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Building a movement to end the death penalty
Building a movement to end the death penalty By Shar Lichty Abolishing the death penalty is the issue that brought me into social justice work and ultimately working at PJALS. For this and many other reasons it is an issue…
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No Justice, No Peace
No Justice, No Peace By Liz Moore This piece was written primarily with white people and non-Black people of color in mind as readers. I first heard this chant when I was a first-year student at Oberlin College, when I…
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Condi Rice Guilty: Lies, Torture, Lost Lives
Condi Rice Guilty: Lies, Torture, Lost Lives A great crowd of PJALS members gathered Oct 9 to tell the truth about Condoleezza Rice’s record and legacy as she spoke at Whitworth’s Presidential Leadership Forum. We earned coverage in the Spokesman,…
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VFP #035 Donates to VFP #160 HOA BINH (Peace) Chapter in Vietnam
VFP #035 DONATES TO VFP#160 HOA BINH (PEACE) CHAPTER IN VIET NAM By Hollis Higgins With the U.S. Government about to spend $65 million rewriting the history of the Viet Nam War that bitterly divided our citizens, you may be…
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Handful of Salt Dec-Jan-Feb 2014-15
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The Exonerated: America has a legal system. It needs a justice system
America has a legal system. It needs a justice system. The Exonerated A dramatic reading of the actual words of six wrongfully condemned persons who emerged from death row to reclaim their lives. Written by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen…
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Two reasons to feel hopeful in Spokane
Hope is precious, and when I find it I try to pay attention to it and share it. So I want to tell you about 2 experiences I had just last week that lifted my spirits, buoyed my energy, and…
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Condoleezza Rice speaking in Spokane
Whitworth University is bringing Condoleezza Rice as part of their President’s Leadership Forum on Thursday, October 9th at the Convention Center. PJALS is working with Vets for Peace, IWW and Occupy Spokane to organize a nonviolent protest outside of her…
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Warrior Songs Spokane hosts retreat and “A Public Listening”
There are so many unacceptable costs of war from human life to the “demonic destructive suction tube” draining resources from our federal budget. While we continue to oppose each and every act of war, let us not also tell the…
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