2007

Arrested in 1964 for participating in the Free Speech Movement at Berkeley stimulated Doug Green to a committed dedication of protesting injustice.  Doug has photographed police brutality at Raise the Pentagon, Peoples Park, and S.F. State Park.   Doug worked as a staff photographer for M.L.K.’s Resurrection City in Washington.   For the last 25 years, Doug has worked as an activist M.C.

A major evolution in the bioregional movement can be attributed to the organizing skills of homesteader and appropriate technology activist David Haenke, He published Ecological Politics and Bioregionalism, describing regenerative agriculture, appropriate technology, renewable energy sources, cooperative economics, land trusts, ecologically-based health policy.  David is co-founder of the first bioregional congress – still going strong 28 years later, providing a template for others.  His focus is on the politicization and inst

Dave Room is founder of Energy Preparedness, a consultancy on relocalization and municipal response to our energy predicament.  Previously, he played a key role in many aspects of Post Carbon Institute’s emergence including conceptual frameworks, web design and development, policy, outreach, and fundraising.  He is an interviewer for Global Public Media, as well as a frequent lecturer.

A talk show host, investigative reporter, writer, and an entrance point for activist voices, Alan Siporin organized for civil rights and against the Vietnam War in Nebraska in the 1960s.  In the 70s he moved to Eugene and worked with organizations like McKenzie River Gathering and Growers Market.  He joined KLCC in 1981 as host for the Blue Plate Special – bringing us information that is so profoundly fundamental for

Celia Tagamolila Bardwell-Jones is currently a PhD candidate in the Department of Philosophy and is also pursuing a Women and Gender Studies Graduate Certificate at the University of Oregon. Her dissertation analyzes the concept of travel as a way of thinking about the nature of cross-cultural identities and the notion of community within a transnational context. Her work addresses issues in feminist border politics, cosmopolitanism, multiculturalism and immigration in an age of globalization.

Teacher, performer, counter-cultural icon, lover of God: Bhagavan Das is as rich and manifold as Existence itself.   Born in California, Bhagavan Das was disturbed by suburban existence and materialism and set forth to explore the world.  Busking throughout Europe he headed east, hiking overland through Afghanistan and Pakistan into India. All possessions stolen, he threw himself into solitary retreat. Upon emerging he had an absolute devotion to God.  Bhagavan Das lived as an Indian sadhu, and met his guru, the great Neem Karoli Baba Maharaj.

Anne Feeney is the granddaughter of an intrepid mineworker organizer who used music to carry the message of solidarity.   She has worked as an attorney representing the underserved and disabled. Anne exemplifies the spirit of the new/old guerilla minstrels working to build community, empower the people, and expose the naked imperialist. Illustrious cover song, Have You Been to Jail For Justice, from Anne’s newest CD Live From the Wholly Stolen Empire has been performed by Peter, Paul & Mary and others. Utah Phili

Francisco Letelier is an artist, writer and activist whose imaginative work weaves together history and contemporary experiences. For more than 25 years, Letelier has been bridging continents; planning and creating public art that crosses disciplines and cultures while building dialogues within communities.