Meaningful Movies Reboot Success!

The partnership between Sustainable Ballard and the Center for Spiritual Living Ballard successfully relaunched Meaningful Movies in Ballard, beginning with an impactful screening of Stamped from the Beginning in honor of Juneteenth. The film was both dense and powerful, prompting a thoughtful discussion on anti-racism efforts and opportunities within the Ballard community. The movie is available on Netflix, and we invite anyone interested in continuing this conversation to join our DEI group which will meet separately throughout the year. Please contact us at info@sustainableballard.org to get involved.

Meaningful Movies Ballard will continue to meet every third Thursday at the Center for Spiritual Living Ballard. On July 17th, we will screen Fish War, which documents the historic struggle of Washington tribes banned from fishing in their traditional waters. When law enforcement began arresting Indigenous fishers, it sparked the Fish Wars—violent protests that culminated in a 1974 court decision affirming treaty rights and establishing tribes as co-managers of salmon. Despite this victory, the fight to protect salmon in the Pacific Northwest persists 50 years later.