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Join SpokaneFAVS this week for Pub Talk discussion on freedom of expression.

Pub Talk (formerly called Pub Theology) is a way to continue the monthly Coffee Talk discussion. This month’s topic was “Religion and Freedom of Speech.”

At Pub Talk attendees will discuss “What is freedom of expression. What type of expression? We will also discuss language and why words are so important and how we use and say them,” according to organizer JoAnna Duguay.

The event will be Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Steam Plant.

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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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