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BRIEF: Conference to focus on dismantling the culture of violence

By: Tracy Simmons

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December 18, 2013

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On Jan. 25 The Faith Action Network and The Fig Tree will host its annual Eastern Washington Legislative Conference.

The 2014 conference, titled, “Dismantling the Culture of Violence” will include presentations on wage theft, hunger/poverty/homelessness, criminal justice and police accountability, gun violence and the death penalty, environmental priorities, the state budget and immigration reform and global perspectives.

It will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church. Cost is a $20 suggested donation and scholarships are available.

To RSVP and for more information call (509) 535-1813, or (206) 625-9790 or email info@thefigtree.org.

Tracy Simmons

Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Associate Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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