Ashland Together
Include, Engage, Educate, Amplify
Include, Engage, Educate, Amplify
An Ashland community that welcomes all, a circle of support dedicated to racial and social healing.
Ashland Together fosters kinship and collaboration, shining a light on vital social and racial equity work in our town and beyond. Through cultural events and community gatherings we amplify voices often overlooked, nurture relationships, and support meaningful change for a more just and welcoming community for all.
“Many people in Ashland care but don’t know what to do. We are a resource for helping people move from caring to doing.” —Hillary Larson, Ashland Together
Introducing our profile series featuring local leaders and members of Ashland’s cultural community.
When Shanique Scott (left) moved to Ashland nine years ago, she imagined starting an arts ensemble for diverse, local youth that would foster creativity and collaboration, nourishing theater invention and inclusion alike. In 2023, the Empowered Arts Ensemble came to life. This January, Scott led a collaboration with Pam Sterling, an emeritus professor from Arizona State University working with local kids age 7-13 [Read more…]
A conversation with Oregon author Sarah L. Sanderson, author of The Place We Make: Breaking the Legacy of Legalized Hate, and Taylor Stewart. Sarah will share her story of discovering that her ancestors participated in exiling Jacob Vanderpool from Oregon City in 1851 under the exclusion laws that prevented Black people from residing in Oregon.
Monday July 8, 6:30-8:00
OSF Carpenter Hall, 44 S. Pioneer St. Ashland
“Before I moved to Ashland, I’d heard Oregon was an anti-slavery state. I assumed that meant Oregon supported abolitionism. When I took Kristn’s class last year, I learned my assumption was wrong. Oregon didn’t want slavery because they wanted a whites-only state.”—Elizabeth Fairchild
Ashland Sunrise Project is a truth and reconciliation coalition addressing our community’s history as a Sundown Town created in collaboration with the Oregon Remembrance Project
Firefighter Hakiym was attacked at his workplace by another firefighter who singled him out, repeatedly yelling racial slurs, as witnessed by other crew members.
Hakiym defended himself (not with any weapon) only when the other firefighter physically attacked him. In a wildly unjust trial in Josephine County, Oregon, Hakiym was sentenced to 70 months of prison time while the aggressor was never charged.
Opportunities to learn, get involved, connect with others.
If you have a social or racial justice event or organization that you would like us to amplify, please email ashlandtogether@gmail.com with a short description and your event flyer.
