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
Ashland Together was born in 2022 in response to an undeniable longing for an inclusive community.
Core planning team, January 2025
These were our questions:
What if all of the great humans who are doing the essential work of racial and social equity could connect with people who share the same desire for inclusion, but don’t know what to do?
What if the bubbles we live in could be dissolved through education, understanding, engagement…to build true relationships? No one left out.
What if we could create Ashland as a place where we could all be Together?
April 8What does it take to choose courage in challenging times?
How do we transform fear into meaningful action? Drawing inspiration from local frontline activists in the Civil Rights Movement, this panel discussion connects historical courage to the tenuous moment we find ourselves in.
FEATURING:
Dr. Geneva Craig • Organized and marched with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Dr. John Dolan • Left medical school to join the Freedom Riders
Eli Jaxon-Bear • At 18, headed to Montgomery, AL to join SNCC (Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee)
Wednesday, April 8 • 6:30–April 8:00 PM
SOU Recital Hall • 450 S. Mountain Avenue
Free Event Open to All • Registration Required
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
More than 550 of us gathered for an extraordinary evening with john a. powell in October, marking the launch of a new large scale collaborative, All.Together.Now. His presentation centered bridging vs. breaking stories, othering vs. belonging in relation to Souther Oregon.
Watch the recording here, and join the next community conversation on November 16.
“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
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.
