Ashland Library
Big Ideas: Update on Oregon’s Revised Drug Law Measure 110
Ashland Library 410 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland, OR, United StatesIn November 2020, Oregon voters overwhelmingly passed Ballot Measure 110, which reclassified possession/penalties for specified drugs including heroin, methamphetamine and others. This year the measure was significantly amended by Oregon House Bill 4002, which repealed the drug decriminalization portion in response to public backlash. Rep. Pam Marsh, Oregon House of Representatives, District 5; and Kerri […]
Ashland’s Chinese Community Presentation
Ashland Library 410 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland, OR, United StatesSunday, May 19 event at the Ashland Library, in the Gresham Room. 5:00 pm: Chelsea Rose, Director of the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology, will speak on the topic “The Wah Chung and Company: How a small store helped Ashland’s early Chinese community outfox a racist immigration system.” 5:45 pm: Peter Finkle of WalkAshland […]
Ashland as a City of Peace
Ashland Library 410 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland, OR, United StatesCitizens and Visitors in Ashland Let’s Talk! Ashland has been proclaimed a City of Peace since May 16, 2017. What does this mean now, what does this look like post Covid? What do we want it to be? You are invited to join community members in a dialogue of exploration and sharing ideas in an […]
The Truth: Lost at Sea — Israel’s attack on the Freedom Flotilla
Ashland Library 410 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland, OR, United StatesSponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace, Rogue Valley Chapter This 57-minute film documents the murderous Israeli attack on The Freedom Flotilla, an international effort in 2010 to break Israel’s naval quarantine of Gaza. The lead vessel of the eight small unarmed ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza was attacked in international waters in the darkness […]
Public Broadcasting In the Rogue Valley Event
Ashland Library 410 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland, OR, United States“The Past, Present & Future of Public Broadcasting in Our Region” is the subject of the next “Big Ideas” discussion on Tues., February 7, 4:00-5:30 p.m., in the Gresham Room at Ashland Library, 410 Siskiyou Blvd. Paul Westhelle, Executive Director, Jefferson Public Radio; and Phil Meyer, President & CEO, Southern Oregon PBS; will explain public […]
Public Forum: ‘Ancestor’s Future: Crystalizing Our Call’ Jan 12
Ashland Library 410 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland, OR, United States“After 2 years of working with on thee Say Their Names (STN) project, first on the existing memorial, then as a part of the STN collective, and now as a supportive capacity on as a member of the Public Arts Commission (PAC), I am thrilled to share with the public an invitation to the first […]