The Spokane Alliance is everyday people taking powerful action together for the common good.
We develop the diverse voices of our community, building relationships across religious, racial, class, and neighborhood lines.
Together we build the power to make the positive changes they want to see in our community, making our shared home a better place to live and thrive.
The Spokane Alliance invites you to participate in an open letter in solidarity with the Haitian community of Spokane. Spokane Alliance leaders from across the faith, labor, and nonprofit sectors are dismayed and angered by the national language of fear and dehumanization directed at Haitian immigrants.
The letter is here if you wish to sign: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScU-vMD_Oh8phs1Sj2rEIn_n14jMsLmMZ6oWsqAu6O0gY936g/viewform
Latest news on Spokane's efforts to create affordable housing units.
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/aug/26/city-of-spokane-to-spend-9-million-to-create-or-re/
Adithya Vegaraju organized with the Spokane Alliance (through the Health Equity Circle) for his first two years of medical school in the Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine from 2020-2022.
Adithya is now in his fourth year of medical school in the Seattle area. His recent research on senior mental health was featured in the Spokesman Review.
After studying older adults in urban Washington ZIP codes, the research showed that seniors rated their mental health as better when they were closer to trees and green spaces or water. His research was published in the journal Health and Place.
