2020 Ashland Tidings Articles
December 29, 2020
By Ashland Tidings reporter Allayana Darrow at adarrow@rosebudmedia.com
December 28, 2020
Irene Kai is co-founder of the Ashland Culture of Peace Commission, and David Wick is the co-founder and executive director. See ashlandcpc.org.
November 30, 2020
By Julie Akins is mayor-elect of Ashland. Akins is a co-founder of The Truth and Conciliation Council, Skoolie Home Foundation and has served numerous social justice organizations in Southern Oregon. She remains a freelance video storyteller and writer.
November 16, 2020
By State Rep. Pam Marsh, D-Ashland, is a former Ashland city councilor, executive director of Ashland Emergency Food Bank, and city council liaison to the Ashland Culture of Peace Commission.
October 19, 2020
By Laura Pinney, Program Manager for Rogue Valley Mentoring
October 5, 2020
By Gary Zukav, the author of The Seat of the Soul, the #1 New York Times Bestseller, former Special Forces (Green Beret) officer with Vietnam service, and a supporter of the Ashland Culture of Peace Commission.
September 8, 2020
By Irene Kai, Co-founder, Ashland Culture of Peace Commission
August 24, 2020
Irene Kai is co-founder of Ashland Culture of Peace Commission
August 10, 2020
By Joanne Feinberg, a filmmaker, and director of programming at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, and was formerly director of programming at the Ashland Independent Film Festival. She raised three children in Ashland.
July 27, 2020
By Irene kai, Co-Founder of the Ashland Culture of Peace Commission and brought the World Peace Flame to Ashland Oregon.
July 13, 2020
By Tom DuBois, 17-year resident of Ashland (a recovering California native) and a restaurateur for a dozen years, and currently with Louie’s of Ashland.
June 29, 2020
By John Stromberg, Mayor of Ashland, who is completing 16 years of public service in the City of Ashland.
June 15, 2020
By Scott Kelly, President and CEO Asante Health Care System, Southern Oregon
June 1, 2020
By Peter Buckley, who served as State Representative for south Jackson County in the Oregon House from 2005 to 2017. He is currently a trainer with the Southern Oregon ACEs Training Team and can be reached at reppeterbuckley@gmail.com.
May 18, 2020
By Pam Marsh, Oregon State Rep. D-Ashland, a former Ashland city councilor, executive director of Ashland Emergency Food Bank, and city council liaison to the Ashland Culture of Peace Commission
May 4, 2020
By James O’Dea - former president of the Institute of Noetic Sciences and author of several books, including “Cultivating Peace."
April 19, 2020
By Gary Zukav is the author of The Seat of the Soul and other New York Times bestsellers, former Green Beret officer with Vietnam service, and supporter of the Ashland Culture of Peace Commission.
April 6, 2020
by Jean Houston, scholar, philosopher and researcher in human capacities.
March 23, 2020
By Kathy Conway and Alan Journet, co-founders and co-facilitators of Southern Oregon Climate Action Now (SOCAN)
March 9, 2020
By Bianca Ballara, Environmental Justice community organizer for Beyond Toxics and the LOCAL project
March 4, 2020
Dot Maver is a board member of the National Peace Academy and the River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding
David Wick is the Executive Director of the Ashland Culture of Peace Commission
February 10, 2020
David Wick, Executive Director and Co-founder, Ashland Culture of Peace Commission and a Rotarian
January 26, 2020
Barbara Gaughen-Muller, president of the United Nations Association, Santa Barbara, host of PeacePodcast.org and co-founder of RotaryeclubofWorldPeace.org.
January 13, 2020
Sarah Kreisman, Executive Director of Rogue Valley Mentoring, Ashland, Oregon