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Latest News Voters Decide! PJALS Voter Resource Guide Two Keys for Voting 1. Are you registered to vote at your current address? You can register to vote, update your registration or address, and learn about what’s on your ballot! It’s easy: VISIT VOTE WA… Read more
Latest News Fall 2022 Newsletter The Handful of Salt – Volume XLVI, Number 3 In This Issue: BOLD Action: Pledge to Vote BOLD Program Update: BOLD Academy and BOLD Canvassing Peace & Justice Action Conference Welcome, Bernadette! Young Activist Leaders Program Update: Project Pathways Showing… Read more
Newsletter City Council Legislation Update This summer we made our voices heard as the City Council took up three critical topics. Protecting Abortion Access After receiving messages and hearing testimony from many people who support reproductive freedom, including PJALS members, the Spokane City Council voted… Read more
Newsletter Christians Organizing Against Christian Nationalism “We’re fighting against Christian nationalism, in part because it goes hand in hand with White nationalism.” – The Reverend Rick Matters A Christian nationalist group held a political rally in our region September 16-17. Because this group, called “ReAwaken America,”… Read more
Newsletter Peace and Justice Action Committee Update: Senator Murray Co-Sponsors Bill to Cut Funding of Saudi War by Sharon Rodkey Smith The PJALS committee for political action has had a very encouraging September! The Peace and Justice Action Committee (PJAC) has been very active in connecting with other groups around the state during lobby visits with the… Read more
Newsletter Showing Up for Racial Justice Updates: Two Perspectives on the Mead School Board Meeting “I came away hopeful.” by Lois Kieffaber Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) Committee Member I went to the September 12th meeting of the Mead School Board during which two controversial proposals were to get their second reading. The first… Read more
Newsletter Welcome, Bernadette! We are delighted to be hosting a Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Professional Fellow our new friend Bernadette Fernandez. Bernadette is visiting PJALS and Spokane from the Philippines, where she is Senior Peace Mission Leader and Head of Secretariat… Read more
Newsletter BOLD Program Update: BOLD Academy and Canvassing September 28th marked the beginning of the second cycle of BOLD: Building Organizing Leadership Development. BOLD is building grassroots power to address racism and poverty in Spokane County by increasing the number of people taking action together. BOLD Academy started… Read more