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3 ways you can advance No Discrimination Spokane

3 ways you can advance No Discrimination Spokane By Pui-Yan Lam, co-chair of No Discrimination Spokane The No Discrimination Spokane coalition was created as a collective response to a ballot measure called Proposition 1 that would have taken away…

“difficult yet creative and exciting”

“difficult yet creative and exciting” By Brooke Sutton, PJALS Intern As an intern at the Peace and Justice Action League I got to the chance to participate in new experiences such as marching in the Indigenous people’s march, attending…

“space for young people to share their experiences”

“space for young people to share their experiences” By Zoe Hjelm, PJALS Intern The most impactful experience for me as an intern with Peace and Justice Action League (PJALS) was being the coordinator of the Young Activist Leaders Program…

Join our Peace & Justice Action Committee!

Join our Peace & Justice Action Committee! By Shar Lichty, PJALS Organizer Our Peace and Justice Action Committee has been busy working on ways to increase awareness of the connections between what Dr. King referred to as the triple…

2 ways we’re showing up for racial justice

2 ways we’re showing up for racial justice By Taylor Weech, SURJ committee chair Our Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) committee is gearing up for a big summer and we want you to join us in building community…

No New Jail

The Smart Justice Spokane coalition, of which PJALS is a founding member, has released a letter to the Spokane County Board of Commissioners. We wrote to raise concerns we have with part of the current process that the County and…

SURJ No New Jail Canvas

Join our Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) committee this summer as we do outreach at events and go door to door to engage more everyday people in Spokane in a couple of important racial justice campaigns! We are going…

Activists Mobilizing for Power

Activist training conference coming to Spokane, Sept 6-8 Western States Center is bringing their flagship activist training conference to Spokane. Activists Mobilizing for Power (AMP) attracts hundreds of social justice leaders from across the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain West for three…

From Venezuela to the border and beyond: Stop the spiral of violence!

We are recognizing once again the increased fervor of the U.S. war machine with these recent actions from the Trump-Pence Administration: Increased aggression and preparations for war against Iran.Calling for war in Venezuela by expanding sanctions, breaking diplomatic ties, failure…

PJALS Statement on Liberty State Gala

It is repugnant that anyone who represents our community — such as County Prosecutor Larry Haskell and City Council member Mike Fagan — would choose to associate themselves with this effort that calls for violence, this effort to literally divide…