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Upcoming Spokane concert to benefit refugees

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February 7, 2017

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Refugee children from Syria at a clinic in Ramtha, northern Jordan/Wikipedia photo by UK Department for International Development

On Feb. 17 St. John’s Cathedral, 127 E. 12th Ave, will host, “A Place Called Home: Refugee Benefit Concert.”

Concert proceeds will benefit World Relief Spokane, which aids refugees in the Spokane community.

“This is a particularly important time to offer support for both refugees and those who work with refugees,” the church said in an announcement.

Performances will be by several local choirs and refugees.

In conjunction with the concert, St. John’s will also be holding a prayer vigil from noon-midnight that day in the cathedral.

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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