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YWCA Spokane’s 42nd Annual Women of Achievement Awards luncheon will be this Friday at the Spokane Convention Center.

This week’s Roundup largely summarizes state and local government decisions and school board policies that fit our niche of ethical and social justice news. Religion stories and updates in our region? Not so much — with the exception of Carla Olman Peperzak and how WSU plans to honor her Holocaust work.

Four individuals have been charged with the crime of Malicious Harassment for the vandalism that took place on June 25, 2023, at the Veradale United Church of Christ. 

Seattle has been ranked as the least religious city in the U.S., closely followed by both San Francisco and Boston. Nearly two thirds of Seattle’s population identifies as non-religious.

Church Militant, the far-right Catholic media network, will cease operating at the end of April 2024, according to a press release issued Friday (March 1) by the law firm Todd & Weld LLP.

The Fig Tree, a Spokane-based ecumenical newspaper, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this spring with a slate of events including a lunch, breakfast-time benefit and gala dinner. 

Sandeep Das is coming to Spokane’s Fox Theater this week to give a tabla performance entitled “Masterworks 7: Along the Silk Road.”