Name: Spokane Singing Resistance Singing and Learning Gathering
Start: 2026-05-09T12:00:00-07:00
Location: Saint Ann Catholic Church - Spokane

Spokane Singing Resistance Singing and Learning Gathering

On May 9th at 12:00 noon, we will be meeting at St. Ann's Catholic Parish in the East Central neighborhood, 2120 E First Avenue. This will be another singing and learning event, with song sharing from a variety of song leaders and a speaker from the community to help connect us with ongoing justice work.
Whether you have attended our Singing Resistance events in the past or whether this is brand new to you, you are welcome! No music experience is required. We are excited to sing with you!
*After our gathering at St. Ann's, we will also go to B.A. Clark Park for Say it Saturday! Join us as one, or both of these locations!
At this gathering, we will:
*Sing for peace
*Learn new and review songs in support of our LGBTQIA+ friends in preparation for Spokane Pride
*Hear from Mutual Aid Survival Squad about their work
*Connect in community and song
Language from the Singing Resistance Movement:
WHAT IS SINGING RESISTANCE?
Singing Resistance is building a mass movement of singers to protect and care for our communities in the face of rising authoritarianism. We are grounded in love, nonviolence, and solidarity. In the context of intense and escalating violence towards our communities and federal invasions of our cities and towns, we sing because song is an antidote to fear, song helps us connect to each other, and through song we can name and protect what we hold sacred. We sing publicly in the streets for the sake of solace, strength, solidarity, to voice our dissent, and to refuse cooperation with oppressive and autocratic forces.
We welcome everyone into the movement for collective liberation, and we are fighting for a future in which all people - Black, Brown, Indigenous, immigrant, trans, queer, disabled, poor - and the Earth are safe and sovereign. Through song, we can refuse to obey what authoritarianism wants us to do - get small, numb out, and forget. Instead, we will mobilize our communities in public, we will feel, and we will tell the truth of the violence and of the resistance. Through our actions we seek to embody and represent that which we are fighting for: beloved communities of strong ties, coming together in defense of life, where all are loved and cared for.
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*Please note that this is not a “formal choir”—rather, this is a chance for us to bring our voices together in solidarity while encouraging others to join, and to learn songs we can bring directly into action together or in our own communities. Everyone is welcome, and you do not need to have any musical experience. Expect to learn 4-5 short songs that you will be able to remember by ear.
If you would like to be a part of the organizing team for future Singing Resistance events, or if you have an action you think we should participate in or organize, please reach out! Also check out the newly formed Singing Resistance Spokane Instagram page!
https://www.instagram.com/singingresistancespokane