Events & Opportunities
April 11, 2019
Conversation Project: Won't You Be My Neighbor?
How Relationships Affect the Places We Live
6:00 p.m., Marys River Grange #685, Philomath
April 11, 2019
Conversation Project: What We Owe
Living with Debt
7:00 p.m., Silver Falls Library, Silverton
April 13, 2019
Conversation Project: Listening to Young People
Join facilitator Emily Squires and a cofacilitator from the youth community for a conversation that asks folks to explore their own beliefs about what it means to be young and to reflect on their individual relationship to power as it relates to age.
6:00 p.m., Coos History Museum, Coos Bay
April 13, 2019
Conversation Project: How We Grow Old
Stories of Aging in Oregon and Beyond
1:00 p.m., Tillamook County Pioneer Museum, Tillamook
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 18, 2019
Conversation Project: Where Are Queer People Welcome?
Join facilitator Jill Winsor in a discussion that explores how the complexity of the queer community intersects with the spaces and communities that surround us.
6:00 p.m., Coos Bay Public Library, Coos Bay
April 18, 2019
Conversation Project: Listening to Young People
Join facilitator Emily Squires for a conversation that asks folks to explore their own beliefs about what it means to be young and to reflect on their individual relationship to power as it relates to age.
7:00 p.m., Southwest Neighborhoods Inc, Portland
April 19, 2019
Conversation Project: Hunger in Our Communities
Facilitator Surabhi Mahajan will lead participants in a conversation to explore the connections between the constructed story of hunger and the current and possible solutions to end hunger.
5:30 p.m., Port Orford Public Library, Port Orford
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