In 1984, Robert Gould co-founded the Oregon Peace Institute with Congresswoman Elizabeth Furse, and continues to serve as President of OPI’s Board of Directors. In earlier years, he managed the Portland Draft and Military Counseling Center and the Portland Office of the American Friends Service Committee. Dr. Gould co-founded Portland State University’s Graduate Program in Conflict Resolution in 1993 and currently serves as its Chair. He also completed a three-year term as Chair of PSU’s Philosophy Department before Conflict Resolution became its own department. More recently, he co-founded the Northwest Institute for Conflict Resolution, the Newhall Nonviolence Institute, and the Peace and Conflict Studies Consortium. He has presented a wide variety of papers, workshops, and seminars in topics related to philosophy, peace, and conflict resolution.

- Tom H. Hastings

Tom H. Hastings is founder and Director of PeaceVoice, a program of OPI. He teaches in the Portland State University Conflict Resolution masters program (specializing in Nonviolence and Media Studies) and one Peace and Conflict course at Portland Community College, Sylvania campus. He is a founder of Whitefeather Peace Community and has practiced, studies, trained others in, and written books about nonviolent action campaigns for almost 40 years. He is an aspiring pacifist.

- Gloria Ngezaho

Portland State University graduate, Father, poet, Peace activist, published author (Faces of love and sometimes in January, 2006, Mysteries of the Night, 2009) and community leader (BUCASO executive secretary and Portland African Youth leader), Gloria Ngezaho considers himself to be Homme sans frontiere and a citizen of the world who values harmony, peace, justice and happiness for all. His continuous community involvement has earned him several awards and recognitions, including the prestigious Portland State’s President’s Award for outstanding community engagement.

- Roberta Hunte

Roberta graduated with her Masters in Conflict Resolution from PSU in 2006 and is a Doctoral Student with the Arthur V Mauro Centre for Peace and Justice Studies at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. Her area of interest is around the experiences of African American tradeswomen in the building trades as they overcome structural and cultural barriers. She also works as a Career Counselor with Oregon Tradeswomen and is an adjunct instructor with Portland State in the University Studies Department. She is originally from Virginia and has lived in South Africa and Canada.

- Foday Darboe

Mr. Foday Darboe received his BA in Political Science and International Studies (Cum Laude) from Portland State University. He is a graduate student in Conflict Resolution with emphasis on International Conflict Resolution. He is currently working on his thesis on the impact of illicit small arms trafficking to Africa, specifically in West Africa. Mr. Darboe was nominated and inducted by the Portland State chapter of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars for academic excellence, leadership and service. He plans to pursue a PhD in International Relations and Politics.

- Ambika (Riya) Kaphle

- Meredith Michaud

- Terri Shofner

Terri graduated with a Masters in Library and Information Science from the University of Washington in 2008 with emphasis on human computer interaction and the use of technology to facilitate distance learning and working groups. She’s a facilitator of nonviolence workshops developed by Nonviolent Peaceforce for capacity building and outreach in North America. She’s on the Coordinating and Communications Committees of the United States Nonviolent Peaceforce Chapters Association (USNPCA) where she helps organize the annual conference and maintains their website. She is active with the Peace Action Committee of First Unitarian Church of Portland and is also a member of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship.

- Rhea DuMont

- Timothy Vogt

Presentations throughout the day featured peace academics from across the US. The event wrapped up with the keynote address from Barbara Wien, peace scholar and PeaceVoice Advisor. The conference closed with a rich performance by the Sartori Men’s Chorus, a local group that sings about peace.

Following are some photos from this year’s conference showing presenters and their topics:

‘Michael Sonnleitner - Gandhi’s Use of Media’

‘Ksenia Gorbenko - Violent Face of Nonviolence: Civil Disobedience in British Suffrage Movement’

‘David Smith-Ferri - Battlefield Without Borders and The Rivers, a film of Iraqi refugee interviews’

‘Thomas Pynn - Philosophy of War and Peace in Daodejing’

‘Ako Yamakawa - Challenge to US military bases in Okinawa’

‘Gina Ronning - Justice in the Eyes of Others plus Building Peace through Economic Bill of Rights’

Volunteer Profile
Rhoda Moore Delivers Using Bicycle

Rhoda Moore has a sticker on her bicycle that says “53 MPB – 53 miles per burrito”. It’s a gentle nudge at the hybrid car claim of great gas mileage. Rhoda, who owns a hybrid car, is in the process of selling it and has relied on two-wheel transportation for several months.

A legal assistant for more than 30 years, Rhoda usually drove her car to work. But when she retired in October 2007, she didn’t really need a car. She lives in a neighborhood that is close to shops and every place she needs to go is accessible by walking or biking. So she bought a bicycle and started pedaling.

Last fall a friend told her about his volunteer work with the Elm Court Loaves & Fishes Center in downtown Portland. Rhoda was intrigued.

“I thought that delivering Meals-On-Wheels would be a good use for my car to keep it running,” Rhoda said. “I had volunteered with the Obama campaign and was really inspired to get more involved in my community, so I gave Ruth at the Two Rivers Center a call. As it turned out, there was a route that could easily be done by bike. I just needed to get a trailer to hold one of the coolers.”……

The cooler in the bike trailer was donated by OPI’s Tom Hastings. (The writeup states it’s the Loaves & Fishes center’s cooler - but no!)  Here’s the full article: http://loavesandfishesonline.org/content/news/aprnewsrhoda.asp

To promote and make available education and resources for peace and nonviolent conflict resolution in individual, community, national global and environmental contexts. We seek the widest possible collaboration and cooperation with others to achieve our purpose.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

- Robert Gould, Chair

In 1984, Robert Gould co-founded the Oregon Peace Institute with Congresswoman Elizabeth Furse, and continues to serve as President of OPI’s Board of Directors. In earlier years, he managed the Portland Draft and Military Counseling Center and the Portland Office of the American Friends Service Committee. Dr. Gould co-founded Portland State University’s Graduate Program in Conflict Resolution in 1993 and currently serves as its Chair. He also completed a three-year term as Chair of PSU’s Philosophy Department before Conflict Resolution became its own department. More recently, he co-founded the Northwest Institute for Conflict Resolution, the Newhall Nonviolence Institute, and the Peace and Conflict Studies Consortium. He has presented a wide variety of papers, workshops, and seminars in topics related to philosophy, peace, and conflict resolution.

- Tom H. Hastings

Tom H. Hastings is founder and Director of PeaceVoice, a program of OPI. He teaches in the Portland State University Conflict Resolution masters program (specializing in Nonviolence and Media Studies) and one Peace and Conflict course at Portland Community College, Sylvania campus. He is a founder of Whitefeather Peace Community and has practiced, studies, trained others in, and written books about nonviolent action campaigns for almost 40 years. He is an aspiring pacifist.

- Gloria Ngezaho

Portland State University graduate, Father, poet, Peace activist, published author (Faces of love and sometimes in January, 2006, Mysteries of the Night, 2009) and community leader (BUCASO executive secretary and Portland African Youth leader), Gloria Ngezaho considers himself to be Homme sans frontiere and a citizen of the world who values harmony, peace, justice and happiness for all. His continuous community involvement has earned him several awards and recognitions, including the prestigious Portland State’s President’s Award for outstanding community engagement.

- Stephanie Van Hook

Stephanie Van Hook is a perpetual student of principled nonviolence theory and practice and a self-proclaimed ‘World Citizen.’ She was in the Peace Corps from 2005-2007 in Benin, West Africa, and continues to collaborate on projects with the village she was invited to live in. Other topics of social justice that interest her are forgiveness and atonement processes; undoing stereotypes that confront Muslims in the United States; and unveiling the truth behind homelessness.

- Roberta Hunte

Roberta graduated with her Masters in Conflict Resolution from PSU in 2006 and is a Doctoral Student with the Arthur V Mauro Centre for Peace and Justice Studies at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. Her area of interest is around the experiences of African American tradeswomen in the building trades as they overcome structural and cultural barriers. She also works as a Career Counselor with Oregon Tradeswomen and is an adjunct instructor with Portland State in the University Studies Department. She is originally from Virginia and has lived in South Africa and Canada.

- Foday Darboe

Mr. Foday Darboe received his BA in Political Science and International Studies (Cum Laude) from Portland State University. He is a graduate student in Conflict Resolution with emphasis on International Conflict Resolution. He is currently working on his thesis on the impact of illicit small arms trafficking to Africa, specifically in West Africa. Mr. Darboe was nominated and inducted by the Portland State chapter of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars for academic excellence, leadership and service. He plans to pursue a PhD in International Relations and Politics.

- Jesse Laird

Jesse Laird is a student, activist and teacher. He is especially interested in alternative futures, mediation and world religions.

- Gail Skenandore

The Oregon Peace Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

EIN: 93-0912390

View our 501(c)(3) letter from the IRS here (.pdf)

• Sat Dec 1, 2007 Ch 22 at 1 PM 
• Tues Dec 4, 2007 Ch 23 at 5 PM
• Sun Dec 9, 2007 Ch 11 at 8 PM
• Sat Dec 15, 2007 on Ch 22 at 1 PM
• Tuesday Dec 18, 2007 on Ch 23 at 5 PM

Video taped at the Annual Tobin Lecture held at All Saints Church in Portland, Oregon
Nov 10, 2007.

For more information about the lecture see the
Archdiocese of Portland’s Office of Justice & Peace 

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Thanks YTribe!

Introduction by Robert Landauer

Keynote Presentation

Questions from the Audience

Darfur Action Items by Marty Fromer

(coming soon)

Sponsors

For more information on Darfur and genocide see the Portland Coalition for Genocide Awareness’s website

www.genocideawareness.net