Nearly 300 people attended last weekend’s Good Neighbor Conference at Gonzaga University, where a total of 17 presentations were given.
Volunteers were able to capture the following lectures and panel discussions from the conference.
Opening and Welcome:
Hate Crimes Panel:
Social Media and Addressing Hate Online:
LGBTQ Community and Advocacy:
LIVE on #Periscope: Session One: LGBTQ Community and Advocacy #SpoNeighbor https://t.co/DFKCeyue6C
— SpokaneFAVS (@SpokaneFAVS) December 4, 2016
Spokane Rising Panel:
Immigrants in America:
Gracism Panel:
Love your Muslim Neighbor:
LIVE on #Periscope: Closing of Session Two: Your Muslim Neighbor & Addressing Islamophobia #SpoNeighbor https://t.co/F9PmvRknZK
— SpokaneFAVS (@SpokaneFAVS) December 4, 2016
Closing Announcement:
If you didn’t get a chance to donate at the Good Neighbor Conference and would like to, you can do so below!

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.