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PJALS Action Conference Kicks Off Friday With “Rise Up Singing”

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The Peace and Economic Justice Action Conference’s Opening Reception “Rise Up Singing” will kick off the Peace and Justice Action League’s annual Action Conference with spoken word and musical performances on Friday beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Performances will include musical comedian Michael Glatzmaier, music by Lucas Brookbank Brown, the art of belly dancing by Paloma Skye and Nicole Richardson, spoken word by Diamond Young and Josh Pearce, and improvised comedy by The Blue Door Theatre.

The conference begins Saturday, andcommunity organizing and grassroots leadership development for human rights, economic justice, and peace,” according to a press release.

All are invited to the kick off celebration, which will include food and beer and wine. It’s not necessary to register for the Action Conference to come be part of the reception.
The reception will take place at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane, 4340 Ft. Wright Drive.

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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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