Category: Past OPI Work

Focus on Darfur with Dr. Boyer

Dr. Boyer spent 4 months with Northwest Medical Teams in Darfur setting up medical clinics. He spoke recently in Portland about his experience, and helps...

Seeking Justice in the Wake of Katrina

With Eric Ward, Center for New Community; Joyce Harris, Co-Chair of the African American Alliance; Jo Ann Bowman, Oregon Action!; Marcy Westerling, Rural Organizing Project;...

Eman Ahmed Khamis

Eman Ahmed Khamas, an Iraqi human rights activist, spoke in Portland on March 20, 2006 to an enthralled, standing-room-only crowd of 300 people at the First...

TroopsHomeFast – Cindi Fisher

Cindi Fisher spoke to the Oregon Peace Institute at the Portland Community Media Studios in August, 2006 about her fast for TroopsHomeFast, a group working with...

Global Portland 2005

Global Portland 2005 was a grassroots festival of multicultural understanding spearheaded by CLCB – now known as the Center for Intercultural Organizing (clcbank.org). There were...