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 30 minutes before the program. Guests should join by 11:50 a.m., before the program at noon.  

Speakers are Holocaust survivor and educator Carla Peperzak, Tenants Union-Spokane director Terri Anderson, Dishman Hills Conservancy director Jeff Lambert and NAACP Spokane first vice president Kurtis Robinson.

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.