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A number of events are planned in Spokane to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year.

Update: Today almost 50 people attended Coffee Talk. That's our biggest turnout yet! And we raised $183 in donations, sold two t-shirts and one reader committed to making a $30 monthly donation to us.

Hardly a week goes by when I’m not asked why I became a religion reporter. After a decade on this beat, I’ve learned to whittle my answer into a sentence or so, when really the reasoning for this chosen field is much more complex.

Several months ago I found myself in Mayor David Condon’s office talking about Spokane’s faith community. This was a week after his “Faith Summit” held at Whitworth University, where the mayor sought to reach out to the faith communities and explore ways of combatting homelessness and lack of resources for impoverished inhabitants of Spokane.

On Monday evening Catholic Charities of Spokane will host a candlelight prayer vigil to raise awareness about poverty and its effects.

With all the international efforts at raising funds for the disaster in the Philippines we are in danger of forgetting those in need right in front of us