The following is from the City of Ashland: The City of Ashland will host a Town Hall Gathering on Monday, January 30, 2023, 5:30 p.m. at the Historic Armory in Ashland. The Armory is located at 208 Oak St. The City Council has established a priority or topics list for the upcoming biennium and is […]
From Solidarity Collective: U.S.-based transnational mining company Aura Minerals destroyed a 200-year-old community cemetery belonging to the Indigenous Mayan Chortí community of Azacualpa in Honduras. The ongoing expansion of the San Andres gold mine now threatens to forcibly displace the community of Azacualpa, contaminate vital water sources for nearby communities, and criminalize Indigenous leaders. Despite […]
2023 Kick-off Event Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 9 AM to Noon at the Medford Public Library's Large Meeting Room at 205 S. Central Avenue. The event is free and open to everyone. The Water Action Community flows from the ideas brought forth during SOPA’s Rogue Valley Water Solutions Summit last fall. Water League, which […]
“The Past, Present & Future of Public Broadcasting in Our Region” is the subject of the next “Big Ideas” discussion on Tues., February 7, 4:00-5:30 p.m., in the Gresham Room at Ashland Library, 410 Siskiyou Blvd. Paul Westhelle, Executive Director, Jefferson Public Radio; and Phil Meyer, President & CEO, Southern Oregon PBS; will explain public […]
Thursday, February 9, register and participate in a discussion titled, “The Struggle of Cannabis Workers in Local Grows” with Únete Oregon, a movement of farm workers and immigrants. The event is one in the Anti-racist and Decolonization of Agriculture Winter Speaker Series. Rogue Valley Food System Network, SOU Native American Studies and OSU Extension partnered to […]
Veterans for Peace, Rogue Valley Chapter 156, invites the public to attend this special program at 5:30 pm Monday, February 13th, in the Adams Room of the Medford Central Library, 205 S. Central Ave. Christopher Briscoe is perhaps the Rogue Valley's finest professional photographer. He regularly travels the world, taking amazing pictures of people & […]
V-Day Is the global activist movement to end violence against all women (cisgender and transgender), gender diverse people, girls and the planet. It was begun by Eve Ensler, and has now grown into a global grassroots organization called One Billion Rising. One Billion Rising is the biggest mass action to end violence against women in […]
Thursday, February 16 “Good Fire: Tribal First Foods and Indigenous Fire Science” with Joe Scott,Traditional Ecologist and Practitioner, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. Joe lives and studies on Kalapuya Illahee as Curriculum Director for the Traditional Ecological Inquiry Program, partnering with regional land stewards to serve tribal families to support environmental stewardship, promote food sovereignty, […]
On Saturday, February 18, 2023 from 7 to 9:30 PM, the Havurah Synagogue is holding a benefit concert to support their parking program serving unhoused individuals and families. The program provides safe parking, dedicated bathroom facility and trash receptacle for participants. The concert features the Rogue Valley Peace Choir, Plan Be, Indelible Soul and Gene […]
The Jefferson Center will present a discussion of ChatGPT and similar Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems that use language in amazingly human ways led by Jefferson Center member Dr. Tony Davis. Sunday, February 19, 2023, 4-6 pm. Co-Hosted by Science Works at 1500 East Main St. in Ashland. Dr. Davis will facilitate a conversation about the […]
Join Peace House and the Hearth for an evening of storytelling and conversation with Irish writer Gareth Higgins, author of How Not to Be Afraid. The world seems terrifying. Whether your fear is about violence, shame, illness, money, meaning, or the collapse of certainty, you are not alone. Yet the power of the fear we […]
Thursday, February 23 “The Nexus of Afrofuturism, Place and Agriculture in Black Liberation” with Mirabai Collins, Co-Founder, Black Futures Farm and Co-Director, Black Food ?Sovereignty Coalition, and Malcolm Shabazz Hoover, Co- Founder and Co-Director, Black Futures Farm Founded in 2018, Black Futures Farm is run by a group of Black identified/Diasporic and Continental African people […]
