Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility

Scenes of white men on horses attacking Black people fleeing for their lives was utterly shocking. Even more appalling, the Biden Administration has been deporting thousands of Haitians by force in shackles to a nation that continues to endure countless human rights catastrophes, many of which have been created by US foreign policy. 

We are taking action immediately to stop the ongoing deportations of thousands of Haitians and other migrants at the US-Mexico border. This event is a part of a national day of action against the summary expulsions at the border as part of the Title 42 program and all deportations of Haitian migrants.

This action is the start of an escalating campaign to pressure the Biden/Harris Administration to treat immigrants humanely as they promised instead of continuing to commit human rights abuses at the border.

Learn more and join this event on Facebook.

Native American activist Winona LaDuke (pictured above) will deliver the 32nd Annual Salem Peace Lecture. The topic will be Indigenous Strategies to Address Climate Change. Oregon PSR is a proud sponsor of the annual Salem Peace Lecture, and we're excited to hear from this year's keynote speaker!

The lecture will take place on Wednesday, November 10th at 6:30 PM (PST) and will be delivered via Zoom, so you can attend from anywhere that has internet access. To receive a link to the lecture, please email Peter Bergel. Also, please feel free to share this save-the-date announcement widely.

The author of Native Struggles for Land and Life and Recovering the Sacred, LaDuke is the co-founder of Honor the Earth, an Indigenous organization that provides financial and organizing support to initiatives that directly address Indigenous environmental issues.

LaDuke's current efforts to promote a just transition to a greener path are deeply rooted. In 1996 and 2000, LaDuke ran for Vice-President on the Green Party ticket with Ralph Nader. More recently, she was a leader at the 2016 Dakota Access Pipeline protests and is currently actively opposing the Enbridge Line 3 Pipeline in Minnesota as a water protector. 

LaDuke resides on the White Earth reservation, where she farms heritage vegetables and hemp as part of Winona's Hemp and Heritage Farm, a nonprofit organization that seeks to create an Indigenous women-led economy focused on producing local food, energy, and fiber.

Peacemakers of the Year Announced

Each year, the Salem Peace Lecture Committee selects a Salem Peacemaker of the Year who is honored at the Peace Lecture. This year's recipients will be Delana and Russ Beaton, who will be honored for their decades of leadership of peace-related causes in Salem. Delana has long been a leading advocate for more deeply effective solutions for our unhoused neighbors. Russ, a retired economics professor, has been a wellspring of economically sensible proposals and activism as well as a beloved and respected shaper of many students' attitudes.

Please put this year's Salem Peace Lecture on your calendar now, and email Peter Bergel to receive a link to the event.

Oregon PSR is celebrating our 40th year of work for a more healthy, peaceful, and just world in 2021. We began from the powerful vision of our founders who sat on Dr. Karen Steingart’s living room floor and strategized about how a health message could help prevent nuclear war. Over the next forty years, our members, volunteers, and donors contributed their passion and leadership to the organization, bringing a broad public health frame to issues such as environmental justice, gun violence, and climate health, learning and growing along the way.

We hope that you will join us online on Thursday, November 18th from 6:30 until 7:30 PM (PST) in celebrating our 40th anniversary! Though the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic unfortunately prohibits us from safely gathering in person, we look forward to celebrating virtually with you. We will premier a new video highlighting some of our work over the last four decades, sharing stories and images from many of the longtime members and leaders who have made our 40 years of work possible.

This online event is free to join, and donations to support our work are gratefully accepted.

RSVP below to let us know that you'll plan to join us. We will follow up with you after you have RSVP'd with details for joining our online celebration in November.

We look forward to celebrating our 40 years of work with you on November 18th, and hope that you will RSVP today!