August Claims
Tags: action, alternatives to incarceration, bring our billion$ home, corporate tax loopholes, death penalty, economic justice, glbt equality, human rights, immigrant rights, militarism, nonviolence, peace, police accountability, racial equity, racism, smart justice
The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle. … If there is no struggle there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, … want crops without plowing up the ground. They want […]
We Walk to Keep Our Community Whole
Tags: corporate tax loopholes, economic justice
by Josh Neil, PJALS intern On March 23rd our community came together to urge our representatives to reject cuts to education, healthcare, and other lifeline programs. Nearly forty people from several organizations came together in the largest action the Spokane’s northside has ever seen.
Walk to Keep Our Community Whole!
Tags: corporate tax loopholes, economic justice, families
Come Walk to Keep Our Community Whole on Saturday, March 23rd at 12Noon to reject the Senate’s proposed All-Cuts budget, and call on our state Senators in the 6th and 7th Legislative Districts to raise revenue and reject cuts that hurt real people in our community.
Our Community of Action Going Forward Together
Tags: Action Conference, alternatives to incarceration, bring our billion$ home, corporate tax loopholes, costs of war, economic justice, human rights, militarism, nonviolence, peace, police accountability, racial equity, racism, rural organizing, smart justice, Young Activist Leaders
by Liz Moore, PJALS Director What I love most about PJALS is being part of a community of people who take action together based on the connections between human rights, economic justice, & peace. Our Steering Committee asked you, PJALS members, to guide strategic planning for 2013-2014. We learned that you overwhelmingly support organizing to […]
Pull the Pentagon Pork: Protect our Priorities, Protect Families
Tags: bring our billion$ home, corporate tax loopholes, costs of war, economic justice, militarism, students, veterans
Update: Check out our photo petition on the National Day of Action to Pull the Pentagon Pork here! By Lucy Vazquez On Tuesday February 19th PJALS members met with John Culton, the Eastern Washington Director for Senator Patty Murray as our second mobilization, following up on our December action, where we delivered over 1,100 signatures […]
Time to Put People First
Tags: corporate tax loopholes, economic justice, families, students, Young Activist Leaders
By Michelle Little, Young Activist Leader and PJALS Intern Being a single mother of three young children, I depend on many programs to care for my family while I am attending college, including Medicaid, food stamps, child care assistance and the Washington State Need Grant for higher education. Continuing cuts to these programs will devastate […]
Facing Race: Coalition Calls on Legislators to Work Towards Racial & Economic Equity
Tags: death penalty, economic justice, families, human rights, racial equity, racism
by Lucia Vazquez Our WA legislature received a D for its voting on racial equity bills for the 2011 and 2012 sessions. The grade came from Washington Community Action Network’s Facing Race: 2012 Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity, which assessed the Washington Legislature’s performance during the 2011 and 2012 regular sessions on issues that […]
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