Upcoming Events

Meaningful Movies Bellevue is proud to present the award-winning documentary, Seeding Change: The Power of Conscious Commerce. Never have the stakes been higher, whether it's climate change, soil degradation or plastic pollution. "Triple bottom line" companies provide an immediate opportunity for viewers to be a part of the solution. This film will educate consumers on how they can help save the world one purchase at a time by considering the social, environmental and financial impacts of companies that address some of today's most challenging issues. Seeding Change: The Power of Conscious Commerce April 27th, ZOOM opens at 6:50; 7PM Zoom Event [...]

In March of 1942, 227 Japanese Americans were forcibly removed from their homes on Bainbridge Island by the US Army. Starting with this small community, a national strategy began, with more than 120,000 Japanese American men, women, and children forcibly removed and incarcerated during World War II. Clarence Moriwaki shares the story of Bainbridge Island—the origin point of the Japanese American exclusion—to provide a human, historical account of this national tragedy, and to ask the question: Are there parallels to what’s happening in America now? Moriwaki uses historical images, including historical and current propaganda, to explore the fear, racism, and failure [...]

You are invited to join PJALS Youth Organizers Sarah & Ivy for intergenerational, interactive workshops on key skills YOU can use! Learn power-mapping, recruitment, public speaking, campaign planning, self-care, and more! All ages and experience levels welcome. Those who attend four or more workshops/panels will receive a certificate! During this workshop, Ivy and Sarah will cover the different roles of an activist. They'll use Bill Moyer's tool that clarifies how we work for change on two levels: individually and organizationally.

Join us at the Jewish Coalition for Immigrant Justice NW's 3rd annual Share Our Harvest Fundraiser benefiting the Fair Fight Bond Fund. We aim to raise funds in solidarity with the WA Immigrant Solidarity Network (WAISN) to secure the release of immigrants from the NW ICE Processing Center (formerly the NW Detention Center). This is a valuable deportation defense tool, as immigrants have a 70% greater chance of winning their cases if they are bonded out of detention. Our program includes a keynote address by WA State Attorney General Bob Ferguson, music by Las Cafeteras, the Jewish Coalition’s first Tzedek Award, Rabbi [...]

For over three decades, attorney (and now ACLU Deputy Legal Director) Jeffery Robinson has devoted his career to racial justice. In recent years, he has travelled the country speaking hard truths about race in America. “Our history,” he tells audiences, “has been stolen from us.” Weaving heartbreak, humor, passion, and rage, Robinson takes us through this stolen history, showing us how the legacy of slavery and U.S. imperialism impacts every aspect of imperialism impacts our society. The history Robinson imparts is not easy. It is not comfortable. But it is necessary. In the end, Robinson’s words are a call to arms. [...]