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Action Needed: Sit and Lie Ordinance Vote on December 16

Emails Needed on Sit and Lie Ordinance, Attend City Council Meeting on Monday December 16 Spokane City Councilman Allen, with the support of the Downtown Spokane Partnership, has dropped an expanded “sit and lie” ordinance that will come up for…

Education Deform: School-to-Prison Pipeline

Originally published by Dissident Voice (http://dissidentvoice.org/2013/12/education-deform-school-to-prison-pipeline/) by Paul Haeder As a preface here, as I have done many times as my role as writer for DV, I have to default to the local, as in, where you see fault lines…

Tell Mayor Condon: independent investigations & nothing less!

Carl Maxey, attorney and civil rights worker, said in 1975: “There must be a viable method for getting a full and complete investigation when a death is caused by a policeman.” And 38 years later, our community’s long struggle for…

The Blogful of Salt

Books Not War benefit booksale brought people together and raised funds

We built a bookstore out of donated books in the lobby of the Community Building on Oct 5. Volunteers sorted out some “staff pics” to highlight. Bobby Kirl and Sheila Fox played music we all enjoyed! Roast House loaned us…

Notes from the fundraising learning curve

I’ve been an activist and organizer since high school, and I’ve worked with some inspiring folks on a wide variety of issues. But my depth of experience with fundraising is much less, well, deep. This past year has brought a…

Volunteers needed

WANTED: Volunteer Coordinator, Office Manager, Bookkeeping Assistant, Bookkeeper, Treasurer, CPA We’re seeking justice-lovers and peaceniks to join the team of dedicated volunteers that make this organization function from the inside out! Good work environment and lots of appreciation guaranteed! Call…

Over the counter

Rusty Nelson on Peace and War May Americans with some degree of accountability or any inclination for peace please agree to stop pretending that counter-terrorism is something other than terrorism? It seems to me that the land of the free…

Police Accountability: Council rejects TA

By Dom Felix, Intern The struggle for independent oversight of police continues. After 21 months of negotiations between the Mayor and the Police Guild, the voters are not any closer to it than they were after passing Proposition 1 way…

Your Snowflakes created a Blizzard for Accountability

Our snowflakes created a facebook blizzard that could not be ignored! Thank you to the more than 40 individuals who helped spread the message: Mayor Condon failed the voters; Council: Reject the new police contract; Police Accountability for Spokane…