World Relief Seattle is fundraising and recruiting cyclists to participate in its annual bike ride across the state to collect money for refugees settling in Washington. The bike ride, called SEA TRI KAN (STK), begins on June 20 and continues through the 24th.
In the early hours of March 16, several buildings in downtown Spokane were vandalized, or "attacked" locals said, with the posting of fliers bearing anti-immigration, anti-refugee, and specifically anti-Semitic remarks and drawings.
There are big discussions about immigration and refugees happening across the U.S. and around the world. People are taking to social media, blogs, columns, talking face-to-face, and joining protests to be active in the discussion and resistance. But how do we discuss such difficult and often delicate subjects with our children?
In response to President Donald Trump's executive order suspending refugee admissions, which inspired mass protests over the weekend, Bishop Thomas Daly of the Catholic Diocese of Spokane released the following statement