Conversation Project: What Does It Mean to Be American?

October 22, 2019 | 11:30 a.m. | Pacific University McCall Center for Civic Engagement

2043 College Way, Washburne Hall / University Center Boxer Pause, Forest Grove OR 97116

The United States is a culturally diverse nation with residents who can trace their heritage to countries across the globe, and our diversity is projected to continue to increase over the next several decades. Given the differences of race, ethnicity, place, religion, wealth, language, education, and ideology that exist in the US, what are the things that unite us a nation? How do we understand what it means to be American and what we hold valuable? 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. This conversation will take place in the Boxer Pause Room in Washburne Hall in the University Center.

Event Sponsors

Pacific University McCall Center for Civic Engagement

Cost

Free

Contact

Stephanie Stokamer at stok@pacificu.edu or (503) 352-1571