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Pull the Pentagon Pork: Protect our Priorities, Protect Families

Update: Check out our photo petition on the National Day of Action to Pull the Pentagon Pork here! By Lucy Vazquez On Tuesday February 19th PJALS members met with John Culton, the Eastern Washington Director for Senator Patty Murray as…

Pulling at the Threads: Examining our Culture of Violence

By Justin Filla, Intern On Thursday, February 7th the Peace and Justice Action League held an event titled Pulling at the Threads: Examining our Culture of Violence. The event consisted of a panel of five individuals who spoke on the…

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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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…