The videos below are organized in reverse chronological order, with our most recent events at the top . We hope that you enjoy the speakers that PEG has been proud to host!
The Family Law System – March 2023
Political and Social Unrest At Home and Abroad – January 9, 2023
Role of the County Clerk / Success of the Veterans Court – December 14, 2022
Dr. Brian Henning – Beat the Heat: Understanding and responding to extreme heat in Spokane, November 9, 2022
The Role and Importance of the Spokane County Auditor’s Office, October 4, 2022
Gavin Cooley and Ben Stuckart – A Closer Look at Homelessness, September 14, 2022
Tom Hormel, Spenser Gardner, and Chauncey Jones – “Spokane’s Housing Crisis–Are we Making Progress?“, June 16, 2022
May 14, 2022
Grant Forsyth, PhD, Chief Economist – Avista Corporation, “Understanding the New Inflation Environment“, May 10, 2022
The Honorable Ryan C. Crocker, Retired Career Ambassador – U.S. Foreign Service, “Afghanistan, Ukraine and the New World Disorder after the American Era“, March 22, 2022
Chris Vance, former Washington State Representative, King County Council Member, and Chair of the Washington State Republican Party, “Our Changing Party System – a Threat to Our Democracy”, February 22, 2022
Dr. Patrick Jones, Executive Director, EWU Institute for Public Policy & Economic Analysis, “Disinformation, Misinformation, Lazy Information & Spokane Trends“, January 25, 2022
Gary Locke, Interim President of Bellevue College, former U.S. Ambassador to China, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, and Washington State Governor, “U.S. Foreign Policy in China – the future of our trade and political relationship“, 12/15/2021
McCann, Patterson, Rice-Sauer, Stratton, Stuckart, and Wendle, “Homelessness in Our Society: a discussion of this complex issue and what we can do”, 11/03/2021
Frank, Mumm, Bates, and Waldref, “Four Things We Should Do Right Now to Address Out Housing Crisis”, 10/05/2021
For additional information, see the City of Spokane next steps: https://my.spokanecity.org/news/stories/2021/11/11/next-steps-for-housing-action-plan-implementation/
Hyslop, Haigh, Boothe, Rodin, and Maslam, “The Impact of Fentanyl & Opioid Use in Our Society: What can be done?”, 9/21/2021
Unfortunately, due to a technical issue, we were unable to record a video of this session. We are hoping to schedule a repeat forum in the near future.
In the meantime, please view these (3) videos which were a part of this important forum.
Wilkerson, Robinson, Hyslop, and Meidl, “Law Enforcement and Racial Justice”, 6/9/2021
(1h 59m)
Lois James and Stephen James, “Law Enforcement and Bias”, 5/19/2021
(1h 20m)
Shiloh Deitz, Shawna Ernst, and David Lewis, “Data Science for Social Good in the Smart City”, 4/14/2021
(1h 23m)
Joseph Lenti and Jorge Madrazo, ” ‘This is Banana Republic Crap’: The So-Called Latin-Americanization of U.S. Politics”, 2/16/2021
(2h 25m)
Grant Forsyth, “Perspectives on the Long Term Impacts on U.S. and Global Economy Due to the Pandemic”, 1/26/2021
(1h 37m)
Cornell Clayton, “Why Populism and Polarization Continue to Characterize Our Politics”, 12/3/2020
(1h 33m)
Ryan Crocker, “The U.S. and the Middle East at the End of the First Trump Administration: Chaos or Calculation?”, 10/5/2020
(1h 36m)
Chris Venne, Jim Frank, and Michelle Girardot, “Affordable Housing: Challenges and Solutions”, 9/22/2020
(1h 34m)
More information and resources about affordable issues can be found here: https://greenstoneoncloud.egnyte.com/fl/vYFK0w4FHQ
Bryan Vila, Lois James, and Stephen James, “Law Enforcement Going Forward”, 8/25/2020
(2h 09m)
Kim Wyman and Vicky Dalton, “Voter Security in WA and Other States: What Lies Ahead”, 8/11/2020
(1h 24m)
James McDevitt, “Non-Partisan Justice in a Highly Partisan Environment”, 7/15/2020
(1h 25m)
Andy Billig and Shelly Short, “WA State Response to the Coronavirus, and Bipartisan Solutions to Community Challenges”, 6/1/2020
(56m)
Please Note: due to technical difficulties, we were not able to record the beginning portion of this interview. The video will begin with the interview already underway.
Chris Vance, “The Current Party System in America”, 5/14/2020
(1h 31m)
Bob Lutz, “Coronavirus”, 3/12/2020
(1h 27m)
Please Note: due to technical difficulties, we do not have video of Dr. Lutz’s presentation, but you can listen to the full presentation here.
Harold D. Clarke III, “Felony Therapeutic Courts”, 2/11/2020
(1h 22m)
Chris Crutcher, “Everyone Has a Story”, 1/14/2020
(1h 24m)
Cindy Black, “Fixing Democracy: Creating a More Fair and Representative Government for All”, 11/19/2019
(1h 31m)
Grant Forsyth, “Socialism or Capitalism: Lessons for the U.S. in an Era of Discontent”, 10/14/2019
(1h 37m)
Ryan Crocker, “Middle East Meltdown: Causes and Consequences”, 9/19/2019
(1h 46m)
http://gonzaga.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/Ambassador+Ryan+Crocker/0_y3ds715q
Mike Petersen, “Environmental Stewardship in the 21st Century”, 5/7/2019
(1h 19m)
Joe Albert, “Presidential Leadership and Emotional Intelligence”, 4/1/2019
(1h 31m)
Shawn Vestal, “Freedom of the Press”, 1/23/2019
(1h 27m)