The Blogful of Salt Questions for Spokane Police Department Chief Candidates Submitted on behalf of the Spokane Police Accountability & Reform Coalition on Friday Sept 16 2016. 1763 Read more
The Blogful of Salt Organize, Vote, Act! By Liz Moore, PJALS Director Looking ahead, I am beginning to imagine what our work and our role would be living under a Donald Trump presidency or under a Hillary Clinton presidency. As I imagine this, I exhort myself to… Read more
The Blogful of Salt Calling Us All In: Race, Class, Gender, and Justice As we cap off our year of celebrating our 40th anniversary, we turn our gaze to the future and the work to be done. Join us on Thursday, October 13, 2016 for a lunchtime event at the Woman’s Club of… Read more
The Blogful of Salt Thanks to Wonderful PJALS Volunteers Steering Committee: Louise Chadez, Cly Evans (Chair), Dom Felix, Jessica Jahn, Adrian Murillo (on leave), Taylor Weech (Vice Chair), Deb Svoboda, Ray Thorne (Secretary) Interns & Practicum Students: Hawa Elias & Bailey Russel, Gonzaga University; Ashley Bergman, Whitworth University;… Read more
The Blogful of Salt Our priority areas for 2016-17 As determined by our member priority survey responses and our Steering Committee! A Just Society: Smart Justice and Police Accountability Peace: Truth in Recruitment, Consciousness-Raising about Militarism, and Mobilizing against War! Human Rights Community Organizing: Building collective power with targeted… Read more
The Blogful of Salt Rusty Nelson on Peace and War; Fire! As tough as it always is to narrow the scope of my commentary, I had done the writing before going to church Sunday morning. I planned to tinker with it and submit it in the afternoon, almost in time.… Read more
The Blogful of Salt Police Accountability Summer Gathering By Jaclyn Archer, YALPista On August 12 and 13 community organizers from Spokane, Portland, Seattle, Olympia, and other Washington cities came together to discuss police accountability in the Northwest. The first annual Northwest Community Coalition on Police Accountability was held… Read more
The Blogful of Salt PJALS Membership Meeting & Potluck Thursday, Sept 29th 5:30pm Community Bldg, 35 W. Main Come join in our potluck dinner and annual membership meeting! New folks, friends, and kids welcome! We’ll share plans for campaigns and programs as well as a finance report, and we’ll… Read more
The Blogful of Salt Yvette Louisell released from Prison (Part 3) By Nancy Street, PJALS member Some of you have followed the progress of Yvette Louisell as published in the Handful of Salt over many years. Part 1 appeared in 2005 and Part 2 in 2010. Seventeen year-old Yvette, who is… Read more
The Blogful of Salt Share your PJALS story We want to hear your PJALS story! As we near the end of our 40th year of building a just and nonviolent world, we are asking for your help to tell the story of PJALS–through your experiences. Will you… Read more
