How to ally with American Muslims
Tags: Action Conference, peace
Lesson: Every one of us has the power to educate thousands through the “power of the pen!” It was a delight to present a workshop on “How to Ally with American Muslims” with my good friend, Spokane Interfaith Council President Skyler Oberst. We distributed copies of a Gallup Poll on American Muslims and informative messaging […]
Truth in Recruitment and Militarism Awareness Workshop
Tags: Action Conference, Afghanistan, costs of war, Iraq, militarism, veterans, war
During the annual Peace and Economic Justice Action Conference; Jessica and Monce held a workshop about Truth in Recruitment and Militarism Awareness. The objectives of this workshop were too identify a shared definition of militarism and its impacts around the world, identify ways to talk about Truth in Recruitment with high school students and […]
Love and Outrage Workshop
Tags: Action Conference, racial equity, racism
I didn’t know what to expect when hosting an anti-racist workshop, specifically for white people, this past weekend at the PJALS conference. Defensiveness, denial, sadness, anger, rejection, embrace, connection, growth: all were possibilities in my mind. What I hadn’t expected was the popularity of the topic. I was unprepared to offer it to over 40 […]
Challenging Oppressive Statements
Tags: action, Action Conference, nonviolence, racism
As in previous years’ “Challenging Oppressive Statements” workshops, I found that most of the people attending this workshop find it frustrating when exposed to a statement they feel is oppressive to others. They usually express a desire to have some helpful tools to express their feelings about derogatory or abusive statements that others make when […]
Wisdom and Wishes from the Action Conference Youth Panel
Tags: Action Conference, students, Young Activist Leaders
At our Action Conference in March, PJALS Steering Committee member and YALP grad Taylor Weech moderated a panel with three young activists: Charlie Johansen is a Cheney High School student who graduated from our Young Activist Leaders Program last year. Jaclyn Acher is an EWU student. Emanuel Flores is a member of Young Emerging Labor […]
Our 6th Annual Peace and Economic Justice Action Conference
Tags: Action Conference
Our 6th Annual Peace and Economic Justice Action Conference by Teresa Kinder, intern March is bringing with it this year’s Action Conference that has become the largest gathering of over 200 progressive thinks from across Washington and neighboring states. This year we will be hosting 24 fabulous workshops on a broad range of issues focusing […]
Meet Our Action Conference Keynote–Judith LeBlanc
Tags: Action Conference
Meet Our Action Conference Keynote By Shar Lichty We are thrilled to have Judith LeBlanc, Senor Organizer with Alliance for a Just Society as our Keynote Speaker at this year’s Peace & Economic Justice Action Conference. Check out our fantastic list of workshops and register now to enjoy early bird rates at pjals.org/2015conference. Judith […]
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