hate: Trans & Queer Joy as Resistance. \nThis powerful gathering is a celebration of resilience and solidarity\, affirming that joy itself is an act of defiance against hate. Through music\, art\, and community\, we will lift up queer and trans lives\, especially Black trans women and femmes\, who continue to face disproportionate violence and discrimination. Together\, we honor their leadership and courage while demanding a future grounded in justice and liberation. \n\nIn Solidarity\n“The NAACP has a long legacy of fighting for freedom\, justice\, and dignity in the face of hate. Today\, that fight must also center queer and trans lives.” – Deaunte Damper\, LGBTQ Chair\, NAACP AOWSAC \n\n\nEvent Highlights\n\nMusic\, Art & Voices of Resistance: Performances and storytelling that uplift trans and queer joy\nCommunity Celebration: A call to action rooted in healing\, resilience\, and solidarity\nPowerful Partnerships: Lavender Rights Project\, NAACP AOWSAC\, and community allies\n\n\n\nWhy It Matters\nEvents like Louder Than Hate remind us that liberation is collective. Hate has no place in Seattle\, in Washington\, or anywhere. Together\, we rise for justice\, safety\, dignity\, and joy.
URL:https://naacpaowsac.org/event/louder-than-hate-trans-queer-joy-as-resistance/
LOCATION:Washing Hall\, 153 14th Ave\, Seattle\, WA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Race & Justice
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SUMMARY:Belonging and Being Othered: Representation\, Liberation\, Power and the Struggle for Justice
DESCRIPTION:📅 Date: Wednesday\, August 27\, 2025\n🕕 Time: Doors open at 6:00 PM | Program begins at 6:30 PM\n📍 Location: Bridgeview Resource Center\, 505 Omaha Way\, Vancouver\, WA 98661\n🍽️ Dinner: A hot meal will be served \n\nBelonging and Being Othered: Representation\, Liberation\, Power\, and the Struggle for Justice\nTogether\, we will wrestle with the question: “Who gets to belong in America\, and who is kept at the margins?” \nThis panel will explore the deep tensions between belonging and othering in American life. We’ll look at how representation\, systemic power\, and racial justice shape who is seen\, valued\, and free. The conversation will confront hard truths about exclusion and oppression while envisioning a future grounded in liberation\, equity\, and collective healing. \nPanelists\n\nVanessa Neal – VP Diversity Equity Inclusion\, Clark College\nVanessa Gaston – Director\, Community Services\, Clark County\nSiobhana McEwen – Executive Director\, SWEC\nPaul Speer – Retired VP of Development\, Hewlett-Packard\nRev. Michael Jones Jr. – VP & Chair\, Legal Redress and Civil Rights\, NAACP\nFrank So – Executive Director\, Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon\n\n\nAttend In Person or Virtually\nCan’t make it to Vancouver? Join us via livestream and be part of the conversation from wherever you are. \nJoin the Livestream Here \n\n\nEvent at a Glance\n\n6:00 PM: Doors open and dinner served\n6:30 PM: Program begins with panel discussion and community dialogue\n8:30 PM: Closing remarks\n\n\n\nBe Part of the Movement\nTogether\, we will imagine bold possibilities for transformation and collective healing.
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