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PJALS Received a Game Changing Grant

By Farand Gunnels, PJALS Development Coordinator This year, Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane (PJALS) was honored and overwhelmed, to say the least, to receive a Satterberg Foundation Core Support Grant for $100,000 a year for 5 years, which…

Be Water: How Ordinary Hong Kong People Became Creative Organizers and What We Can Learn From Them

Wednesday, November 6th 6-7:30 pm at The Monroe Room, 2003 N. Monroe, Spokane, WA A Presentation by Pui-Yan Lam The creative, flexible and fast-changing strategies used by Hong Kong people received a lot of attention in the media coverage of…

PJALS Voter Guide 2019

Positions taken by the PJALS Steering Committee: Statewide Initiatives YES on I-1000/R-88 Affirmative Action & Diversity Commission This measure would allow the state to remedy documented or proven discrimination against, or under-representation of, certain disadvantaged groups. It would allow the…

Rising Up Strong: A Culture of Love and Belonging

Rising Up Strong: A Culture of Love and Belonging Remarks by PJALS Director Liz Moore at May 8 PJALS Luncheon In the Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane, we know that everyday people have the power to accomplish extraordinary…

A Little Imagination

A Little Imagination By Rusty Nelson a retired former co-director of PJALS and an active member of Veterans For Peace, Spokane Chapter Many of us remember learning about Columbine High School. The shooting was an unimaginable tragedy. Now it seems…

May Day: for justice in our communities

May Day: for justice in our communities By Martin Negrete May Day (May 1st), is a day of action to honor all hard-working people across the nation and to fight for immigrant and refugee rights. People use this day…

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…