Brownstone Ashland Supper Club

Wednesday, September 23rd, 5:30pm – 9:00pm

Venue: The Ashland Hills Hotel, Galaxy Room, 2525 Ashland St. Ashland OR 97520

$50 per person for salad, entree, and dessert. Beer and wine available for purchase.

Our Guest Speakers this month: Margaret Anna Alice & Rob Schlapfer.  

WEAPONIZED EMPATHY: HOW PATHOLOGICAL ALTRUISM FUELS BAD DECISIONS. Sometimes helping people actually hurts them. That’s called pathological altruism—you want to do good, but you wind up making things worse. Bad actors can make goodhearted people accept harmful solutions by tapping into their empathy. This becomes evident when you examine topics such as COVID, the climate debate, equity, and other hot-button issues. Understanding both how our minds work and how they are readily manipulated is how we become unherdable.

Rob Schläpfer is a social science educator who’s spent over a decade conducting classes and community conversations to bridge Oregon’s deep political divide. A former pastor, professor, and publisher, he’s taught critical thinking, civics, and cultural studies for over four decades. He created the Oregon Education Project to promote high-quality American Education.

Margaret Anna Alice has been a popular blogger since early Covid time writes about global politics, health, psychology, language, human rights, civil liberties, philosophy, history, and culture as she counterbalances her exposure of dark topics such as propaganda, tyranny, and democide with empowering solutions aimed at helping people. Margaret is best-known for her viral poem Mistakes Were NOT Made with millions of shares and hits.

The Brownstone Institute has been helping start supper clubs like this around the country.  Several of us here in Ashland felt inspired to take on the task to rebuild real community, have honest conversations, and find our people again.  We meet each month in an elegant setting to enjoy getting to know each other. There will be a time for meet & greet, followed by dinner and a speaker.  We invite you to join us in this new adventure. 

Venue Location:

Ashland Hills Hotel

855-482-8310
2525 Ashland Street
Ashland, Oregon 97520

There is plenty of available parking on-site.

Registration:

$50 per person.  Space is limited so be sure to secure your seat early.  For more information contact Bill at bkindman@mind.net.

High Class: Inside Las Vegas’ Underground Sex Trade

A powerful new film uncovers coercion, exploitation, and the hidden systems driving Las Vegas’s multibillion-dollar escort economy.

NOTE: This event is created by First 5 Siskiyou; we are helping to promote it because we believe in this work.

Join us for a powerful training with Rebecca Bender, a nationally recognized expert and survivor-leader in the field of human trafficking. Her session provides a clear, practical understanding of how trafficking really happens, the vulnerabilities traffickers exploit, and the warning signs communities often miss. Through real-world insights and survivor-informed startegies, participants learn how to identify risk, respond appropriately, and strengthen safety for youth and families. This training equips professionals and community members with tools to prevent exploitation and support survivors with dignity and care.

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“Let Em Know” will stand as a regular protest and march every other month until our cognitive liberties are firmly established against the unlawful and inhuman covert torture with Direct Energy Weapons and advanced surveillance technology.

I’m hosting the first one on October 26th, 2026. This will be the Day I show the community courage to speak 🗣️ up against this crime against humanity. Our voices must be heard — it’s not just about us who are currently surviving the 24/7 Harasment with Microwave auditory Effect, acoustic heterodyning, etc. —- it’s about everyone who may be next, vulnerable people and children.

WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS TO CONTINUE.

We have to have the courage to speak up. Calmly and courageously.

No more gaslighting the public about what is happening. Nothing is private anymore. You’re at risk. EVERYONE.

We must make changes to policy and firmly establish strong foundations for cognitive liberties and human rights.

I wouldn’t have ever understood what was truly happening in the world if I hadn’t become a victim of Covert torture with Weapons Technology. To me it is a blessing. I will be strong to stand up for those who are more vulnerable or tired —

I’m tired of living a double life.

I will do what it takes. Whatever it takes to expose these crimes. Will you join me? 🧠 - Liv Renner

'Narco slaves': Migrant workers face abuse on Oregon's cartel-run, illegal pot farms

Last year, Oregon lawmakers agreed the problem with illegal pot farms is out of control, recognizing the cartels had infiltrated the industry and migrants were being trafficked to work the fields. This form of human trafficking is also a current issue in Jefferson State/NorCal too!

But help can’t come fast enough. Currently, 21 states and Washington, D.C., have legalized the recreational use of marijuana. Some advocates say it needs to be decriminalized nationally to prevent cartels from smuggling cannabis to buyers in states where it’s still illegal.

Movie, lively & respectful discussion to follow.

Space is limited; RSVP to register at info@soaarfree.org.