Michele Storms
@mestorms
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executive director at ACLU-WA; we all belong. she/they. opinions are mine
seattle, wa, usa
Joined December 2008
Pride means protecting what and who we love. EVERY month, every day.
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3 .14.2023 Happy Birthday Albert Einstein. Born on Pi-day, 1879, Germany. Shown teaching physics at Lincoln University, PA (an HBCU) in 1946. "The separation of the races is not a disease of colored people. It is a disease of white people. I do not intend to be quiet about it."
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"Holding students down so they can’t move, locking them in rooms so they can’t leave, or using pepper spray or medications on them to control their behavior are examples of restraint and isolation, and their use is widespread in schools across the state".
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"Today marks the beginning of Black Futures Month. And the ACLU-WA is here, prepared to recognize and honor the past, grapple with the present and look forward to the future we are building together. " @mestorms
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Indigenous Peoples' Day 2021
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Louisiana is sending kids to its notorious Angola Prison and holding them on its former death row. Thanks @yasmincader for writing this story and @ACLU for challenging this outrageous practice.
teenvogue.com
Louisiana’s Angola prison is a former plantation.
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A great article. Fascinating and infuriating.
lohud.com
For more than a century, New Yorkers had access to free public college -- until Gerald Ford took it away. The reasons presage a student debt crisis
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Join us tonight. I'm so proud I was able to converse with the powerful @valariekaur, founder of the Revoltionary Love Project. @ACLU_WA
The celebration kicks off tonight at 6:30 PM. Watch it live here. https://t.co/tss6dKcbt3
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I'd say we're both so very fortunate! Welcome to Seattle @TonyVarona , i am thrilled to see a person with your wisdom, values, and commitment to equity, justice, and service joining our community. Here's to more visits and collaborations!
A delight and privilege to get to hang out with and learn from the great @mestorms, ACLU-WA’s Executive Director — a champion for justice, equity and democracy, a brilliant and wise attorney, one of the leaders of our PNW legal community, and a bar licensure task force colleague.
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A reminder that we are hiring new faculty colleagues @seattleulaw in con law, torts, tax, LRW & clinic. Other needs incl environmental law, ADR/trial ad, IP, health, business & bankruptcy. Deadline Sept. 1! Come join our wonderful, supportive community in a 'best place to live!'
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📣Prosecutors are among some of the most powerful yet least understood actors in the criminal legal system – and some of the most difficult to hold accountable. 👉Decisions made by prosecutors are a leading cause of mass incarceration.
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Join us in Seattle on 7/17 to watch this impact documentary about Tamara Lanier’s fight against Harvard to reclaim images of her great-great-great-grandfather, an enslaved man named Renty. RSVP: https://t.co/4QfY4LepOH
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I’m looking forward to being in conversation with Erwin Chemerinsky about his new book, Presumed Guilty. It’s tomorrow— join us if you can!
This Thursday at 6ET: Join us to explore how the Supreme Court has knelt to police power, with disastrous consequences for communities of color, with Berkeley Law's Erwin Chemerinsky
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perhaps this will offer a hopeful feeling...
I had a powerful conversation with @RevDrBarber in which he said the mule kicks hardest before it dies. These times may feel relentless and overwhelming. Many of our rights and our humanity are under attack, but don’t stop fighting!
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📢TOMORROW MORNING: Join us at Cal Anderson Park in Seattle to demand abortion justice! #BansOffOurBodies #AbortionIsHealthcare
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Life without parole is a euphemism for a death in prison sentence. The Korematsu Center has stopped using the euphemism in our advocacy. Let's all stop using this euphemism.
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‼️Pro-choice rally and press conference -- 2:30 TODAY AT KERRY PARK IN SEATTLE Find ACLU-WA reps in blue scarves for free rally signs and stickers!
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We have a right to abortion and we will fight for it. If you're taking to the streets today to march for reproductive freedom, we're with you. Know your rights.
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