The Blogful of Salt
We told legislators to stop the cuts and raise revenue
By Justin Filla, Young Activist Leader and PJALS Intern Attending this year’s Lobby Day in Olympia on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day while representing the Peace and Justice Action League was a great experience. Washington Community Action Network did a…
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Time to Put People First
By Michelle Little, Young Activist Leader and PJALS Intern Being a single mother of three young children, I depend on many programs to care for my family while I am attending college, including Medicaid, food stamps, child care assistance and…
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Peace and Economic Justice Action Conference 2013
Rave reviews about our Action Conference: “Great variety of programs and the opportunity to meet new people!” “It gave me inspiration and hope.” “Surrounded by the energy of like minded people, rare in Spokane!” “Open discussions, amazing positive energy, and…
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17-year-old sentenced to life in prison needs support
Please support the release of Yvette Louisell (0805144), who was sentenced as a 17-year-old college student to life without parole. Yvette has been incarcerated now for 24 years. Take a moment to write a short letter to: Judge Michael Moon,…
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The Handful of Salt
Handful of Salt for January-February 2013
Click here to view or download a pdf of our newsletter. You can also read all the content in our blog. Click below to view or download pdf’s of the fliers and event calendar in this issue. Event and meeting…
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pulling at the threads of our culture of violence
by Liz Moore, PJALS Director I hope you will join us on Thursday February 7, in the Community Building Lobby, 35 W. Main from 5:30-8pm for our panel discussion of the culture of violence Like you, my thoughts, heart, and…
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What I wanted to say…
“If corporate interests cared about ‘creating’ jobs in the U.S., NAFTA and subsequent greased skids for ‘Made in the USA’ would be dismantled, and Americans would be building solar and wind power components for global energy needs.” Rusty Nelson on…
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Facing Race: Coalition Calls on Legislators to Work Towards Racial & Economic Equity
by Lucia Vazquez Our WA legislature received a D for its voting on racial equity bills for the 2011 and 2012 sessions. The grade came from Washington Community Action Network’s Facing Race: 2012 Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity, which…
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Land, Freedom, Equality: A Palestinian Village’s Nonviolent Struggle – a visit with a leader of the nonviolent popular resistance in Palestine
By Marianne Torres On January 11 (7:00 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 4340 West Fort George Wright Drive), PJALS will host Iyad Burnat, one of the leaders of the resistance in Bil’in, Palestine (West Bank). Mr. Burnat is in…
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Freedom to Marry: Victory!!!
by Shar Lichty We made history on Nov. 6th, becoming the first state to defend the freedom to marry at the ballot by 53.32% to 46.68%. We were an important part of a historical night for LGBT rights and recognition…
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