Events & Opportunities
December 13, 2018
Conversation Project: Bias and Kids
How Do Our Prejudices Affect Our Children?
6:00 p.m., Hillsboro Shute Park Library, Hillsboro
January 23, 2019
Conversation Project: The Space Between Us
Immigrants, Refugees, and Oregon
1:00 p.m., PCC Rock Creek Campus, Portland
February 28, 2019
Conversation Project: Why DIY?
Self-sufficiency and American Life
7:00 p.m., Banks Public Library, Banks
March 5, 2019
Conversation Project: How Do We Create Equitable Spaces Within Our Public Lands?
Educator Gabe Sheoships leads a discussion about what a relationship with nature means, how we can provide inclusive and equitable spaces within our public lands and natural areas, and how we can begin to work toward healing relationships with our land.
1:00 p.m., Tualatin Historical Society, Tualatin
April 16, 2019
Conversation Project: What Is Cultural Appropriation?
Facilitator Surabhi Mahajan will lead us in a conversation to explore cultural appropriation beyond who’s “allowed” to wear certain clothing or cook particular foods.
7:00 p.m., Walters Cultural Arts Center, Hillsboro
April 17, 2019
Conversation Project: What Does It Mean to Be American?
Join this conversation led by facilitator Ellen Knutson to share your ideas about what it means to be American and hear others’ ideas, to identify differences and points of connection that may lead us toward the ideal stated in our nation’s motto: E pluribus unum, out of many, one.
1:00 p.m., PCC Rock Creek Campus, Portland
April 22, 2019
Conversation Project: White Allyship in Close-knit Communities
In this conversation led by facilitator Alexis James, participants will have the chance to explore their identities, learn how to acknowledge different lived experiences without alienating friends and neighbors, and move toward action in their own communities.
6:30 p.m., Beaverton City Library, Beaverton
April 30, 2019
Conversation Project: Why DIY?
Self-sufficiency and American Life
7:00 p.m., Tualatin Public Library, Tualatin
May 1, 2019
Conversation Project: Beyond Fake News
How We Find Accurate Information about the World
1:00 p.m., Tualatin Historical Society, Tualatin