SpokaneFāVS
Beginning at 7 p.m. the following panels and presentation will take place.
Spokane Rising Panel Discussion – Wolfe Auditorium
With Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart and John Lemus of the Human Rights Commission.
Addressing Anti-Semitism – Jepson 122
With Rabbi Tamar Malino of Temple Beth Shalom and Emanu-El and Skyler Oberst of the Spokane Interfaith Council.
Your Muslim Neighbor & Addressing Islamophobia – Jepson 123
With Arsalan Bukhari of CAIR Washington
Cultural Competency – Jepson 124
With Tara Dowd of D&F Consulting
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 SpokaneFāVS.com, 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 Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.
