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Member-to-Member Matching Challenge
Because of members like you, our PJALS community is ending the year stronger than ever. With our member-to-member matching challenge, you can make sure that momentum continues into 2022!
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Young Activist Leaders Program 2021-2022
The Young Activist Leaders Program (YALP) is beginning on Wednesday, December 1st. If you are, or know a young person interested in social justice that wants to learn about community organizing, the Young Activists Leaders Program is for you! YALP…
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PJALS Winter Party
Please mark your calendar and plan to join us for the PJALS Winter Party on Wednesday December 8 via zoom! We’ve just begun planning it and it’s going to be fun! We’ll gather online at 6:00 pm and enjoy an…
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Welcome Jac Archer, PJALS Organizer!
I am just delighted to announce that Jac Archer has joined our staff team as PJALS Organizer! Jac (they/them/theirs) is an experienced organizer and leader who brings a depth of analysis, knowledge, and skill. For me it’s especially wonderful that…
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Young Activist Leaders Program (YALP) Update
Fueled by the immense success of the GrassRoots Organizing Workshops earlier this year, Sarah and Ivy are preparing for yet another dynamic session of the Young Activist Leaders Program (YALP). They are excited to invite young people (both experienced and…
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Congratulations Ivy – ACLU of Washington Youth Activist Award winner!
The ACLU of Washington honored Ivy Pete with the 2021 Youth Activist Award at its Annual Celebration event in October. Ivy, of course, is one of the wonderful PJALS Youth Organizers — but of course she is more than that!…
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Demanding Community-Led Public Safety
by Jac Archer, PJALS Organizer In May this year, Governor Inslee signed eleven police accountability bills into law. Instead of clearly embracing and implementing these new policies, leaders within the Spokane Police Department and Spokane County Sheriff’s Office stirred up…
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You spoke up for fair districting!
The Spokane County Redistricting Committee agreed on a final map that more closely adheres to the proposal outlined from the “Coalition For Creating Five, Equitable Spokane County Commissioner Districts.”  The final redistricting map incorporates our coalition’s values of equity, fairness,…
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Reflecting on PJALS 2021 Action Conference – No Turning Back: Radical Progress And Collective Liberation
by Shar Lichty, PJALS Development Director This September we held our 12th Annual Action Conference virtually for the first time and moved it to the Fall. Moving the conference to zoom presented many new opportunities and challenges. I am so…
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Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) Committee Update
Our Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) committee has been busy this past year with continuing our anti-racist education through book discussions, hosting action hours during the state legislative session to advance police accountability and criminal system reforms, and most…
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