Lets Talk about it!
We’re inviting you to a powerful conversation during our next Talk About It Tuesday! Let’s Talk About It! Join us onTuesday, August 5, 2025 from 6:00–7:30 PM (via Zoom) for:
Militarism and the Immigration Industrial Complex: How We Fight Against State Violence Presented in collaboration with PJALS and SCAR (Spokane Community Against Racism)
Together, we’ll explore the ties between militarism, immigration enforcement, and corporate profit. From mass raids and deportations to for-profit detention centers, we’ll trace the history of the immigration-industrial complex and discuss what real resistance can look like—grounded in justice, solidarity, and action.
This session will include reflection, education, and space to imagine bold, people-powered change.
📅 Tuesday, August 5, 2025
⏰ 6:00–7:30 PM PT
📍 Zoom (link will be sent in a separate email)
About the Presenters
Pui-Yan Lam, Ph.D (she/her)
Pui-Yan Lam is an immigrant from Hong Kong and has been a resident of Spokane for more than 20 years. She works as a professor of sociology at Eastern Washington University. She has served in community organizations such as Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane, Spokane Community Against Racism. Asians for Collective Liberation, Greater Spokane Progress, and Refugee and Immigrant Connections of Spokane. She is also an executive board member of the Spokane Regional Labor Council.
Liz Moore (she/her), Executive Director, Peace & Justice Action League of Spokane
Liz Moore (she/her) has worked for racial justice, worker rights, and grassroots power for more than 25 years as an organizer, educator, leader, facilitator, and consultant. Liz works with unions and community-based organizations with a focus on organizational development, organizing skills, popular education, and racial equity. For more than 15 years, Liz has been the Executive Director of the Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane (www.peacejustice.org). Liz began her activist life with PJALS as a high school student after looking up “peace” in the phone book. The Peace and Justice Action League engages everyday people to build a just and nonviolent world through community organizing, grassroots activist education, and supporting youth as leaders. In all that she does, Liz holds fast to the belief that everyday people have the power to build a just and nonviolent world.
Come ready to reflect, connect, and build power.
We need your voice in this movement.