Oregon Humanities

Free Statewide Community Discussions this Spring

Conversation Project programs cover topics such as friendship, life in Iraq, and the media.

29 March 2011 | Permalink

Communities around the state have year-round access to free discussions through the Conversation Project: A New Chautauqua, a program of Oregon Humanities that connects Oregonians with public scholars and provocative ideas.

Ten different Conversation Project programs will take place around the state this spring. This season’s programs address such topics as friendship, life in Iraq, media and democracy, and the prison system. Programs scheduled from April 4 to June 22, 2011, are listed below by county. For more information about each program and to view the full events calendar, please visit oregonhumanities.org.

Baker
• Landscapes and Livelihoods: A Sustainable Future for Rural Oregon, by Victoria Sturtevant (5/13/11 at 6:30 p.m. at the Baker County Library District, 2400 Resort St., Baker City)

Clackamas
• Varieties of Friendship: Philosophy, Theology, and Technology, by Courtney Campbell and Lani Roberts (4/28/11 at 7:00 p.m. at the Lake Oswego Public Library, 706 4th St., Lake Oswego)

• Marking Our Territory: How to Read Local Landscapes, by Reiko Hillyer (5/17/11 at 6:30 p.m. at the Canby Public Library, 292 N Holly St., Canby)

Jackson
• What Never Was and Never Will Be: Can Our Media Serve Our Democracy? by Jeff Golden (4/20/11 at 12 noon at the Friends of the Medford Library, 205 S Central Ave., Medford)

Josephine
• The American Character: The Power of Individualism and Volunteerism, by Prakash Chenjeri and Daniel Morris (4/13/11 at 6:30 p.m. at the Josephine Community Library, 200 NW C St., Grants Pass)

Klamath
• Walking Our Talk: Moral Integrity and Self-Deception, by Lani Roberts (4/08/11 at 6:00 p.m. at Klamath Community College, 7390 S 6th St., Klamath Falls)

• Landscapes and Livelihoods: A Sustainable Future for Rural Oregon, by Victoria Sturtevant (4/15/11 at 6:00 p.m. at Klamath Community College, 7390 S 6th St., Klamath Falls)

Lake
• Varieties of Friendship: Philosophy, Theology, and Technology, by Courtney Campbell and Lani Roberts (6/20/11 at 7:00 p.m. at Boosters Hall, 86846 Willow Ln., Christmas Valley)

• Varieties of Friendship: Philosophy, Theology, and Technology, by Courtney Campbell and Lani Roberts (6/21/11 at 7:00 p.m. at the Paisley Community Hall, 705 Chewaucan St., Paisley)

• Varieties of Friendship: Philosophy, Theology, and Technology, by Courtney Campbell and Lani Roberts (6/22/11 at 7:00 p.m. at Memorial Hall, 513 Center St., Lakeview)

Lincoln
• Night of a Thousand Stars: A Portrait of Life in Iraq, by Joel Preston Smith (4/11/11 at 6:30 p.m. at the Driftwood Public Library, 801 SW Highway 101, Suite 201, Lincoln City)

• Landscapes and Livelihoods: A Sustainable Future for Rural Oregon, by Victoria Sturtevant (4/09/11 at 2:00 p.m. at the Oregon Coast History Center, 545 SW 9th St., Newport)

• Night of a Thousand Stars: A Portrait of Life in Iraq, by Joel Preston Smith (4/10/11 at 10:15 a.m. at the Newport Visual Arts Center, 777 NW Beach Dr., Newport)

Multnomah
• Marking Our Territory: How to Read Local Landscapes, by Reiko Hillyer (5/11/11 at 6:30 p.m. at The Watershed at Hillsdale, 6388 SW Capitol Hwy., Portland)

• Night of a Thousand Stars: A Portrait of Life in Iraq, by Joel Preston Smith (6/07/11 at 6:30 p.m. at the Garden Home Community Library, 7475 SW Oleson Rd., Portland)

Tillamook
• Slow Learners: Two Hundred Years of Unheeded Warnings, by Richard L. Clinton (4/28/11 at 7:00 p.m. at Tillamook Bay Community College, 4301 3rd St., Tillamook)

Umatilla
• What Never Was and Never Will Be: Can Our Media Serve Our Democracy?, by Jeff Golden (4/04/11 at 10:00 a.m. at Blue Mountain Community College, 2411 NW Carden Ave., Pendleton)

• Of the People or For the People: Getting the Government We Deserve, by Jeff Golden (4/05/11 at 10:00 a.m. at Blue Mountain Community College, 2411 NW Carden Ave., Pendleton)

• Beyond Bars: Reenvisioning the Prison System, by Walidah Imarisha (4/05/11 at 11:00 a.m. at Blue Mountain Community College, 2411 NW Carden Ave., Pendleton)

Wallowa
• Landscapes and Livelihoods: A Sustainable Future for Rural Oregon, by Victoria Sturtevant (5/12/11 at 7:00 p.m. at Wallowa Resources, 401 NE 1st St., Suite A, Enterprise)

Oregon Humanities connects Oregonians to ideas that change lives and transform communities. More information about our programs and publications—which include the Conversation Project: A New Chautauqua, Think & Drink, Humanity in Perspective, Teacher Institutes, Happy Camp, Public Program Grants, Responsive Program Grants, and Oregon Humanities magazine—can be found at oregonhumanities.org. Oregon Humanities is an independent, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities and a partner of the Oregon Cultural Trust.