Thank you so much for your support of PJALS. Your dedicated and generous support over years is the reason we are celebrating 45 years this fall. The PJALS Steering Committee set our 2020 priorities at a retreat with staff in…

The 2020 Member Priority Survey was circulated in November-December 2019, and 159 people responded – the largest response we’ve had!

YALP has an event at the end of every year, and this year YALP was planning on a social justice art showcase night with the categories writing, video, performing arts, and visual arts, called Arts in Action. The idea came…

SPOKANE – Smart Justice Spokane Coalition is extremely concerned about racial inequities in the recent jail releases during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Spokane County/City officials have failed to take action to address systemic racism in the justice system leaving African Americans,…

Imagine showing up to work one day and being told to go home and not come back. That you won’t get paid for the work you have done since the last time you were paid and that you don’t qualify…

Before COVID shook up our way of working, our SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice) committee had big plans to continue our doorbelling and outreach effort to say No New Jail! along with continuing our efforts to do direct support,…

Our Peace & Justice Action Committee (PJAC) had begun offering a video conference option in February to allow folks to participate regardless of weather or other conditions so transitioning our work online was a smoother transition for members of this…

Spokane County Mutual Aid is an all-volunteer grassroots network operating in Spokane County. We formed as a response to the COVID-19 outbreak and are working within our community to build better neighborhood-based systems of support. The collective can currently help…

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, we had to cancel the Action Conference. We had to cancel the Benefit Breakfast and Luncheon. We hope to be able to hold it in September but we can’t know for sure – will it…