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Pentagon cuts could help all

PJALS member and disabled veteran Justin Ellenbecker placed this powerful Guest Editorial in the Spokesman-Review on Saturday, May 11. The discussion over what to do with the budget has been blanketing newspapers and airwaves for quite some time now. Several…

Dan Maher and Blue Ribbon Tea Co. play to benefit PJALS

Inland Folk’s Dan Maher in a rare concert with the Northwest’s best folk voices and songwriters, Bill and Kathy Kostelec. Friday May 17, 7:00 pm 622

Immigration Reform Now

Walk to Keep Our Community Whole!

Come Walk to Keep Our Community Whole on Saturday, March 23rd at 12Noon to reject the Senate’s proposed All-Cuts budget, and call on our state Senators in the 6th and 7th Legislative Districts to raise revenue and reject cuts that…

The Blogful of Salt

Learn, Share, Accompany

by Liz Moore I’m delighted that we were so lucky as to host human rights workers Pablo Obando, Communications Director of the Fray BartolomÃ© Human Rights Center in Chiapas, Mexico, and Tony Nelson, of the Mexico Solidarity Network and the…

Our Community of Action Going Forward Together

by Liz Moore, PJALS Director What I love most about PJALS is being part of a community of people who take action together based on the connections between human rights, economic justice, & peace. Our Steering Committee asked you, PJALS…

Yelling “Fire!” In A Crowded Bill of Rights

Rusty Nelson on Peace and War Cassandra, in ancient Greek stories, has become a more and more compelling character to me as I’ve observed the politics of institutional violence. What curse could frustrate you more than being able to see…

Pulling at the Threads of Violence in our Culture

By Rev. Dr. Todd F. Eklof, The Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane What a privilege it was to moderate during PJALS’ February 7th panel discussion on violence. We don’t hear about most the violence that occurs every day in our…

Rural Organizing Revisited

By Shar Lichty A few years ago, Liz and I had the privilege of visiting some amazing groups of rural progressives to do voter education around seven important ballot initiatives concerning revenue. We have since been wanting to make another…