Oregon PSR has worked for twenty-nine years to stop nuclear weapons, clean up our WWII Hanford legacy, and end wars. We recognize the direct link of diverting national resources to destructive military efforts and strive to promote everyday discussion on these matters. At this point in time, when our government spends almost $3 billion each week to occupy Iraq and Afghanistan, Oregon PSR’s task is to connect the inexcusable direct loss of this financial support to our communities in the forms of health care, education, adequate housing, safe, sustainable energy and a protected environment. Our task remains as strong as ever: to empower our members to voice a better, socially responsible way of living. In light of the work accomplished and the work ahead of us all, Oregon PSR is proud to honor the legacy of former PSR Executive Director Del Greenfield and her loving husband, Lou, by celebrating the inaugural year of the Greenfield Peace Essay Scholarship Contest. The contest, which will distribute $8,000 among the ten winning high school juniors and seniors, culminates on April eighteenth with a dinner and awards ceremony at the Doubletree Hotel in Portland.  

Our wish is that this contest will become an annual boon to the peace community, one in which we inspire one another, celebrating the gifts of youth and purpose while renewing our commitment to protect our public health and rid our world of violence and destruction, especially from our own government.

We are immensely pleased to begin this event with keynote speaker Sarah van Gelder, co-founder and editor of YES! Magazine, the quarterly journal devoted to building a more just, sustainable world.
Please join us in this endeavour!

All donations raised will support Oregon PSR peace work and the 2010 scholarship fund.