Valley Indivisible Progressives rally
Valley Indivisible Progressives, a political activist group, held a rally at Spokane Valley City Hall on Tuesday evening to encourage city councilmembers to denounce racism.
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Spokane Valley residents, many holding signs denouncing white supremacy and bigotry, attend a rally at Spokane Valley City Hall on Aug. 14, 2018. The rally was held in response to some of Spokane's leaders' defense of white supremacist James Allsup.
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Shirley Grossman (left), Joan Berkowitz (center) and Judy Silverstein hold signs denouncing white supremacists and bigotry at a Spokane Valley City Hall rally on Aug. 14, 2018. Residents gathered to express messages of love and peace and later to ask the city council to denounce racism through a proclamation.
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Pastor Jim CastroLang of United Church of Christ gives a speech at a rally at Spokane Valley City Hall on Aug. 14, 2018. CastroLang called for remembrance of Charlottesville and Heather Heyer who was killed during the Unite the Right weekend last year, and also called for unity against white supremacists.
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Chance Lalonde (left) stands with mother Angela Lalonde (right) with signs denouncing white supremacists at a Spokane Valley rally at City Hall on Aug. 14, 2018. A group of residents gathered to express messages of love and peace and later to ask the city council to denounce white nationalism and bigotry by signing a proclamation.
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Spokane Valley City Attorney Cary Driskell gives instructions to attendees of an anti-white supremacy rally at City Hall on Aug. 14, 2018 prior to a city council meeting. After the ralliers had expressed their views, the goal was to get city council to sign a proclamation to denounce white nationalism and racism.
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Joan Braune of Families Against Bigotry speaks at a rally at Spokane Valley City Hall on Aug. 14, 2018. Braune was one of the event's organizers, and the goal was to get the city council to sign a proclamation against bigotry and hate after the rally at the subsequent meeting.
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Rabbi Tamar Malino, the first female congregational Rabbi in Spokane, gives a speech at a rally at Spokane Valley City Hall on Aug. 14, 2018. Malino was one of several faith leaders to attend the rally, denouncing white supremacists and bigotry in the community.
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