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Journalist Chris Hedges coming to Spokane to speak about “Wages of Rebellion”

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Chris Hedges
Chris Hedges

Pulitzer Prize journalist, Chris Hedges, will be speaking in Spokane next month.

Hedges is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School and a foreign correspondent for nearly two decades in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and the Balkans. He writes and speaks on war, religion, American culture, empire, and the conflict in the Middle East.

His presentation, “Wages of Rebellion: What does it take to be a rebel today?” will be at 7 p.m., March 10, at the Bing, 901 W Sprague.

Tickets are $18 in advanc or $20 at the door, or $10 for students. They can be purchased online at www.pjals.org/hedges, or at Auntie’s, Merlyn’s, TicketsWest, and the PJALS office, which can be reached at (509) 838-7870.

Tickets to a special reception and dinner, which will before the lecture from 4 – 6 p.m can be purchased for $65 (includes ticket to evening appearance). Tickets for the dinner must be purchased by March 8.

Tracy Simmons
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 Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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