When should government officials speak up? What happens if their leadership does not listen? Retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman will share the lessons he learned and what ultimately drove him to come forward during the impeachment of President Donald Trump. The Press Freedom Defense Fund will host an important discussion on the ongoing challenges public […]
The Global Days of Listening enables ordinary people across the world to transcend barriers of distance and language, to speak to one another with the help of translators about life in their respective countries and their wish to live without war. This is a direct, person-to-person conversation. The Global Days of Listening was inspired by […]
From their website: "This group is comprised of community members, most of whom self- identify as white, and who acknowledge holding a role in the white supremacist systems within our community." A few resources for further self education in preparation for the meeting are as follows: What is Racism web workbook by Dismantling Racism […]
The United Nations Associations in California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii have joined together to present a groundbreaking forum in anticipation of the United Nations 26th Climate Conference (COP26) to be held in Glasgow in early November, 2021. Renowned climate experts from federal as well as state governments, NGOs and the academic community, joined by youth […]
September 28th at 6:00 pm, Southern Oregon Climate Action Now (SOCAN) will introduce their Businesses Taking Action program, explain how it achieves its purpose, and provide an opportunity for three recognized businesses to discuss what they are doing and why. The group has coordinated a panel including OSU student Gabriela Safay who developed the program […]
Democracy School is a stimulating and illuminating virtual course that teaches residents and activists an empowering new approach about how to reframe exhausting and often discouraging single-issue work – such as banning pesticides, halting overdevelopment, protecting water and watersheds, and addressing climate change – in a way that we can confront corporate control and government interference on a powerful front: the people’s right of local self-governance and Nature’s rights.
Every Tuesday/Saturday for four weeks beginning Oct. 5 & 9 2021, the Olympia Coalition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons will host a four-part workshop about the current state of nuclear weapons and warfare. See below for more information.
The Lotus Institute invites you to a 3-day online retreat with Dharma Teachers Larry Ward, Peggy Rowe, Joe Reilly, Ava Avalos and other friends. We are gathering to honor and practice with our blood, spiritual and land ancestors.
Southern Oregon Climate Action Now (SOCAN) and the Ashland Climate Action Project invite you to a presentation by local solar energy enthusiasts Tuesday, October 26 from 6-7 p.m. Presenters include Jim Hartman from Ashland Solar Cooperative and Ray Sanchez-Pascador, from Solarize Rogue.
On Wednesday, Oct 27, 6:30-8:30 PM, PDT, via Zoom, Deconstructing Whiteness will host their monthly meeting, with the theme "Whiteness, and the Grief of Being a Culture-less People." You can find out more by visiting their website. From Deconstructing Whiteness, "All sessions, though focused on the education of white participants, are very much open to […]
On Wednesday, Oct 27 at 7 p.m., the Ashland Zen Center will host a candlelit ceremony for all hungry ghosts, and a memorial service for loved ones who have died.
From International FOR: The International Fellowship of Reconciliation, a spiritual based peace movement founded over a century ago to overcome war and the Culture of Violence and to implement a Culture of Peace, Justice and Truth through nonviolence, is pleased to invite all of you to join efforts to act for Climate. Living in justice […]
