What's happening in the next few days here?

Here are a few events in the Thurston County area that will keep you entertained in the coming week!

Endangered Species Day at Puget Sound Estuarium: Sat, May 22, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm.

Washington is home to over 40 threatened or endangered plants and animals. Spend the day at the Estuarium learning about some of the endangered species found around the Salish Sea and how you can help protect them! For more information, click here.

 Bringing the World Outside onto the page: Olympia Illustrators in Conversation - Online: Sat. May 22, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm.

Calling all picture book appreciators! Spend an afternoon with amazing Olympia illustrators Carrie O'Neill (Our Shed: A Father-Daughter Building Story), Nikki McClure (1 2 3 Salish Sea: A Pacific Northwest Counting Book), and Corinna Luyken (The Tree In Me). Click here for more registration details.

On Asian America: AAPI Experiences and Identities – Online: Mon. May 24, 6:00 pm.

Join us for a virtual discussion that explores the modern experience of being Asian in America – how we got to where we are today, and how to reverse these troubling trends in tandem with other communities of color. Click here for registration details.

Justice Innovation and Racial Equity in Thurston County – Online: May 26, 7:00 pm.

Thurston County is now home to several innovative justice programs. In this forum you will hear about these programs' progress, their plans for the future, and how the programs may affect the significant disparity in Thurston County’s minority arrest and incarceration rates. Click here for more registration details.

Let It Not Happen Again: Lessons of the Japanese American Exclusion – Online: May 27, 12:00 pm.

Join Clarence Moriwaki,  president of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community as he 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? Click here for more details.