Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility

📅 Wednesday, June 25th, 2025
🕠 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
📍 Virtual Meeting (Zoom link will be shared upon RSVP)

Join us for our next Peace and Justice Action Team Meeting, where Oregon PSR members and community partners come together to learn, strategize, and take action for a more peaceful, just, and sustainable world.

This month we are excited to welcome Molly McGinty, Program Director at the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.

Molly is the Program Director with the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), where she coordinates the federation’s initiatives on the humanitarian and environmental impacts of nuclear weapons and advocates for their total abolition, primarily through the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). A strong believer in the power of grassroots movements, Molly works closely with IPPNW’s global affiliate network and partners, including the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) and Youth for TPNW, to build a groundswell of support for nuclear disarmament. She was on the founding Steering Committee of Youth for TPNW, currently represents IPPNW on ICAN’s International Steering Group, and is a Board Member of the Nuclear Truth Project. Molly holds a Bachelor of Science in Social Work and Gender & Sexuality Studies from Salisbury University.

Whether you’re a longtime team member or brand new to the work, your voice and perspective are welcome. These meetings are a space to connect, build community, and engage with the critical issues facing our world today.

We hope to see you there!

This year marks 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As we reflect on this solemn anniversary, we invite you to join Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility for our annual memorial event honoring the lives lost, the survivors (hibakusha), and the global movement to abolish nuclear weapons.

Our 2025 theme,
🎨 Never Again: Art Speaks Where Words Fail — Art’s Enduring Protest 80 Years Later
highlights the role of art as an enduring protest—telling stories, expressing grief, and inspiring action when words alone cannot.

The memorial will feature local speakers, artists, and performers including:

Performers:

• Portland Taiko
• BRAVO Youth Orchestra Quartet
• Tsubaki Bayou Doukoukai

Keynote Speaker:

Todd Yuzuriha - Co-Founder of the Minidoka Swing Band

Speaker:

Emily Washines, MPA and scholar - is an enrolled Yakama Nation tribal member with Cree and Skokomish lineage.  Her blog, Native Friends, focuses on history and culture. Building understanding and support for Native Americans is evident in her films, writing, speaking, and exhibits. Emlily received a 2025 Emmy Nomination for her cultural consultant work on the film, “Billy’s Magic.” Her research topics include the Yakama War, women’s rights, traditional knowledge, resource management, fishing rights, and food sovereignty. She teaches at Yakima Valley College and The Evergreen State College. She is a board member on the Museum of Culture and Environment, Columbia Riverkeeper, and Boys and Girls Club of the Yakama Nation. She hosts the War Cry Podcast. She lives on the Yakama reservation with her husband and three children.

Along with others soon to be announced.

We hope you will gather with us in remembrance, resistance, and hope.

➡️ Please mark your calendar and plan to attend.
More details and RSVP information will be shared in the coming weeks.

If you would like to volunteer at the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Memorial, please contact Matthew Moran at [email protected]

We are incredibly thankful to the current sponsors of the 2025 Hiroshima and Nagasaki Memorial.

• Veterans for Peace PDX
• Hiroshima Club
• Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education
• Japanese American Museum of Oregon
• Columbia River Keepers
• Multnomah Meeting of Friends

If you are interested in sponsoring this year's event, please contact Regna Merritt at [email protected]

If you’d like to support Oregon PSR and our work to promote peace, end the threat of nuclear war and the proliferation of nuclear weapons, please consider making a donation today.