Patricia Sempowich has been a peace activist since the 1960s.  

 

She has worked through the Buddhist Peace Fellowship and various  Buddhist sanghas in California, Virginia and Oregon. She is a retired educator, having taught in high school and higher education, who lives in Ashland, OR.  Patricia has been involved with ACPC from its inception believing in its need and its fulfillment in Ashland through its welcoming and compassionate population.  

 

In addition to her dedication to ACPC, she writes poetry, sees many OSF plays and hikes in Ashland’s surrounding mountains.