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Spokane City Council to Host Discussion on State of Immigrants and Refugees in Spokane

Date:

July 21, 2021

Spokane City Council to Host Discussion on State of Immigrants and Refugees in Spokane

On Thursday Councilmember Michael Cathcart will host and moderate a virtual discussion on the contributions made by immigrants and refugees in the community.

Also at the event, New American Economy will present research and data on the topic, followed by a panel conversation of community leaders.

Panelists include:

Charity Bagatsing – Spokane’s United We Stand & Northwest Winterfest
Jennyfer Mesa – Latinos en Spokane
Lili Navarrete – NE WA Commissioner on Hispanic Affairs, RAIZ
Christi Armstrong – World Relief
Marvo Reguindin – AHANA Multi-Ethnic Business Association

The discussion will be Thursday from 5:30-7 p.m. and can be viewed on Spokane CityCable 5 or Facebook Live.

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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