This benefit is designed to move The Fig Tree ahead 

• to build our capacity to share the stories of the region
• to connect the diverse people and communities,
• to promote action on behalf of the vulnerable,
• to promote alternatives to violence,
• to learn about people who live their faith and values.

Guests may gather with groups beginning at 7:30 a.m.. Guests should join by 7:50 a.m., before the program at 8 a.m.

Speakers are KPBX host Verne Windham, League of Women Voters member Susan Hales, naturopathic doctor Toby Hallowitz, and NAACP Spokane president Kiantha Duncan.

Video speakers are: Episcopal Bishop Gretchen Rehberg, Calvary Soup Kitchen founder Peggy Troutt, Whitworth history professor Dale Soden, Gonzaga Hate Studies Institute director Kristine Hoover, AHANA-Multi-Ethnic Business Assn. founder Ben Cabildo and Spokane Riverkeeper Jerry White.