Connecting Our Hearts in the Midst of War

Join Leah Green, founder and co-director of the Compassionate Listening Project, and Rachel Eryn Kalish, Senior Facilitator, for a guided 1.5 hour Circle to connect heart-to-heart around the heart-break in Ukraine. Event Details Our Circle will be held on Zoom. In order to make the most of your experience and support this event, please: Plan […]

World Labyrinth Day

World Labyrinth Day organizers invite you to join with people around the world Saturday, May 7, and in Educational Settings: Friday, May 6 with meditation for world peace and a celebration of the labyrinth experience. Learn more by visiting their website: https://www.worldlabyrinthday.org/wld-2022/wld-connections-2022.

Annual Free Hazardous Waste Drop-off

Rogue Disposal and Recycling 8001 Table Rock Road, White City, OR, United States

Rogue Disposal and Recycling hosts its annual hazardous waste drop-off event from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 7, at 8001 Table Rock Road in White City. It’s a chance to toss toxins including household cleaning supplies, paint removers and garden chemicals, from drain cleaner and weed killer to bleach and bug spray. Accepted […]

SOU Kieval Lecture Series May 9 and 10

Southern Oregon University to host annual Kieval Lecture Series featuring the innovative Professor Vrushali Bokil. Professor Vrushali Bokil was born in India and moved to the United States for graduate studies. She received her Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Houston in 2003. Before coming to Oregon State University, she was a postdoctoral research […]

Building More Just Trade: A World Fair Trade Day Webinar

We're at a unique moment in the movements for trade justice and a fair food system. Over the past two years, the global pandemic has made even more visible the injustice baked into our current systems. But we've also seen communities come together to build a more fair world. This year, to mark World Fair […]

Rogue Valley Bird Day

North Mountain Park Nature Center 620 N. Mountain, Ashland, OR

After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Rogue Valley Bird Day is returning to the North Mountain Park Nature Center on Saturday, May 14 from 8 a.m. to noon. This free, all-ages event is a local celebration of World Migratory Bird Day, which highlights migratory birds and offers community members an opportunity to learn […]

Lotus Institute: Stories of our Teacher

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Lotus Institute invites you to join Sister Kinh Nghiem, Sister Peace & Peggy Rowe-War for an evening of meditation, short stories and a Q&A. Sister Peace and Sister Kinh Nghiem, longtime monastics in the Plum Village tradition, will share stories about their time with Thich Nhat Hanh (Thây). There will also be what Thây called […]

Rogue Valley New Day Network Breakfast

Bellevue Grange 1050 Tollman Creek Road, Ashland, Or

The Rogue Valley New Day Network invites you to join their breakfast May 20 at 8 a.m. at the Bellevue Grange The Rogue Valley New Day Network is springing to life. We are holding our first meeting in two years at on. We will have our traditional potluck breakfast.  Please bring food to share, your own […]

The Eyes of Compassion: A morning of mildfulness

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A Morning of Mindfulness with Dr. Peggy Rowe-Ward, including a Transmission of the 5 Mindfulness Trainings. The Palomitas de Paz Sangha and Dr. Peggy Rowe-Ward will offer a gentle morning of practice including sitting meditation, walking meditation, a Dharma Talk, body/mind integration and a Transmission of the 5 Mindfulness Practices.  Together we will develop our […]

2022 Powwow at Phoenix High School

SOU's Native American Student Union provided the following invitation for the 2022 Powwow. Powwow is here! Southern Oregon University's 29th Annual Spring Powwow hosted by the Native American Student of SOU. After a long wait this is worth putting on your calendar, we've been working hard. This year's Powwow is on May 21st with a […]

The Future of Water in the Rogue Valley

The Jefferson Center Salon Series and the SOCAN Ashland Climate Action Project Present: The Future of Water in the Rogue Valley May 22, at 4 p.m. The program will feature Julie Smitherman and Cody Scoggins from Medford Water, with Joseph Graf from the Jefferson Center. The water we have enjoyed in the Rogue Valley—for drinking, […]

National Symposium: Case for Education in Reconciliation

The John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation invites you to attend their national symposium, "The Case for Education in Reconciliation: Focusing on Advocacy," May 25 - May 27, 2022. Attendees can join virtually or in person in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Registration for the 13th Annual Reconciliation in America National Symposium is now open.  This year, we […]