Peg Bowden to discuss border experiences

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Book cover, A Land of Hard Edges, Serving the Front Lines of the Border by Peg Bowen. The title, in light brown, is superimposed upon image of dark, barred fencing. Rising behind the fencing is a hill of dirt with scrub vegetation.Peg Bowden, former Ashland resident, retired nurse and author of A Land of Hard Edges: Serving the Front Lines of the Border (Peer Publishing, 2013), will present updates on her border experiences twice while visiting the Rogue Valley. Her first presentation will be from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 9 at the United Church of Christ, 717 Siskiyou Blvd. in Ashland.

Bowden’s second presentation will be at 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16 at the Rogue Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 87 Fourth St. in Ashland. This presentation will also include pictures. These events are sponsored by the Rogue Valley Interfaith Immigration Coalition and the Social Justice Committees of the member churches. All are invited to attend either or both of these presentations.