Talk About It Tuesday 🤝🏽 Protest 101

Join us via Zoom to learn how to organize safely, speak boldly, and show up for justice together. ✊🏽

📅 Tuesday, November 4

⏰ 6PM - 7:30PM

Register here 👉🏽 buff.ly/ltrpAk4

#TalkAboutItTuesday #ProtestTraining #PeaceJusticeAction

Thank you for helping make this event a huge success! Together, we’re carrying 50 years of PJALS work forward. #PJALS50 #Gratitude #TogetherForJustice

From donation cards to moments of connection, our community came together to support 50 years of peace and justice work. 💜

Your generosity filled our hearts! 💜

At our 50th Anniversary Benefit Luncheon, every donation and every smile made a difference. ✨

Thank you to everyone who joined, listened, and celebrated with us. Your presence made this milestone unforgettable!

#PJALS50 #PeaceAndJustice #CommunityPower

Our speakers inspired us and engaged the audience. Every story, every message reminded us why peace and justice work matters. 💜

50 years—and we’re just getting started. ✊🏽

Our 50th Anniversary Benefit Luncheon was full of energy, inspiration, and community. 💜

Thanks to the peacekeepers of @pjals.bsky.social! Supporting nonviolent peaceful resistance in #Spokane for 50 years!

Days like today remind us what people power looks like. When we show up together, we build the future we believe in. 💜✊🏾

#Spokane #NoKings #CommunityPower

Huge gratitude to our Peacekeepers, who helped hold safety and care throughout the rally — grounding us in peace, power, and community protection. 💪🏾💙

Spokane showed up BIG for the No Kings Rally today! 💥

So much energy, love, and determination in the streets — our community came together to say loud and clear: no to fascism, yes to justice. ✊🏾💜

Indigenous People’s Day 🗺️

Today, we take time to reflect on how we and our families came to be on this indigenous land and analyze our relationships to settler colonialism.

The PJALS office, which resides on the unceded lands of the sp'q'n'i people, will be closed in observation.

"Understanding & Overcoming Anti-Democracy Movements" with Dr. Joan Braune ✊🏾✊🏼✊🏿

Sat Nov 8 | 3–5 PM | UU Church of Spokane + Zoom

Free event — learn how far-right movements shape politics & how we can resist!

Sign up here! 👉🏽 buff.ly/46f0J7w

GU students were engaged and excited to learn more about our upcoming YALP internship! 🔥

They shared what YALP is all about—empowering young people to lead for justice and community change. 🙌🏽

Our YALP Youth Organizers brought their energy and passion to Gonzaga University! 💪🏾✨

Banned Books Week! 📚

BTP Spokane is partnering with local bookstores like Aunties, Jupiter's Eye, & Wishing Tree during Banned Books Week.

🗓️10/5 - 10/11.

Buy a book to donate, BTP Spokane will receive a donation match!

Support local bookstores, support Books To Prisoners Spokane!

Only 2 more weeks to go!

Register here 👉🏽 pjals.org/2025benefit

🎤 Meet the speakers! At PJALS’ 50th Anniversary Benefit Luncheon, we’ll hear from 7 powerful voices — each of whom has been part of PJALS’ journey, helping carry this movement through 50 years.

Register here 👉🏽 pjals.org/2025benefit

Together, we’re preparing to show up strong, safe, and united at future actions—grounding our demonstrations in peace and power. 💜✊🏾✨

Through role plays and practice, we learned and strengthened techniques of nonviolent de-escalation—while having plenty of fun together along the way! 😁

💙💚 Thank you to everyone who joined our Peacekeeper Training this weekend! Folks came eager to learn and ready to build skills for community safety & powerful demonstrations. ✨

🚨 Applications Open! 🚨
Spokane youth (14–22): Join YALP this fall to learn organizing, grow your own projects & build community.
🤑💡💥 $250 stipend
📅Fridays after school starting Oct 10
🌐 Apply 👉🏽 buff.ly/bHUhesx

🚨 Happening THIS SATURDAY! 🚨

✊🏽 Peacekeeper Training: Nonviolence in Action

Learn de-escalation, safety planning & hands-on skills to keep community actions safe & effective.

📅 Sat, Sept 27 | 9 AM–1 PM

Register here 👉🏽 buff.ly/wt2pLbD

#PeoplePower #WeKeepUsSafe #Nonviolence

💜 Thank you to our sponsors! 💜

Join us Wed, Oct 15 for PJALS’ 10th Annual Benefit Luncheon & 50th Anniversary Celebration as we honor 50 years of resistance & resilience.

RSVP 👉🏽 pjals.org/2025benefit

#PJALS50 #StillWeRise #PeaceAndJustice

🚨 Only 3 days left to apply! 🚨

PJALS is hiring a Regional Organizer to build grassroots race-class power for peace and justice in Spokane.

📄 Send your cover letter, resume, and 3 references as PDFs to jobs@pjals.org by Sept 22.

More info 👉🏽 pjals.org/now-hiring-r...

⏳ Just 4 weeks to go!
Join us Oct 15 for PJALS’ 10th Annual Benefit Luncheon & 50th Anniversary Celebration: Still We Rise — 50 Years of Resistance & Resilience.

12–1 PM (doors open 11:30).
RSVP here: pjals.org/2025benefit

🍂 Our Fall 2025 Newsletter is here! From youth leadership to peacekeeper training to 50 years of resilience—read more 👉🏽 pjals.org/2025fallnewsletter

✨THIS THURSDAY! ✨

Join us for an evening with the Salish School of Spokane, spotlighting their vision for a new school & Cultural Recreation & Community Center on the Spokane River.

📅 Thurs, Sept 18 | 5:30–7:30 PM

📍 Location shared after registration: buff.ly/k9EfIrS

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