Cascadia Democratic Action hosts a panel discussion on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum, 93 Pike Street, Suite 307, Seattle. The organizer’s description gives a 7 p.m. start and its calendar entry shows 7:30 p.m., so please confirm the time with the organizer.

The panel takes up state-level proposals that are sometimes described as soft secession, and Indigenous nations’ assertions of sovereignty. The panelists are Christopher Armitage, a legal scholar and journalist in Spokane; Nadine Antoinette Maestas, a poet; and Andrew Engelson, a journalist and Cascadia Democratic Action organizer. Cost and registration are not listed.

Details are on the organizer’s event page.

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