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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…
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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…
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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,”…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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2022 Fall Membership Drive
Your membership donation helps to support two of our leadership development programs, Young Activists Leaders Program (YALP) and Building, Organizing Leadership Development (BOLD). Here is a special message from PJALS Youth Organizer, Sarah Hegde, with exciting YALP updates: Will you…
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Take Action Today Against Racism and Hate
As you might already know, an extremist Christian nationalist group is holding a political rally in our region September 16-17. Because this group, called ReAwaken America, uses the name of Jesus, and includes Christian music, prayers and Scriptural citations, Christians…
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Reflection on the Passing of Sandy Williams
I know many of you have already seen the sad and shocking news of Sandy Williams passing with her partner Patricia Hicks. Here is the Spokesman Review Article on Sandy’s Passing. We’re grieving her loss. Sandy Williams was a role…
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