PEACE HOUSE

Please join ORD2 Indivisible on the Ashland Plaza for a candlelight vigil at 5:30 on 1/6/22. Bring a sign that is lit, or will glow in the dark, that gives the message to Protect Our Democracy. Please wear a mask! No matter our color, background or party, most of us believe that people who betray […]

On January 14th, 15th and 16th Dharma Teachers Sister Peace, Ava Avalos, Joe Reilly and Peggy Rowe will offer a special new year's practice from Thich Nhat Hanh. Visit the event website here. "We will share sitting and walking meditation, restorative yoga and mindful movement, and other experiential exercises that support releasing the old year […]

'Hope in a Changing Climate' features filmmaker John Liu who optimistically reframes the debate on global warming. Illustrating that large, decimated ecosystems can be restored, this documentary reveals success stories from Ethiopia, Rwanda, and China which illustrate that bringing large areas back from environmental ruin is possible, and is key to stabilizing the earth's climate, […]

Workshops are offered on Sunday afternoons and monday evenings between January 16 and February 21. Attendance to either day's workshop can be intermixed over the six week period.  Progressives want peace, social & economic justice, a sustainable environment and climate, and much more. Six engaging sessions offer powerful insights, practical methods, and useful handouts: #1 […]

Join World Beyond War in participating in a weekly online course about War and the Environment. Grounded in research on peace and ecological security, this course focuses on the relationship between two existential threats: war and environmental catastrophe. This course is online and interactions are not live or scheduled, so you can take part whenever […]

Join us in Community for A Celebration! We look forward to a day of food, fun and learning! See you there! Register Here About this event "The West Medford Community Center, in partnership with the Mystic Valley NAACP Branch, and Medford Human Rights’ Commission, and, is excited to be in the hosting Medford Celebrates MLK […]

The mayor of Ashland, Julie Akins, Ashland City Councelor Gina DuQuenne, as well as an ad hoc group of Ashland residents will be gathering Monday, January 17 at 12:30 p.m. at the Ashland Plaza to present Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a Dream" speech, offer a musical introduction, and community testimonials to reiterate […]

A new film from Southern Oregon BASE leader Vance Beach will premiere with a live chat discussion on Monday, January 17, 2022 at 2:00PM. In the film, the children of BASE’s AfroScoutz program explore issues identified by Dr. King in Why We Can't Wait, including education, economics, civics, and policing. Together, the leaders of today […]

This MLK Day, the Varsity Theater in Ashland will screen "Selma" at 12:30 and 6:30 p.m. on Monday, January 17. "Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led […]

Have you been curious to try a Compassionate Listening workshop but aren't ready to dive into an intro course? Have you already been transformed by CL and want to introduce a friend? Or perhaps it's been a while since you took an intro and you'd appreciate a refresher. Our upcoming Taste of Compassionate Listening is […]