peace

Education

One Springfield elementary school’s student-led traditions have instilled peace and kindness for more than a quarter century

Karen Richards

Recently, we reported on an official Peace Pole that was installed at Springfield’s Bob Keefer Center. It turns out, another peace pole has stood in Springfield for more than 25 years.

A woman with a microphone speaks on a grassy lawn as several other speakers watch nearby

Social Justice

Springfield's first Peace Pole has been planted at the Bob Keefer Center

Karen Richards

The Rotary Club of Springfield installed the city’s first Peace Pole on Tuesday, the 140th anniversary of Springfield’s incorporation.

Hideko Tamura-Snider, who survived the Hiroshima atomic bomb blast as a ten-year-old, ceremonially waters a "peace tree" at the Oregon Department of Forestry in Salem. Tamura-Snider now lives in Medford.

Nature

Celebration marks dedication of final “Hiroshima Peace Tree” in Oregon

Chris M Lehman

More than 50 trees that are descended from ones that survived the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, Japan are now planted across Oregon. The four-year project was celebrated Wednesday with a ceremony in Salem.

Nature

Trees Planted With Seeds From Hiroshima Are Now Growing In Oregon

Chris M Lehman

This week marks the 75th anniversary of the atomic bomb blasts in Japan. Oregonians can now visit dozens of new trees that have a unique connection to one…

Education

Two Young Women Work for Peace in the Middle East

Rachael McDonald

Two young women from the Middle East are attending Lane Community College this year. One is from Israel, the other from Palestine. They're working for…