Empowered Together:
Collective Action for A Just Future
Saturday | March 15, 2025
9:00am – 5:00pm
Spokane Central Library
Our annual Peace & Justice Action Conference is the largest event in the Inland Northwest region for activists to sharpen skills, deepen analysis, and strengthen relationships. This year’s theme Empowered Together: Collective Action for a Just Future invites activists, community organizers, and advocates from across the Inland Northwest and beyond to unite for a transformative experience focused on peace, justice, and collective liberation.
This dynamic event serves as a platform for individuals and groups to deepen their understanding, enhance their skills, and strengthen the alliances necessary for building a more just and equitable world. Whether you’re looking to sharpen your activism skills, gain new insights into social justice issues, or forge connections that will strengthen your work, Empowered Together is the place to be. We believe that, through collective action, we can create the future we want to see: a future that is just, sustainable, and free from oppression. Join us as we gather to strategize, inspire, and empower one another—together, we can build a just future for all. Lunch is included in the price of registration.
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Aaron Scott | he / him
Aaron Scott is a church worker, organizer, leader with the Poor People’s Campaign, and co-founder of Chaplains on the Harbor. A second-generation preacher and third-generation organizer, he is a trans father and a Christian who grew up in poverty. Scott, who received his MA in Biblical Studies from Union Theological Seminary in 2009, is a contributing author to both We Cry Justice and Jesus Led a Poor People’s Campaign. He and his family live in Tacoma, Washington.
Bring Back Your People
Ten Ways Regular Folks Can Put a Dent in White Christian Nationalism
For White folks alarmed by the rise of Christian nationalism comes this mouthy, practical guide to resisting, organizing, and holding conversations with your cousin Randy or anyone else who has been misled by White Christian nationalist ideas. The rise of White Christian nationalism seems impossible to stop. We need a road map to countering recruitment. And we needed it yesterday.
Aaron Scott, a second-generation preacher, third-generation organizer, and leader with the Poor People’s Campaign, has watched loved ones and peers get recruited into White Christian nationalism. Here, he shares strategies of relationship and conversation for those of us who don’t know what to do. And he dishes out harsh words. Sure, you can invite your cousin Randy to the wine-and-cheese reception with your candidate. But Randy’s pulling the night shift, and the Proud Boys are more than willing to give him a ride to their barbecue if he can’t afford the price of gas. Somebody once hooked Randy with a story about the world, Scott reminds us. That story was false, but it gave Randy meaning and connection. We’ve got to give him something better to bring him back.
Salty, smart, and searing, Bring Back Your People offers ten ways regular-ass folks can draw others toward a better vision of faith, politics, and our common life. It answers questions like: Who are White Christian nationalists targeting? (Hint: most White folks . . . and beyond.) How do I talk to my hairdresser about it? (Carefully.) Why is it gaining steam so fast? (It’s not; you’re just catching up.) Along the way Scott introduces a counter-history of White people organizing for real justice, and even what that ornery abolitionist John Brown can offer us today. If you’re frightened by the way White Christian nationalism mesmerizes so many–grab this lifeline and hang on tight.