Community Service Award Banquet 

Actively Reclaiming &Holding on to Our Democracy

 Working to create a more democratic space, where citizens don’t merely choose from a menu of options determined by the wealthy. 

            -Formal/Cultural/African Attire is encouraged but not required

      Date: October 3, 2025    Time: 6 PM-9 PM   $100.00

                      Location: La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Tacoma - Seattle

                                                1425 E 27th St, Tacoma, WA 98421

                                                             A call to action, APRI-Tacoma. We are stronger together 

WA ACLU Executive Director Michele Storms. Meet Our Keynote Speaker: Michele Storms

Michele Storms is the Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington (ACLU of Washington). She has also served as Deputy Director of the ACLU of Washington, Assistant Dean for Public Service, and Executive Director of the William H. Gates Public Service Law program at the University of Washington School of Law.

Preceding those roles, she served as a statewide advocacy coordinator at Columbia Legal Services and later at the Northwest Justice Project, where, over a combined five-year period, she coordinated civil legal aid advocacy in the areas of family law, youth and education, housing, elder law, Native American, and right-to-counsel issues.

She previously served on faculty at the University of Washington School of Law, where she founded what is now the Child and Youth Advocacy Clinic and taught several other courses. In addition to her service on numerous boards and guilds both locally and nationally, Michele served on the Washington State Access to Justice Board for six years and the board of OneAmerica.

Michele is concerned with equity and justice for all, and has dedicated her professional and personal attention to access to justice, preservation of freedom and democracy for all, and ensuring that all humans safely reside in the “circle of human concern.”

Movement-building Projects:  A call to action, APRI-Tacoma. We are stronger together 

• Wangari Maathai was the founder of the Green Belt Movement and the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

• Loper Hope and Caring International Limited Representative