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PJALS Member Potluck and Voting Party

PJALS Member Potluck & Voting Party Wednesday, Oct 24 5:30-8 pm Community Building Lobby, 35 W. Main Bring food, your ballot, and your friends! Join us for our annual membership meeting: Tasty potluck nosh, voter guide on initiatives, quick reports…

WA Supreme Court Ends the Death Penalty!

PJALS Statement on the WA Supreme Court ruling to end the death penalty: As an organization whose mission is to build a just and nonviolent world, PJALS has actively worked to repeal the death penalty for 34 years. Today we…

PJALS Voter Guide 2018

POSITIONS TAKEN BY THE PJALS STEERING COMMITTEE Statewide & local initiatives YES on I-940 – Police Training & Community Safety This measure would require all law enforcement officers in the state to receive violence de-escalation and mental health training, as…

Protest Vice President Mike Pence in Spokane!

On Tuesday October 2, Vice President Mike Pence is expected to appear in Spokane! If Vice President Pence has his way, our future wouldn’t be far off from Margaret Atwood’s dystopian Handmaid’s Tale, a book that deeply terrified me at…

Rusty Nelson on Peace and War: Power to the Peaceful!

Rusty Nelson on Peace and War: Power to the Peaceful! “Power to the Peaceful” is emblazoned upon one of my favorite t-shirts, the one commemorating the VFP National Convention of 2013. Hollis Higgins brought it to me from Madison, Wisconsin,…

Peace and Justice Action Committee needs you!

Peace and Justice Action Committee needs you! Peace and Justice Action Committee members went all-in for the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival launch with 40 Days of Action during May and June. We began with outreach,…

Supporting Immigrants, Racial Justice, and Criminal Justice Reforms

Supporting Immigrants, Racial Justice, and Criminal Justice Reforms Last year’s member survey showed broad member support for supporting immigrants and criminal justice reform and resulted in these two issues being a part of our priorities during 2018-2019. We have recently…

How Anti-Semitism Animates White Nationalism

How Anti-Semitism Animates White Nationalism The re-emergence of white nationalism as a movement in our region and nation calls us to deepen our understanding of these issues and deepen our commitment to anti-racism, to fighting anti-Semitism, and to identifying and…

Brene Brown, personal growth, and working on structural racism

Brene Brown, personal growth, and working on structural racism By Liz Moore, PJALS Director What are the ways that structural racism inhibits the personal growth and healthy personhood of white people? And how can we intertwine our inner and outer…