Peace House Contributing Writers Biographies

Commentaries are listed in descending order by date:

12/22/2020

Sorrow at the Murder of Aidan Ellison

10-14-2020

Honoring Indigenous People’s Day

9-1-2020

Being Black and promoting equality should not be controversial 

8/22/2020

A Reflection on the Incidents in Bend – by Jim Phillips, Chair of Peace House

8/16/2020

Amid the pandemic, harebrained schemes to get rid of leaders we don’t like – a detailed plan for the overthrow of the Nicaraguan government – by Jim Phillips, Chair of Peace House

8/13/2020

A Cat and Mouse Game on the Greenway – Sam Becker reporting on the scarce services and law enforcement practices that harm the Rogue Valley’s houseless community. Foreword by Elizabeth Hallett, Director of Peace House

8/1/200

Socialism in America – by Andy Seles, former Peace House board member

7/3/2020

Questioning military spending since 1982 – Feeding the Hungry since 1992

• July 2, 2020 Commentary
  • Houseless individuals must have a voice in the policy and service changes that impact them 

6/24/2020

Reflections of a Citizen of Empire – by Jim Phillips Phd., Chair of Peace House Board

• June 19, 2020 Commentary:
  Commemorating Black liberation from slavery  
  and the work still to be done – June 19, 2020

  • Commentary: What does “Defund the Police” Actually Mean?

    How Juneteenth (June 19th) Marks Our Next Steps: A guide to action from Indivisible

    America, The Business That Tried to Become a Country – by Larry Ward

    June 20 – Join the Poor People’s Campaign Now and on June 20th

    Black Lives Matter in Jackson County – by ORD2Indivisible

6/2/2020

LEADERSHIP SPEAKS OUT ON THE MURDER OF MR. GEORGE FLOYD

4/27/2020

https://peacehouse.net/peace-house-and-ashland-community-outreach-in-the-time-of-covid-19/

March 23 Commentary

• The Peace House-sponsored Uncle Food’s Diner’s Tuesday hot meal will be operating four days a week, serving food to go for our food-insecure population until further notice. 

Retired Military Colonels call for a Culture of Peace – by Elizabeth V. Hallett

Calm and Conflict: a Dispatch From Nicaragua – by James Phillips

Honduras at Ten Years After the Coup: a Critical Assessment – by James Phillips

Memorial Day Commentaries 5/29/20

• April 27, 2020 Commentary
  • Peace House Community Outreach in the Time of COVID-19

April 8, 2019

Pardon the Confusion! Aid to Central America and the “Crisis” at the Border – by James Phillips

• March 23 Commentary
  • The Peace House-sponsored Uncle Food’s Diner’s Tuesday hot meal will be operating four days a week, serving food to go for our food-insecure population until further notice.