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.

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 […]

On Saturday, November 6th, SOA Watch will host a virtual conference. They will facilitate three virtual panels discussing the historic and current U.S.-sponsored militarization throughout the Americas, the Biden Administration's political strategies to address the root causes of mass migration, and the ongoing struggle of communities and movements to safeguard the dignity and autonomy of […]

Register for the film screening of “Bajo Fuego” followed by a conversation with one of our partners from Colombia COCCAM (National Coordinator of Growers of Coca, Marijuana and Poppy). Get your ticket here This timely event is an opportunity for students, grassroots organizations, and community members to learn from indigenous, black and small farmers on […]

Sunday November 14 the Ashland Climate Action Project of SOCAN and Local Innovation Works will host a moderated discussion: Community-Driven Leadership. Stephen Bárczay Sloan of the Humane Leadership Institute will moderate Ashland's Mayor Julie Akins and Interim City Manager Gary Milliman. Register Here Background: Ashland has a long tradition of rising to challenges with intelligence, […]

Rogue Climate invites you to their Virtual Shindig November 16 from 5:30 - 7 p.m. From their release, "Let’s take some time to recognize the incredible contributions to support our community this year and to reconnect with each other. The event will include, music, an online auction and raffle, updates about Rogue Climate’s work and […]

Ecologists and geologists will discuss a geographic landmark east of Ashland and their work protecting it in a Wednesday evening webinar. Southern Oregon Land Conservancy will highlight the history of Pompadour Bluff and highlight its plans to preserve it during a virtual pub talk titled “What’s Up With the Bluff?” from 6 to 7:30 p.m. […]

A conversation with Matthew Spellberg and Richard Falk of Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation presents Matthew Spellberg, our new President, and Richard Falk, the Foundation's Senior Vice President and past Board Chair, in conversation about the path from ideas to action, the importance of utopian thinking in an age of technological […]