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Love Trumps Hate event to be held today in Spokane

By: Tracy Simmons

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November 13, 2016

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Today at 6 p.m. a demonstration and candlelight vigil will be held outside the Spokane County Courthouse to protest the election of Donald Trump.

According to an announcement this event is designed to be a peaceful way to show support for those across the country whose rights could be in danger because of the election results.

Organizers say it’s also a way to take a stand against hate, especially since some minorities in Spokane have encountered threats since the election.

Hundreds of people are expected to attend.

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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