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  • Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 05:30 PM · 2 rsvps
    St. Luke Lutheran Church in Portland, OR

    Rumble33

    Rumble on the River Community Forums #33

    🛡️Protecting Our Region From Its Most Perilous Threats
    📅Wednesday September 30
    ⏰
         🚪Doors and Info Tables: 5:30 pm
         🎤 Panel: 6:30 pm
    📍St. Luke Lutheran Church // 4595 SW California St., Portland, OR
    💲Rumbles are always free

    Join us for info, updates & action ideas on the CEI Hub, Data Centers, Nuclear realities and the proposed refinery at Port Westward's Columbia River Estuary

    Panel:

    Audrey Leonard: Staff Attorney with Columbia Riverkeeper
    Deren Ash:
    Campaign Manager with La Pine Data Center Accountability,
    serves on Oregon Data Center Defiance Steering Committee
    Jacob Roloff:
    Helvetia Farmer & Manager @ Roloff Farms, serves on Oregon
    Data Center Defiance Steering Committee
    Kelly Campbell:
    Policy Director with Columbia Riverkeeper
    Nick Caleb:
    Climate and Energy Attorney with Breach Collective

     

  • Wednesday, October 14, 2026 at 07:00 PM
    Chemeketa Community College’s Building 6 auditorium

    Salem Peace Lecture 37


    ☮️37th Annual Salem Peace Lecture
    Democracy in Crisis: How Did We Get Here and What Do We Do Now?
    📅October 14
    ⏰7:00 pm
    📍Chemeketa Community College - Bldg 6 Auditorium (off 45th Ave, use the purple lot)
    🎤 
    Featured Speaker: Shane Burley (Journalist / Filmmaker)

    Shane Burley, a journalist and filmmaker based in Portland, will speak on “Democracy in Crisis – How did we get here and what do we do now?” on Wednesday, October 14 at 7 pm in Chemeketa Community College’s Building 6 auditorium. 

    Please save the date and plan to join us for an exciting and enlightening evening dealing with a subject that is on many of our minds. There is never an admission charge for Salem Peace Lecture speakers. 

    Burley is author, co-author, or editor of four books, including Fascism Today: What It Is and How to End It. His work has been featured in NBC News, Al Jazeera, Jewish Currents, The Daily Beast, Jacobin, The Baffler, Yes! Magazine and the Oregon Historical Quarterly.

     Burley’s films document a variety of pro-democracy struggles.

    Each year the Salem Peace Lecture presents the Salem Peacemaker of the Year award to an individual or organization that has engaged in outstanding peace work. This year, the honoree will be The Salem Multicultural Institute, organizer of the annual World Beat Festival and much more.

    The Salem Peace Lecture Committee organizes the annual Salem Peace Lecture to bring national-class speakers to the Mid-Willamette Community with the co-sponsorship of a variety of local organizations such as Chemeketa Community College, Farmworker Ministry Northwest, United Methodist Church, Oregon PeaceWorks, Salem Region Indivisible, Salem 350, Salem Friends Meeting, Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility and others.