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Community Meeting for Police Accountability

Will you come to and invite your friends to this Community Meeting of the Spokane Police Accountability & Reform Coalition? Facebook event here, and a flier you can print is here! Because of pressure and pushing from community members, Spokane…

Join us Sunday for our Annual Membership Meeting!

We hope you’ll join us at our Annual Membership Mmeeting, this Sunday November 11. We’ll have lunch at 1:00 pm and then start the meeting at 2:00 pm. There’s a suggested donation of $7 for the lunch. We’ll be in…

KYRS Local News Nov 2

Highlights, history and analysis from Thursday’s news conference announcing the submission of a newly proposed Police Ombudsman Ordinance for the City of Spokane by the Center for Justice and the Peace & Justice Action League of Spokane. Includes and interview…

PJALS supports new strong Police Oversight ordinance

Liz Moore, PJALS director, gave this statement at a PJALS and Center for Justice press conference this afternoon, where our organizations released a newly drafted ordinance strengthening independent oversight of the Spokane Police Department, with the support of the League…

My Recipe for Peace

Liz Moore shares her Recipe for Peace with us. Thanks to One Peace, Many Paths for organizing the event that brought us together. http://www.onepeacemanypaths.org/

November is for SOAW

Rusty Nelson on Peace and War Remember School of the Americas? School of Assassins? Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation? Some of us will never forget our experiences at Ft. Benning or the U.S.-sponsored atrocities that made us passionate about…

Risk Takers

By Mike Edwards, PJALS member “Risk takers” is a Republican phrase that has become synonymous with describing the men who singlehandedly grow the economy and in the process, lead America to a better, more ethical, wealthier future. What politicians say…

Col. Ann Wright: Patriot for Peace

by Michelle Little, intern I have often felt that many of the wars we are waging in foreign countries were wrong. I remember watching the initial bombing in our second war with Iraq played live on my television screen in…

The Blogful of Salt

Welcome Michelle Little

Michelle Little grew up in Omak, WA, and is the mother of three children, ages 7, 4, and 2. Michelle decided to get a degree in social work so she can change people’s views on social workers, due to her…

The Blogful of Salt

Welcome Josh Neil

Josh Neil, from Whidbey Island, WA, is very active on EWU’s campus, where he helps the Pride Center Coordinator with various presentations about the LGBT community and how to become an ally. Josh got very interested in learning more about…