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If you missed Saturday’s Coffee Talk, or want to continue the discussion on “Responding to Violence in Modern Culture” that began at the forum, then join SpokaneFāVS today (Thursday) for its next Pub Talk.

Pub Talk happens each month on the Thursday following Coffee Talk as a way to continue the discussion in an informal way, over snacks, dinner or a pint.

The conversation is moderated by Pastor Jan Shannon and all are welcome to attend.

Pub Talk will be at 6:30 p.m. at The Steam Plant in downtown Spokane.
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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 Associate Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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