The training will be from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm every Tuesday from June 22 to July 20. The fabulous facilitation team is Martina Müller, Lea Marcotrigiano, Esther Salomon, Nancy Cavalcante, Mark Friedman, and Cristobal Van Breen. The Training will include: 4 Pillars of Kingian Nonviolence Social Dynamics of Nonviolence 6 Principles (the will) - […]

The Solidarity Collective will be hosting a discussion with Aviva Chomsky about her new book Central America’s Forgotten History: Revolutions, Violence, and the Roots of Migration - an absolute must read for those seeking to understand and respond to the influx of Central American refugees seeking asylum in the United States today. To join the […]

Southern Oregon Climate Action Now is excited to devote our monthly meeting program to a presentation by Dr. Jennifer Marlon, Research Scientist with the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.  Dr. Marlon will identify tactics that we might consider using as we try to discuss climate science with those less convinced than we are. From […]

Rising Tide North America invites you to join an online training for people interested in organizing a demonstration in solidarity with the movement to Stop Line 3.  The training will cover principles of direct action (strategy & tactics), what to take to an action and how to plan an action. It will also cover what […]

The Southern Oregon Bias Reporting System is proud to announce the first event in our monthly Know Your Rights Conversations series. This month, Kieran Chase from Basic Rights Oregon, will be leading a conversation on Trans & Queer Rights. Organized by the Bias Incident Response System in partnership with SOEquity, the Josephine County Social Justice […]

Learn about the Green New Deal and Nuclear Disarmament during this first of two online sessions hosted by Olympia, Washington-based organizations reviewing a 70-page booklet available on the topic titled, "Warheads to Windmills." You can download the PDF of the full document here. Tom Crawford from the Thurston Climate Action Team (TCAT) will facilitate our […]

Next Friday, June 16, climate activists will hold brief vigils at the Ashland branches of three Wall Street banks that are financing Enbridge's Line 3 tar sands pipeline. Participants will gather at 9 a.m. in the Ashland Plaza, then proceed to Chase, Wells Fargo and Bank of America. This local action will be one of […]

Meet local farmers and learn about Southern Oregon’s abundant local food system in this free annual event! Visit farms around the valley and participate in a variety of activities from tastings to field tours. LEARN MORE  

Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice presents a free concert for those impacted by fires in Southern Oregon. George Mann will perform at Shelter D at Emigrant Lake this Friday July 23, 7-10 p..m. Concert organizers encourage people to arrive at 6:30 for socializing, concert begins right at 7 p.m. This is a concert for fire […]

Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World will co-host, on Thursday, August 5 at 9AM Eastern (8AM Central/ 7AM Mountain/ 6AM Pacific/ 10PM Japan), a zoom event (register here) to commemorate the 76th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Speakers include youth activists from Hiroshima and Nagasaki; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation atomic bomb survivors; and a […]

As the summers’ sweltering heat reminds us, fire risk is here and now. Last year’s fires were devastating, but the consequences of ongoing global warming tells us a repeat is almost inevitable. The message is that while we hope for the best we should prepare for the worst – a return of fire to our […]