Editing Bellingham, Washington (section)

===Activism===
The Whatcom Peace & Justice Center was founded in 2002 by local activists, and has been one of the most active such centers in the nation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bellinghampeace.org/press/02_12center.html |title=Whatcom Peace and Justice Center Opens in Downtown Bellingham |access-date=October 25, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061009223453/http://www.bellinghampeace.org/press/02_12center.html |archive-date=October 9, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://oct27.org/node/341|archive-url=https://archive.today/20080301040051/http://oct27.org/node/341|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 1, 2008|title=Whatcom Peace & Justice Center—October 27<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=oct27.org|access-date=August 11, 2017}}</ref>

In October 2006, the Bellingham City Council passed a Troops Home! resolution, making Bellingham the first city in the state of Washington to pass the resolution.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cob.org/web/COUNCIL.nsf/59da8dfbfadd3723882566730073373b/2e41ea3452babeb1882571f60082fd53?OpenDocument |title=Council Minutes for September 25, 2006 City of Bellingham, WA|work=cob.org|access-date=September 28, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001145929/http://www.cob.org/web/COUNCIL.nsf/59da8dfbfadd3723882566730073373b/2e41ea3452babeb1882571f60082fd53?OpenDocument |archive-date=October 1, 2015}}</ref> Two years later, the City Council passed a resolution urging elected representatives and the federal government to avoid war with Iran, becoming the first city in the state to do so.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.citiesforprogress.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=726&Itemid=1 |title=Cities for Peace—IPS |publisher=Citiesforprogress.org |access-date=January 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902124807/http://www.citiesforprogress.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=726&Itemid=1 |archive-date=September 2, 2009 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> In 2012, the City Council unanimously passed a resolution calling upon the federal government to overturn the Supreme Court's decision in the case of [[Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission|FEC v. Citizens United]] by declaring that U.S. Constitutional rights apply to natural persons and not to corporations.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bellingham council approves anti-Citizens United resolution|url=http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012/06/05/2551154/bellingham-council-approves-anti.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118022012/http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012/06/05/2551154/bellingham-council-approves-anti.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 18, 2013|access-date=November 17, 2012|newspaper=Bellingham Herald}}</ref> In 2014, coinciding with Columbus Day that celebrates the arrival of European explorers, the City Council officially established Coast Salish Day to celebrate the Native American peoples who continue to call the geographic region their home.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/10/15/bellingham-unanimously-votes-recognize-coast-salish-day-157355|title=Bellingham Unanimously Votes to Recognize Coast Salish Day|work=Indian Country Today Media Network.com|access-date=September 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125060950/http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/10/15/bellingham-unanimously-votes-recognize-coast-salish-day-157355|archive-date=November 25, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2015, the [[Seattle Arctic drilling protests]] spread to Bellingham when a protester chained herself to the [[anchor]] chain of a [[Royal Dutch Shell]] ship for 63 hours.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title= Arctic drilling update: Protester leaves Shell ship after hanging on since Friday; Student activist Chiara D'Angelo, who has been hanging off the anchor chain of an Arctic oil-drilling support ship since Friday night, has ended her protest |magazine=[[The Christian Science Monitor]] |date= May 25, 2015 |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2015/0525/Arctic-drilling-update-Protester-leaves-Shell-ship-after-hanging-on-since-Friday |access-date=May 27, 2015}}</ref>

In May 2024, students at [[Western Washington University]] formed a [[2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses|pro-Palestine encampment]] outside of Old Main for two weeks.<ref>{{Cite web |title=One week into Western's pro-Palestine encampment |url=https://www.thefrontonline.com/article/2024/05/wwu-pro-palestine-encampment-update?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_latest |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=One week into Western’s pro-Palestine encampment - The Front |language=en-US}}</ref> It disbanded on May 30 after negotiating with the university.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Encampment resolution and reflections {{!}} President's Office {{!}} Western Washington University |url=https://president.wwu.edu/encampment-resolution-and-reflections |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=president.wwu.edu}}</ref>