The Fig Tree

Calendar of events for April, 2021

Apr 1 • Build Back Fossil Free: 350 Spokane and Sunrise, Wells Fargo, 601 W. 1st Ave., 3 to 4 p.m., actionnetwork.org/events/build-back-fossil-free-oil-trains-2

Apr 2 • Spokane Symphony on-demand Spring Concerts start, spokanesymphony.org

Apr 3 • Build Back Fossil Free: Bank of America, 601 W. 1st Ave., 3 to 4 p.m., actionnetwork.org/events/build-back-fossil-free-bank-of-america-2/

Apr 5 • "Sometimes Heroes: America's Changing Relationship with Its Veterans," Jeb Wyman, faculty at Seattle Central College examines America's relationship to wars and veterans in the last century, Humanities Washington, 7 p.m., humanities.org/events/2021-04/?

Apr 6 • "Taking a Seat at the Table: Bridging the Network Gap," Unity Multicultural Education Center, online event, gonzaga.campuslabs.com, 4:30 to 6 p.m., panel on bridging BIPOC/underrepresented students and the professional world on career options

Apr 6, 7, 28 • "From Crime to the Classroom: How Education Changes Lives," Omari Amili, author and community leader, on the benefits of college education for formerly incarcerated people, 1 p.m. Tuesday or 2 p.m. Wednesday, humanities.org/events/2021-04/?

Apr 7 • Morning Prayer, "Easter Reflections on Bishop Daly's Pastoral Letter, The Most Holy Eucharist," St. Mary's Parish, 9 a.m. to noon, 448-1224 ext 100, ihrc.net

• Transitions Education Renovation Reveal, on Zoom, 4:30 p.m., EduCare's program director is doing virtual walk-through of the EduCare remodeled facility, help4women.org

Apr 7, 13 • "Civil Conversation in an Angry Age," David Smith, religious studies at University of Washington, 2:30 p.m. on 7th and 1 p.m., 13th, humanities.org/events/2021-04/?

Apr 7, 27 • "What's Age Got to Do with It?" Dori Gillam, Northwest Center for Creative Aging, 6 p.m. on 7th, 10:30 a.m. on 27th, humanities.org/events/2021-04/?

Apr 8, 22 • Showing up for Racial Justice, videoconference, 5:30 to 7 p.m., slichty@pjals.org

Apr 8, 15, 22, 29 • The Lands Council tree planting on Marshall Creek site from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Faith Action Network will be planting April 15 at 1 p.m., landscouncil.org.

Apr 12-18 • "Get Lit! Literary Arts Festival," Downtown Spokane, 10 S. Howard, Virtual Festival on YouTube, with week of readings, lectures, interviews, workshops, panels, poetry slams, writing contests, book signings and visits by authors to schools, links and details at https://inside.ewu.edu/getlit/festival/

Apr 13, 14 • "Is Truth Really Dead in America?' Steven Stehr, professor in civic education at Washington State University, 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, 1 p.m., Wednesday, humanities.org/events/2021-04/?

Apr 14 • "From Mexican to Mexican-American: A Family Immigration Story," Carlos Gil, professor, 10:30 and 6:30 p.m., Spokane Community College, humanities.org/events/2021-04/?

Apr 14 • "Resilience, Resistance and Renewal," Open Mic Poetry gathering, Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane (PJALS), 7 p.m., pjals.org

Apr 15 • "The Future Is Now: Creative Expressions of Church," Ignite the Church Conference 2021, online 11 a.m., ignitethechurch.net

Apr 15 cont.• "Tangled: Why Your Hair Matters to Society," University of Washington professor Anu Taranath, noon, humanities.org/events/2021-04/?

• Peace and Justice Action Committee, Zoom, 7 p.m., amurillo@pjals.org

Apr 17-24 • Virtual Spring Compost Fair, sign up at spokanecity.org/wastereduction classes, 625-6580

Apr 19 • Clean Air Month Poster Contest deadline, spokanecleanair.org

• Symposium on Sino-Christian Architecture, Whitworth, Zoom, 8 a.m.

Apr 19 cont.• "Heating Up: The Ethics of Climate Change," Brian Henning, professor of philosophy and environmental studies at Gonzaga University, 11:15 a.m., humanities.org/events/2021-04/?

Apr 19-22 • Chertok Lecture Series, Eastern Washington University, Kathleen Belew, University of Chicago historian, "The White Power Movement," lectures 1 to 2:30 p.m. on zoom, jcollins3@ewu.edu, https://www.ewu.edu/campus-events/

Apr 21 • "Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Principal's Office?" Daudi Abe, professor and historian, 1 p.m., humanities.org/events/2021-04/?

Apr 22 • "Contemporary Issues of Feminist Research: From Classroom to Community," Mujeres in Action, noon, Zoom, llogan83@ewu.edu

• Earth Day Launch of Gonzaga's Center for Climate, Society and the Environment, Live Stream, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., gonzaga.edu/climatecenter

Apr 22 cont.• Earth Day Virtual Vigil for the Healing of the Earth," 6 to 7:30 p.m., FLLConscience@gmail.com for Zoom link

• "Higher Power: The History of Evangelicals in American Politics," Matthew Sutton, professor of history at Washington State University, 6:30 p.m., humanities.org/events/2021-04/?

Apr 22, 28 • "Let It Not Happen Again: Lessons of the Japanese American Exclusion," Clarence Moriwaki, president of Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community," Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, 1 p.m., humanities.org/events/2021-04/?

Apr 24 • 2021 Northwest Intermountain Synod Assembly for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., on Zoom, nwimsynod.org/2021assembly-about

• Spokane Walk to Defeat ALS, Riverfront Park, 11 a.m., http://webwa.alsa.org

Apr 28 • GrassRoots Organizing Workshop (GROW), PJALS, 7 p.m., pjals.org

Apr 29 • Habitat for Humanity-Spokane Hope Builders Virtual Lunch-In, noon, habitat-spokane.org

Apr 30-May2 • "Rooted in Love," Pacific Northwest Conference of the United Church of Christ Annual Meeting, online, https://bit.ly/2MHi5VW

Apr 30-May 9 • Bloomsday Worldwide 2021: A Virtual Race, https://www.bloomsdayrun.org

May 5 • Fig Tree Mailing and Distribution, Emmanuel Family Life Center, 631 S. Richard Allen Ct

May 6 • The Fig Tree Development, noon, and Board, 1 p.m., Zoom, 535-1813