Free Community Discussions Offered Statewide
Oregon Humanities sponsors the first season of Conversation Project programs across Oregon beginning November 2009.
15 October 2009 | Permalink
The inaugural 2009–10 season of the Conversation Project: A New Chautauqua begins in early November 2009, and these free community discussions will be offered around the state. The Conversation Project, which connects Oregonians with public scholars and provocative ideas through idea-driven dialogue, is a program of Oregon Humanities (formerly Oregon Council for the Humanities).
The 2009–10 Conversation Project lineup features seventeen programs presented by sixteen scholars. This season’s programs span diverse topics, including friendship, mega cities, the future of rural communities, media literacy, and reimagining the American prison system. Programs from November 5, 2009, through February 27, 2010, are listed below by county. For more information about each program and to view the full events calendar, please visit oregonhumanities.org.
Clackamas
• Marking Our Territory: How to Read Local Landscapes, by Reiko Hillyer (11/18/09 at 6:30 p.m. at the Wilsonville Public Library, 8200 SW Wilsonville Rd., Wilsonville)
• Night of a Thousand Stars: A Portrait of Life in Iraq, by Joel Preston Smith (12/2/09 at 6:30 p.m. at the Wilsonville Public Library, 8200 SW Wilsonville Rd., Wilsonville)
• Beyond Bars: Reenvisioning the Prison System, by Walidah Imarisha (12/16/09 at 6:30 p.m. at the Wilsonville Public Library, 8200 SW Wilsonville Rd., Wilsonville)
• Borderless: Migration, Globalization, and Changing Communities, by Elliott Young (1/20/10 at 6:30 p.m. at the Wilsonville Public Library, 8200 SW Wilsonville Rd., Wilsonville)
Coos
• Of the People or For the People: Getting the Government We Deserve, by Jeff Golden (11/16/09 at 6:30 p.m. at the North Bend Public Library, 1800 Sherman Ave., North Bend)
Curry
• Your Land, My Land: Using and Preserving Oregon’s Natural Resources, by Veronica Dujon (11/7/09 at 11:00 a.m. at the Curry Public Library, 94341 3rd St., Gold Beach)
• Of the People or For the People: Getting the Government We Deserve, by Jeff Golden (11/15/09 at 7:00 p.m. at the Port Orford Library, 1421 Hwy 101, Port Orford)
• Borderless: Migration, Globalization, and Changing Communities, by Elliott Young (11/21/09 at 11:00 a.m. at the Curry Public Library, 94341 3rd St., Gold Beach)
Deschutes
• Borderless: Migration, Globalization, and Changing Communities, by Elliott Young (1/19/10 at 6:30 p.m. at the Hitchcock Auditorium, COCC Campus, 2600 NW College Way, Bend)
Douglas
• Landscapes and Livelihoods: A Sustainable Future for Rural Oregon, by Victoria Sturtevant (11/12/09 at 7:00 p.m. at the Douglas County Headquarters Library, 1409 NE Diamond Lake Blvd., Roseburg)
Jackson
• What Never Was and Never Will Be: Can Our Media Serve Our Democracy?, by Jeff Golden (11/11/09 at 7:00 p.m. at the Shady Cove Branch Library, 22477 Hwy 62, Shady Cove)
• Landscapes and Livelihoods: A Sustainable Future for Rural Oregon, by Victoria Sturtevant (1/20/10 at 7:00 p.m. at the Shady Cove Branch Library, 22477 Hwy. 62, Shady Cove)
• Landscapes and Livelihoods: A Sustainable Future for Rural Oregon, by Victoria Sturtevant (2/6/10 at 1:00 p.m. at the Ruch Branch Library Community Meeting Room, 7919 Hwy. 238, Jacksonville)
• The American Character: The Power of Individualism and Volunteerism, by Prakash Chenjeri and Daniel Morris (2/10/10 at 7:00 p.m. at the Shady Cove Branch Library, 22477 Hwy. 62, Shady Cove)
Josephine
• The American Character: The Power of Individualism and Volunteerism, by Prakash Chenjeri and Daniel Morris (1/22/10 at 5:30 p.m. at the Bear Hotel, 2101 NE Spaulding, Grants Pass)
Lincoln
• Life in a Mega City: Images of Urban Bangladesh, by Geoffrey Hiller (11/5/09 at 7:00 p.m. at the Newport Public Library, 35 Nye St, Newport)
• Night of a Thousand Stars: A Portrait of Life in Iraq, by Joel Preston Smith (12/5/09 at 7:00 p.m. at the Newport Public Library, 35 Nye St., Newport)
Linn
• Life in a Mega City: Images of Urban Bangladesh, by Geoffrey Hiller (11/18/09 at 6:00 p.m. at the Albany Public Library, 2450 14th Ave. SE, Albany)
• Of the People or For the People: Getting the Government We Deserve, by Jeff Golden (11/18/09 at 7:00 p.m. at the Lebanon Public Library, 55 Academy St., Lebanon)
Marion
• Your Land, My Land: Using and Preserving Oregon’s Natural Resources, by Veronica Dujon (2/17/10 at noon at the Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem)
• The Voters Have Spoken: Oregon’s Controversial Ballot Initiatives, by Jackson Miller (2/25/10 at 5:30 p.m. at the Mission Mill Museum, 1313 Mill St. SE, Salem)
• Seeding a Sense of Place: Science, Stories, and Smart Forest Policy, by Gail Wells (2/27/10 at 2:00 p.m. at the Friends of Historic Champoeg, 8239 Champoeg Rd. NE, St. Paul)
Multnomah
• Seeding a Sense of Place: Science, Stories, and Smart Forest Policy, by Gail Wells (11/8/09 at 2:00 p.m. at the Nature Center at Tryon Creek State Park, 11321 SW Terwilliger Blvd., Portland)
• Of the People or For the People: Getting the Government We Deserve, by Jeff Golden (11/19/09 at 3:30 p.m. at the Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront, 1401 SW Naito Pkwy., Portland)
• Walking Our Talk: Moral Integrity and Self-Deception, by Lani Roberts (1/19/10 at 1:30 p.m. at the OASIS Adult Classroom, Macy’s 4th Floor, 621 SW 5th Ave., Portland)
Polk
• Friend Me? Notions of Friendship in a Changing World, by Courtney Campbell and Lani Roberts (1/23/10 at 11:15 a.m. at the Dallas Public Library, 950 Main St., Dallas)
Tillamook
• Seeding a Sense of Place: Science, Stories, and Smart Forest Policy, by Gail Wells (1/16/10 at 1:00 p.m. at the Tillamook Main Library, 1716 Third St., Tillamook)
Washington
• The Voters Have Spoken: Oregon’s Controversial Ballot Initiatives, by Jackson Miller (1/5/10 at 7:00 p.m. at the Forest Grove City Library, 2114 Pacific Ave., Forest Grove)
• Of the People or For the People: Getting the Government We Deserve, by Jeff Golden (1/17/10 at 2:00 p.m. at the Hillsboro Public Library, 2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy., Hillsboro)
• Friend Me? Notions of Friendship in a Changing World, by Courtney Campbell and Lani Roberts (2/6/10 at 2:00 p.m. at the Sherwood Public Library, 22560 SW Pine St., Sherwood)
• Slow Learners: Two Hundred Years of Unheeded Warnings, by Richard Clinton (2/21/10 at 2:00 p.m. at the Hillsboro Public Library, 2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy., Hillsboro)
For more information, contact Jennifer Allen, Director of Programs, Oregon Humanities, (503) 241-0543 / (800) 735-0543, ext. 118, or by e-mail.
