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Remembering 13 Years of War in Iraq
This month marks the 13th year of war, occupation, death, and fear in Iraq. Yesterday we held a rally to commemorate this unfortunate anniversary, with the theme being, “resistance of the heart against business as usual.” As a 21-year-old college…
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Fair Chance Hiring Community Forum
Our community forum on Fair Chance Hiring on March 9 was an attempt to educate the Spokane public on ways to include previously incarcerated people in our society. It was encouraging to see the large turnout of business owners and…
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Member Reactions to Forum on Racism, Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice
Compiled from members by Taylor Weech, PJALS Steering Committee Member After Wednesday’s Community Forum on Racism, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice, I had a lot of strong reactions and wanted to check in with other PJALS members and friends about…
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How to ally with American Muslims
Lesson: Every one of us has the power to educate thousands through the “power of the pen!” It was a delight to present a workshop on “How to Ally with American Muslims” with my good friend, Spokane Interfaith Council President…
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Truth in Recruitment and Militarism Awareness Workshop
  During the annual Peace and Economic Justice Action Conference; Jessica and Monce held a workshop about Truth in Recruitment and Militarism Awareness. The objectives of this workshop were too identify a shared definition of militarism and its impacts around…
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Love and Outrage Workshop
I didn’t know what to expect when hosting an anti-racist workshop, specifically for white people, this past weekend at the PJALS conference. Defensiveness, denial, sadness, anger, rejection, embrace, connection, growth: all were possibilities in my mind. What I hadn’t expected…
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Challenging Oppressive Statements
As in previous years’ “Challenging Oppressive Statements” workshops, I found that most of the people attending this workshop find it frustrating when exposed to a statement they feel is oppressive to others. They usually express a desire to have some…
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2016 Opening Reception
[View the story “”Love and Outrage: 40 years of peace & justice music & poetry” Conference Opening Reception” on Storify]
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Action Conference 2016
[View the story “PJALS Action Conference 2016” on Storify]
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Truth in Recruitment and Militarism Awareness
by Jessica Silva On February 4, 2016 the pre re-launch meeting was held in the lobby of the Community Building; concerned people came and expressed what they wish people knew about the military. What stood out to me was that…
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