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We
believe in a community and
a
world free from violence. accountable
to our community. We believe
peaceful prosperity
is
possible.
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Organizing
is
how
everyday
people
accomplish
extraordinary
things÷how
everyday
people
can make their own decisions,
take
action together for shared goals, build their collective power, and
change the
balance of power. In this interactive workshop series with PJALS
Director Liz
Moore, weâll explore and practice using the theories and methodologies
of great
organizers. When
and
Where:
Part
1:
Thursday
February
25
and
Part
2:
Thursday March 4.
Both
parts
will
be
offered
6
pm
ö
8
pm
in the Community Building lobby, 35 W. Main
Ave, Spokane. Registration: Please plan to attend both parts. Workshops are free for current PJALS members. Non-members are very welcome to attend with a $20 registration fee, which includes both workshops, materials, and light refreshments. Student registration fee: $10. To reserve your spot, contact Vickie Woodley at vwoodley@pjals.net or 838-7870.
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PJALS
is
excited
to
announce we are presenting a
Peace and Economic Justice Action Conference on Saturday, March 13, in
Spokane We hope you will
join us to:
Bring
together people and groups
from across the Inland Northwest who support inclusive democracy,
peace,
economic justice, and human rights,
Identify
and discuss ways we can
work together across our region and in our communities to increase our
impact,
and
Build the
skills of participants so
that we can reach out and involve others to take action. The
conference
will
include
speakers and
skill-building workshops. If you have questions, ideas, suggestions for
speakers or workshop topics, or if you would like to present a
workshop, please
contact us at pjals@pjals.net!
Attached
is
a
save
the date flier. Registration cost and location
information coming soon! Please mark your calendar and please forward
the
information to any group or person you think would be interested in the
conference. Thank you!
Peace and
Economic Justice Action Conference Save the Date Flier Donât Have Adobe Acrobat Reader? Go to their website http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html to download the latest version for free.
"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?" - Mohandas Gandhi  Noam Chomsky on Gaza Speaking at MIT January 13, 2009 Click here to watch his speech Click here to read the text  We will not go down a Song for Gaza Click here to listen & see U.S. Complicit in Israel's Crimes Sources say over 1,300 people have been killed in Gaza so far. Roughly one-third were children and about two-thirds civilians. This is roughly 100 times the number of Israelis killed, including three civilians. Israel is preventing international journalists from entering Gaza, making it impossible to independently confirm casualty figures, which are likely worse. It's hard, sometimes, to grasp what these numbers mean; but the pictures...oh god!
Iran-Contra II? In march 2008, The Guardian/UK revealed that the Bush administration (Bush, Rice and Elliott Abrams) had secretly plotted to overthrow democratically elected Hamas (and destroy the emerging threat of an Hamas/Fatah coalition government) by funneling arms and financial support to a more cooperative player in Fatah, particularly Mohammed Dahlan, once Arafat's security chief in Gaza and a person with close ties to the CIA. Vanity Fair detailed the crime in an April 2008 article by David Rose, entitled The Gaza Bombshell. Then just this January, Norman and Matthew Olsen tell the story again in the Christian Science Monitor: An inside story of how the U.S. magnified Palestinian suffering. So much for respecting the democratic wishes of these imprisoned and impoverished people. But then, they are only them and not us. Listen to what may have been his most powerful speech -- still so relevant today.  The speech they don't want you to hear, ever, And note how interchangeable become the words Vietnam - Iraq - Gaza. Martin Luther King, Jr.Beyond Vietnam -- A Time to Break Silence____________________________________________________
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out these photos of the Pjammers at the event:  
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