Peace Work
In January, we sponsored a social justice meeting. The day after that meeting, 20 people met for the first weekly peace vigil, which lasted for four months and at their peak attracted over 100 people.

A Peace and Democracy in Action Committee was formed. After war began we held a silent march and noisy rally for peace with over 150 people attending and held a four week War and Peace Movie series followed by discussions.

Civic Development
Conversation Cafés, monthly public discussions where people make meaningful connections using topics such as “What does it mean to be an American?”

Kitchen Table Activism meetings: A monthly project of Rural Organizing Project (ROP) where volunteers work on public policy issues, joining other small social justice groups throughout the state in creating collective results.

Arts & Culture
Our annual Pride Celebration brought over 50 people together for a family picnic during the day and over100 people to a nighttime Drag Queen Show!

We supported Equity Foundation’s presentation of The Laramie Project followed by a post-play discussion as well as The Vagina Monologues and follow up workshops for women.

Singing About a Revolution: Monthly “Open mic” jams with a political groove, held in a LGBT friendly restaurant/bar. Music for a change.

HDC co-sponsored the second annual Latino Film Festival with the Diversity Committee of our local college.

In our economic justice series we helped produce the play, “Nickel and Dimed”

Working with the Deschutes County Public Library, we brought “The Other Faces of Iraq” a photo exhibit traveling through rural communities in Central Oregon.

Political Education
With the Mackenzie River Gathering grant we hosted a socially responsible investing workshop.

We sponsored along with Bend Community Action Team an educational meeting on Oregon Center for Public Policy’s report, “Boom, Bust and Beyond: The State of Working Oregon 2002.”

HDC organized 16 Central Oregonians to join 300 other rural Oregonians in Salem for the ROP’s Barnyard Ruckus and Caucus.

Amnesty International and HDC brought Father Roy Bourgeois to speak in Bend about the School of the Americas Watch.

A group of concerned volunteers worked to educate the community about the USA PATRIOT ACT.

We held a “From Sweatshop to Fair trade” educational forum.

Outreach & Advocacy
In response to a recent hate crime against a member of the GLBT community, HDC is part of a local effort to pass an anti-discrimination ordinance, create a hate free business community, and hold a Not in Our Town Forum.

HDC joined PFLAG to create a float for the Bend Holiday Parade.

Working with local citizens and the Bend City Council, we are working to make sure Bend is in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

An HDC board member was a panel member for the Forest Service diversity training.

We published our seasonal newsletters with educational articles written by local activists and sent out to our 2000+ household mailing list.