"Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of justice." – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Peace House began in 1982, when its founders mobilized Ashland to join the global movement that lifted the shadow of nuclear destruction from the human race. In the years since, Peace House has publicly witnessed to the possibility of a world devoid of violence in all its forms. View our website at http://www.peacehouse.net and join the conversation on our facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Peace-House-Ashland-Oregon/235510203165748

1. Peace House 2012

3. Peace House Programs
•Uncle Foods Diner
•Happy Hour Peace Talks
•Move to Amend
•Ending Wars
•Homelessness in our Community
•Nonviolence and Conflict Resolution Training
•Federal Budget Education Project

4. In the News

5. In the News: One of the Medford 6,
First Amendment Triumphs Herbert Rothschild Jr.,
at Central Point P.O. after arrested for civil
Peace House Show Down disobedience

6. Protesting:
‘Stop the
Impending
War with Iran’
on Feb 4th,
2012 at Vogel
Plaza, Medford

7. U.S. Military Bases
Surrounding Iran

8. Presenting:
Understanding War with Iran: Saber Rattling
(UN Club SOU)

9. How Congress is Shredding the Safety Net
Peace House – Herbert Rothschild, United Way of Jackson County - Dee
Anne Everson, CEO and Executive Director, ACCESS - Jackie
Schad, Executive Director, Community Works - Gringer Hahn, Executive
Director OnTrack - Rita Sullivan, Executive Director

10. Uncle Foods Diner

11. Our History
Some of our prior Chairs in the audience at the
reading of the
City of Ashland Proclamation for Peace House Day

12. Dot Fisher, A former Peace
House Chair.
City of Ashland Mayor, John
Stromberg, read the
proclamation

13. Party for Past Board Members and Staff
of Peace House February 2012

33. 30th Anniversary Dinner
Celebrating Peace
Keynote speaker Medea Benjamin
Peace House presented the Marjorie Maybury Kellogg National Peacemaker
Award to Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Global Exchange and of CODE PINK:
Women for Peace

34. 30th Anniversary Dinner
Award Recipients
Gina DuQuenne, Deborah Rothschild (presenter), Nancie Koerber and
Mark Thomas, Jim Phillips and Lucy Edwards

48. Nonviolence and Conflict Resolution Training

49. 2012 Happy Hour Peace Talks
Nov 19 Herb Rothschild, Peace House Chair presents “Where do we go
from here?” – an after elections discussion.
Oct 15 Representative Peter Buckley speaks on “Ballot State Measures”
Sept 17 Michelle Glass REconomy, presenting on “Defending Justice –
Grassroots action to REclaim our economy”
Summer Break
May 21 Eli Dumitri, presenting “GMO in Southern Oregon” (Continuing
info & action)
April 16 Speaker Susan Bassein, presenting ”Cuba, the Caribbean, and
the Caravan” (Opportunities to help)
March 20 Lucy Edwards and Jim Phillips, presenting ”Hondurus Official
Impunity and the Struggle for Human Rights” (Continuing info & action)
Feb 28 Michael Niemann, presenting Conflict with Iran (Continuing info
& action)

50. Happy Hour Peace Talks
To inaugurate this new educational/social
program, on February 20 Michael Niemann,
a faculty member in SOU's International
Studies Program, spoke on the strained
relations among Iran, the U.S., and Israel. A
crowd of 35 gathered at The Playwright
Public House to hear his presentation,
which covered the role of Israel in pressing
the U.S. to attack Iran, the nature of the
sanctions, and the International Atomic
Energy Agency's assessment of Iran's
nuclear program. A lively conversation
flowed after his formal remarks, along with
beer and bar food.

51. Happy Hour Peace Talks
The March presentation was on Honduras after the military
coup, and U.S. support for the current illegitimate
government. Presenters were Lucy Edwards and Jim
Phillips, long-time Central America solidarity activists. Lucy
had just returned from Honduras, where she does the
courageous work of escorting human rights and economic
justice activists who under death threat by the government.

52. In April, Susan Bassein, a
Cubanista located in the
Bay area, came to
Ashland to speak on
'Cuba, the Caribbean, and
the Caravan." She spoke
of the long, sad history of
U.S. military and political
interference in the
region, and how Cuba's
successful defiance of
U.S. domination has had
an enormous influence.
She also addressed
popular misconceptions
in the U.S. of the Cuban
political and economic
systems, as well as life on
the island.

53. In May, Eli Dumitru, active with
GMO Free Jackson County, will
speak at Peace House's next
Happy Hour Peace. He will
explain what genetically
modified organisms are, why
agribusiness is pushing
them, how they threaten local
and organic farming, and what
efforts are being made to
protect growers in our valley
and our state. Awareness and
grassroots action are needed
at this time. Come learn how
you can help.

54. September Happy Hour
Peace Talk
What does economic justice look like in
action here in the Rogue Valley?
Defending access to the basics–housing
and vital services–for our community.
In her role as Communications Director
at Project REconomy, Michelle Glass
tells the real story of how big banks are
moving trillions out of our communities
to Wall Street, while taking away these
very basics. From driving down home
values for all mortgages to the growing
number of underwater homeowners, to
wrongful foreclosures, rising rents,
budget cuts and stretched safety nets,
we are all impacted. And we are
fighting back. Join us for a discussion
about local impacts and local solutions
to defend justice and safeguard the
future for our valley.

55. October

56. Herbert Rothschild from Peace House presents
“Where do we go from here?”

57. International Peace Day
Speakers: Eric Sirotkin, Mayor Stromberg,
Herbert Rothschild, Evan Lasley

58. International Peace Day
Rogue Valley Peace Choir

59. International Peace Day
Women In Black

60. Empty Bowls

94. Peace House Move To Amend Canvassers

95. Move To Amend Jackson County
John Limb, Evan Lasley, and Andy Seles commence the
first meeting at the Talent Community Center