Supporting Charlottesville, Confronting White Supremacy
Tags: action, organizing, racial equity, racism
On August 19th, our SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice) committee responded to a call from national groups including Movement for Black Lives, The Majority, and Black Lives Matter Charlottesville for a national day of action and response to the white supremacist terror in Charlottesville the prior weekend. There had already been a vigil and […]
Wake Up and Work: a reflection
Tags: action, human rights, racial equity, racism
Wake Up and Work: a reflection By Taylor Weech Over the past couple of years, something has solidified in my mind that I’ve had the uncomfortable pleasure of working on here at PJALS this past year. It probably began when I was told by a comrade of color that undoing racism is fundamentally a white […]
Fighting for justice and equity
Tags: action, racial equity, students, Young Activist Leaders
Fighting for justice and equity By Bailey Russell Hi, I am an intern with PJALS for the 2016-2017 academic school year. I am a senior at Gonzaga University and will be graduating with a B.A. in International Relations and a minor in French in May 2017. I will head to law school in the fall […]
Register for “Wake Up & Work” Anti-Racism Workshop Series
Tags: human rights, organizing, racial equity, racism
Join PJALS steering committee vice-chair Taylor Weech for a series of evening workshops addressing what anti-racist principles look like in practice and planning ways to get more deeply involved as a multicultural coalition of members in identifying and addressing the racial elements of the issues we work on from police oversight to militarism and war. […]
Member Reactions to Forum on Racism, Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice
Tags: action, human rights, organizing, police accountability, racial equity, racism, smart justice, students, Young Activist Leaders
Compiled from members by Taylor Weech, PJALS Steering Committee Member After Wednesday’s Community Forum on Racism, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice, I had a lot of strong reactions and wanted to check in with other PJALS members and friends about their take on the meeting and what our next steps might be as an organization, […]
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 […]
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Tags: economic justice, racial equity, smart justice
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Smart Justice Spokane Updates — Smart Hiring and community member voices!
Tags: economic justice, racial equity, smart justice
By Liz Moore In March, the Board of Spokane County Commissioners added two community members to the Spokane Regional Law and Justice Council (SRLJC), a change long advocated by Smart Justice Spokane to bring the voices of those impacted by the system to the decision-making body. Recruitment for these positions will begin soon — if […]
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