The US Supreme Court’s recent decisions on voting rights, i.e., approving ballot collection restrictions in Arizona and overturning California’s law to disclose dark money sources, underscore the current dangers to our democracy.

Speaking my truth has become an act of resistance that works to uproot the patriarchy. My voice carries on the work of early suffragists, civil rights activists, multiple waves of feminists, and, as the t-shirt says, “the ancestors of the witches you couldn’t burn.”

On June 21st our community lost a longtime Peace Center supporter and friend to many, the Peace Baker (Shannon Pinkston). Shannon was called the Peace Baker for her years of baking for our events, awardees, and programs. From what I have learned her kindness and peace spreading spirit was in service to the Missoula community and beyond.