Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility

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1. Image 1 — Oregon PSR joined the Oregon Public Health Association conference this year, tabling with the help of our wonderful volunteers. From L–R: Healthy Climate Program Director Samantha Hernandez, Treasurer Dr. Patricia Kullberg, Co-President Ann Turner, HCAT Volunteer Dr. Melanie Plaut, and Co-President Regna Merritt. View image 1
2. Image 2 — Oregon PSR joined Atomic Bomb Survivors from the World Friendship Center and the McMinnville Refugee Coalition at the FBC Sanctuary, coming together in community for An Evening of Peace and Songs. View image 2
3. Image 3 — OPSR Co-President of the Board Regna Merritt and Vancouver, Washington Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle at the Vancouver Peace and Justice Fair. View image 3
4. Image 4 — Oregon PSR stood alongside Columbia Riverkeeper, the Sierra Club, Oregon Rural Action, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, and numerous environmental and community groups at a May 19, 2025 rally opposing House Bill 2410. The bill, which sought to carve out an exemption to Oregon’s ban on new nuclear projects, was ultimately defeated—one of thirteen pro-nuclear bills this session that OPSR helped stop. (Photo by Alex Baumhardt of Oregon Capital Chronicle) View image 4
5. Image 5 — Co-Board President Ann Turner and volunteer Jim Plunkett at the OPSR information table during Portland’s Future: It’s In Our Hands, the 26th Rumble on the River Community Forum at First Unitarian Portland, co-sponsored by Public Grids. View image 5
6. Image 6 — Oregon PSR banner carried by volunteers at the No Kings march in Portland, OR on June 14, 2025. View image 6
7. Image 7 — OPSR Advisory Board Member Chisao Hata performed her moving poem Since Then during our annual Hiroshima and Nagasaki memorial event: Never Again: Art Speaks Where Words Fail — Art’s Enduring Protest 80 Years Later. View image 7
8. Image 8 — Peace and Justice Program Director Matthew Moran and Treasurer Patricia Kullberg, MD, staffed Oregon PSR’s information table at Familias en Acción’s 16th annual Latiné Health Equity Conference. View image 8
9. Image 9 — Healthy Climate Program Director Samantha Hernandez and Communications Manager Anna Kahler joined volunteers, coalition partners, and community organizations at the Move Oregon Forward Advocacy Day, representing Oregon PSR in the statewide effort for equitable climate policy. View image 9
10. Image 10 — Co-Board President Regna Merritt, Treasurer Patricia Kullberg, and Healthy Climate Program Director Samantha Hernandez are joined by Columbia Riverkeeper Advocacy Director, Dan Serres and Maura Anderson at Never Again: Art Speaks Where Words Fail — Art’s Enduring Protest 80 Years Later. View image 10
11. Image 11 — In October, the Healthy Climate Action Team held a special lunch honoring Theodora Tsongas and her significant contributions to Oregon PSR. View image 11
12. Image 12 — At OPHA, Healthy Climate Program Director Samantha Hernandez and HCAT member Theodora Tsongas worked together at Oregon PSR’s information table, sharing resources and engaging with conference participants. View image 12
13. Image 13 — Portland Taiko performed at our Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80th memorial, Never Again: Art Speaks Where Words Fail. Portland Taiko blends traditional Japanese taiko drumming with Asian American identity, creativity and empowerment, and has been a vital part of the region’s arts landscape since 1994. View image 13
14. Image 14 — Oregon PSR joined community partners in delivering comments to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, urging the agency to deny Zenith’s Air Contaminant Discharge Permit. View image 14
15. Image 15 — OPSR’s new Executive Director, Vincent Intondi, helped spotlight the urgent need for nuclear abolition as a keynote speaker at From Hiroshima to Hope: A Call for a Nuclear Arms-Free World, part of the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution’s Peace Week at George Mason University. View image 15
16. Image 16 — OPSR Executive Director Vincent Intondi answering a question during the panel discussion, next to Downwind Director Mark Shapiro and moderator Scott Bernard Nelson at Powerhouse: A Book and Film Forum About Our Nuclear Culture. The extended photograph shows the full panel, including former Washington State Representative Gerry Pollet and director and host Jill Murphy Long. (Photo by Lena Bruncaj) View image 16
17. Image 17 — Executive Director Vincent Intondi at the 18th Annual William Sloane Coffin, Jr. Peacemaker Awards, hosted by the Peace Action Fund of New York State, alongside 2025 WSC Peacemaker Awardee Jesse Hagopian. Dr. Intondi was honored by PAFNYS as a Teach Truth Educator. View image 17
18. Image 18 — Healthy Climate Program Director Samantha Hernandez, Membership and Peace & Justice Program Manager Matthew Moran, and Communications Manager Anna Kahler. View image 18
19. Image 19 — Executive Director Vincent Intondi speaking at the debut OPSR at the Movies event, A Discussion on A House of Dynamite, co-sponsored by Washington PSR and Northwest Against Nuclear Weapons. View image 19
20. Image 20 — Healthy Climate Program Director Samantha Hernandez at the OPSR information table during Rumble on the River 25: What Can We Do About the CEI Hub?, held at the Lloyd Center. View image 20

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• Image A — Healthy Climate Program Director Samantha Hernandez and Communications Manager Anna Kahler, with coalition partners and volunteers at the Move Oregon Forward Advocacy Day. View image A
• Image B — Healthy Climate Program Director Samantha Hernandez hosting Oregon PSR’s Healthy Benefits of Electrification and Resources to Make Your Home Climate Resilient webinar, presented in both English and Spanish. View image B
• Image C — NEVER AGAIN IS NOW was a pre-rally on October 18th joining the NO KINGS rally and organized by Oregon Tsuru for Solidarity and Oregon Rises Above Hate. Chisao Hata, OPSR Advisory Member, was a main organizer and OPSR provided medical support. (Photo by Regna Merritt) View image C View an additional photograph from this event
• Image D — Healthy Climate Program Director Samantha Hernandez, Communications Manager Anna Kahler, and Oregon PSR Volunteer Catherine Thomasson at the Move Oregon Forward Advocacy Day. View image D
• Image E — Oregon PSR at the No Kings march in Portland, OR on June 14, 2025. View image E
• Image F — Tsubaki Buyo Doukoukai performing at the 2025 Hiroshima and Nagasaki Memorial in Portland, OR. View image F
• Image G — Co-Board President Ann Turner in conversation with a historical reenactor portraying Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Vancouver Peace and Justice Fair. View image G
• Image H — At the New York State Peace Action Fund’s William Sloane Coffin, Jr. Peacemaker Awards, Executive Director Vincent Intondi is joined by 2025 WSC Peacemaker Awardees Jamaal Bowman and Jesse Hagopian. Vincent had the honor of introducing Hagopian at the event. View image H
• Image I — Earlier this year, OPSR had the honor of welcoming Ava Scherlag to our Board of Directors. Ava, a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, is a graduate of the Wy’east Medicine Pathway and a member of the Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine Class of 2029. View image I
• Image J — HCAT member Dr. Melanie Plaut presenting “Oregon’s Hidden Air Pollution Problem: Fossil Fuels in Buildings” at this year’s Oregon Public Health Association Annual Conference. Fellow HCAT member Dr. Patricia Kullberg also presented, speaking on “The Health Impacts of Industrial Air Pollution in Portland.” View image J
• Image K — Oregon PSR hand-delivered petition signatures opposing Zenith’s Air Contaminant Discharge Permit, along with our comments outlining the health and safety risks posed by the company’s operations. View image K
• Image L — Oregon PSR took part in an action leaving potted plants at the DEQ front desk to highlight how today’s decisions affect future generations—an idea contributed by Kate Murphy of Columbia Riverkeeper and a nod to the earlier Zenith garden planted in the train tracks. View image L
• Image M — Our Executive Director, Dr. Vincent Intondi, on stage as a keynote speaker for From Hiroshima to Hope: A Call for a Nuclear Arms-Free World, part of the Carter School’s Peace Week. He is joined on stage by (L–R) Dr. Alpaslan Özerdem, Dean of the Carter School, and fellow keynote speaker Dr. Ira Helfand, co-founder and past president of Physicians for Social Responsibility and a member of the Back from the Brink Steering Committee. View image M
• Image N — Performer, speakers, partners, and organizers at the 2025 Hiroshima and Nagasaki Memorial in Portland, OR. View image N