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Guest Commentator

Saskia Hostetler Lippy MD, PeaceVoice

BC Guest Commentator Saskia Hostetler Lippy, MD, syndicated by PeaceVoice, is a writer, psychiatrist, and activist in Portland, Oregon. She is a member of the Portland Peace Team, a field reporter for the TRUST network, and in a Portland working group for Cure Violence Global.

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Guest Commentary

Portland: A City Wrestles

By Saskia Hostetler Lippy MD, PeaceVoice Guest Commentator

In my heart, I cannot find it in me to give up. If we want to win, we cannot meet hate with more hate. Nonviolence is not an ideology, as much as it is a way of life that can be both confrontational and invitational.

While most of America breathed a collective sigh of relief at the historic April 20 verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, Portland Oregon, saw its most…

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