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One White Woman’s Thoughts on the Recent Anti-racism Workshop
by Sara, workshop participant It’s hard to know what to do about racism. As a white person, the whole systemic institutionalization of racism and slavery in our prison industrial complex and in our police stations and courts (and media and…
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Transformational Organizing for Social Change: Calling Us All In WORKSHOP
All Saints Lutheran Church, 314 S Spruce St # A Thursday, Oct 13th 5:30pm-8:00pm Register here. PJALS members and Living Lightly – Free General Public – $10 The key to movement building for the long haul is changing hearts and…
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A Poet’s Thoughts on Our PJALS Annual Membership Meeting
By Fitz Hello Peace and Justice advocates, My name is Fitz and I have been a member of PJALS since I was a teenager and involved in the reincarnation of Young Activist Leaders Program a few years back. I’m also…
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A New Intern Meets PJALS Community
By Christina Walden Last week we had the annual membership meeting for PJALS! It was the first one I have attended as I am a new Intern this year. We had a great turnout of people from many generations and…
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Register for “Wake Up & Work” Anti-Racism Workshop Series
Join PJALS steering committee vice-chair Taylor Weech for a series of evening workshops addressing what anti-racist principles look like in practice and planning ways to get more deeply involved as a multicultural coalition of members in identifying and addressing the…
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Questions for Spokane Police Department Chief Candidates
Submitted on behalf of the Spokane Police Accountability & Reform Coalition on Friday Sept 16 2016. 1763
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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…
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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…
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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;…
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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…
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