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SUMMARY:Building Short Bridges
DESCRIPTION:This highly interactive event led by Lisa Ebony\, who has provided a free community meal served with love and respect for three years\, will help you connect your passion to local action.
URL:https://peacehouse.net/event/building-short-bridges/
LOCATION:Ashland Library\, 410 Siskiyou Blvd\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250224T180000
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SUMMARY:How to Do No Harm and Be a Good Neighbor
DESCRIPTION:Ashland Sunrise Project invites you to meet and hear from John Almaguer\, our local immigration attorney. John Almaguer is a Mexican American attorney at Stout Law. He has been practicing immigration law for 24 years in Southern Oregon. \nAlmaguer will be speaking on Monday\, February 24\, from 6pm–7:30pm at Rogue Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (RVUUF)\, located at 87 Fourth Street\, Ashland. \nAshland Sunrise Project (ASP)\, a part of Oregon Remembrance Project (ORP)\, aims to help former sundown towns develop new identities as “sunrise communities\,” the opposite of a sundown town. Sunrise communities are places in which everyone can feel safe\, respected\, and can call home. \nASP thanks its community partners for this event\, which include:\nRVUUF\, Oregon Remembrance Project\, Unete Oregon\, Ashland Together\, Peace House\, and the City of Ashland’s Social Equity & Racial Justice Advisory Committee (SERJ). \nThis event is free. Please register here \nThis event will also be livestreamed at: https://www.youtube.com/@roguevalleyunitarianuniver8871
URL:https://peacehouse.net/event/how-to-do-no-harm-and-be-a-good-neighbor/
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 87\, 87 4th Street\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
CATEGORIES:Allies,Immigration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241112T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241112T200000
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SUMMARY:Building Post-Election Common Ground
DESCRIPTION:The Ashland Sunrise Project wraps up their speaker’s series for 2024 with a timely conversation about finding common ground in the midst of the divisions we face. \nTuesday\, November 12th 6:30-8:00 pm OSF Carpenter Hall \n“Building Post-Election Common Ground” is a conversation between Mike and Emily Green\nco-founders of Common Ground Conversations on Race (CGC)\, Taylor Stewart\, founder of the Oregon Remembrance Project\, and host Tara Houston\, Community and Engagement Manager\, Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF). \n“Developing an understanding among people who disagree doesn’t mean they will find agreement. Our focus is to establish a common ground of knowledge and understanding\, not necessarily agreement.” Mike Green
URL:https://peacehouse.net/event/building-post-election-common-ground/
LOCATION:OSF Carpenter Hall\, 44 S Pioneer St\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
CATEGORIES:Allies,Community Event,Racial Justice
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240819T183000
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SUMMARY:From Thorns to Blossoms A Japanese American Family in War and Peace
DESCRIPTION:Ashland Together and Bloomsbury Books are happy to bring Mitzi and David Loftus back for an encore presentation of their book\, From Thorns to Blossoms A Japanese American Family in War and Peace. Mitzi will share her experience in the camp and the aftermath of that experience. David will provide some history and context for the story. \nFrom Oregon University State Press new books 2024: \n“Born on a fruit orchard in Hood River\, Oregon\, in 1932\, Mitzi Asai Loftus spent three years of her childhood in government incarceration camps in California and Wyoming. For more than seventy years\, she has given public talks about her family’s experience to audiences of all ages. Having lived much of her adult life in Eugene and Coos Bay\, she now resides in Ashland. \nWriter\, editor\, actor\, and voice artist David Loftus is a native Oregonian. The author of several books\, David has acted on stage and in film\, recorded books for the blind\, and read literature aloud at bookstores\, coffee\, shops\, and pubs in a series he calls “Story Time for Grownups.” He lived 10 years in Boston but has been a Portland resident since 1991. \nTo register for this free event\, click here.
URL:https://peacehouse.net/event/26675/
LOCATION:OSF Carpenter Hall\, 44 S Pioneer St\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Racial Justice,War & Peace
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240715T183000
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SUMMARY:An Empowering Conversation About Fire\, Climate Change and Community
DESCRIPTION:Ashland Together and Ashland.news present An Empowering Conversation About Fire\, Climate Change and Community\, a public presentation by Lomakatsi Restoration Project. Founder and Executive Director Marco Bey and Tribal Partnerships Director Belinda Brown discuss Collaborative Forest Restoration: A Win-Win for People and Nature. \nThis free event will take place on July 15\, from 6:30 – 8:00 pm at Carpenter Hall\, 44 S. Pioneer\, Ashland. Restoration Project. Founder and Executive Director Marco Bey and Tribal Partnerships Director Belinda Brown discuss Collaborative Forest Restoration: A Win-Win for People and Nature. This free event will take place on July 15\, from 6:30 – 8:00 pm at Carpenter Hall\, 44 S. Pioneer\, Ashland. \nIn the face of climate change and the new reality of wildfire in the West\, collaborative\, community-based forest restoration is a proven solution to help protect communities and natural resources. Lomakatsi will share their model for leveraging federal and state agreements with local partnerships to build long-term\, landscape-scale forest and watershed stewardship projects. These agreements can bring millions of federal dollars to help create fire-adapted ecosystems and communities\, while supporting sustainable jobs and local economies. This hands-on stewardship approach enhances wildlife habitat and helps prepare the landscape for beneficial fire. \n \n 
URL:https://peacehouse.net/event/an-empowering-conversation-about-fire-climate-change-and-community/
LOCATION:OSF Carpenter Hall\, 44 S Pioneer St\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240527T183000
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SUMMARY:What it Means to Belong: A Conversation
DESCRIPTION:The Ashland Sunrise Project invites you to a conversation about what it means to belong with artist and activist Micah Blacklight\, activist Cassie Preskenis\, and Taylor Stewart\, executive director and founder of the Oregon Remembrance Project. \nThe Ashland Sunrise Project is excited to announce\, “What it means to Belong\,” the second presentation in its speaker series. This event will take place on May 27\, from 6:30 – 8:00 pm at Carpenter Hall\, 44 S. Pioneer\, Ashland. \n“What it Means to Belong\,” is a conversation among community activist Cassie Preskenis\, local artist Micah Blacklight\, Taylor Stewart\, founder of the Oregon Remembrance Project (ORP)\, and Tara Houston\, Community and Engagement Manager\, Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF). \nBlacklight and Preskenis are members of the Say Their Names collective\, which is working to erect a sculpture in Ashland to honor the lives of people of color killed by systemic injustices. Blacklight and Preskenis will share the vision for their monument\, the importance of Black art\, and ways community members can support the expansion of Black identity in Ashland. \nPreskenis will present her short video “Say Their Names\,” which includes interviews with people of color in our community. \n 
URL:https://peacehouse.net/event/what-it-means-to-belong-a-conversation/
LOCATION:OSF Carpenter Hall\, 44 S Pioneer St\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Racial Justice
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240212T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240212T193000
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SUMMARY:Ashland Sunrise Project: What is it?
DESCRIPTION:The Sunrise Project aims to help former sundown towns reconcile their history of racial exclusion by creating new identities as that of “sunrise communities\,” the opposite of sundown towns. After starting in Grants Pass\, the Oregon Remembrance Project is now working with community members in Ashland to bring this vision of belonging for all to our community. Learn more about the project and how you can join us in rewriting the ending to the story of a sundown town. \nFeatured speakers include Taylor Stewart (Oregon Remembrance Project)\, Gabi Johnsen (Grants Pass Remembrance)\, & Anna Sloan (Southern Oregon Historical Society). \nAshland Sunrise Project is an Ashland Together Initiative in partnership with the Oregon Remembrance Project. \nThe event is free and open to the public. For more information and to RSVP\, please go to our website at: \nhttps://ashlandtogether.org/event/launch-of-the-ashland-sunrise-project/ \n 
URL:https://peacehouse.net/event/ashland-sunrise-project-what-is-it/
LOCATION:OSF Carpenter Hall\, 44 S Pioneer St\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
CATEGORIES:Allies,Community Event,Racial Justice
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SUMMARY:Four Week Online Course: Unwelcomed – Oregon’s History of Exclusion
DESCRIPTION:Ashland Together\, in collaboration with Peace House and BASE is proud to present “Unwelcomed: Understanding Oregon’s History Exclusion.” This 4-week online course is led by Portland State University Professor Kristin Teigen. \nProfessor Teigen will take us through the deliberate steps taken to construct Oregon\, first as a territory and later as a state\, to exclude non-white people. \nWoven into each week\, we will discuss Southern Oregon’s specific history with regard to race. \nRegister Here \nWeek 1: Exclusions\, Genocide\, Segregation\, and Deportation \nBeginning with the construct of race\, we then embark on a journey through Oregon’s complex and often troubling history. Who was in Oregon before it became a state? What led to its founding? Dive deep into the origins of hate groups like the KKK and investigate discriminatory policies such as the Chinese Exclusion Act. Understand how Oregon’s history is marred by acts of deportation\, exclusion\, and even genocide. \nWeek 2: Displacement and the Arrival of Immigrants \nMoving from the origin of Oregon\, we will travel into the early 20th century to examine the creation of segregation and systems of displacement\, the arrival of immigrant groups\, and we will set the stage for the transformation of World War II. \nWeek 3: World War II and Its Aftermath \nThe third week takes us to a critical period: World War II and its enduring impact on Oregon. Explore the devastating effects of Japanese internment camps\, Latinx deportations\, the creation of Vanport and more\, and the practice of redlining\, all of which continue to shape Oregon’s communities today.\nWeek 4: The “Golden Age” and Modern Day \nThe 1950’s\, the supposed Golden Age of the U.S. brought dramatic transformations\, particularly with Indigenous communities\, displacements within Black communities\, the aftermath of internment and continued deportations. Moving into modern-day Oregon\, we will look at how the past has created the realities of our day-to-day lives and the continuing struggle for justice. \nCourse Details: \nWhen: Every Thursday beginning February 1st\nTime: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm PT\nPlatform: Zoom (link will be provided on the day of each class)\nCost: $90\nCapacity: Limited to 35 participants \nThis course emphasizes active participation\, open dialogue\, and is designed to be a safe space for all attendees. \nPlease write to ashlandtogether@gmail.com for information regarding full or partial scholarships. \nUnwelcomed: Understanding the Racist History of Oregon is sponsored by our partners: Peace House\, BASE–Black Alliance and Social Empowerment\, and Rogue Valley Unitatian Universalist Fellowship. 50% of all proceeds will be donated to BASE \nInstructor: Kristin Teigen\, MA\, M.Ed. is an educator at Portland State University\, where she teaches the history of BIPOC communities in Oregon and issues of women’s homelessness. She’s also an anti-oppression activist\, working in feminist\, queer\, environmental justice and people of color movements\, and a trained anti-oppression facilitator
URL:https://peacehouse.net/event/four-week-online-course-unwelcomed-oregons-history-of-exclusion/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Racial Justice
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