Immigrants, Refugees, and Oregon
August 6, 2017 | 1:00 p.m. | Hillsboro Public Library Brookwood Branch
2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy., Hillsboro OR 97124
Global displacement is on the rise, thanks to intractable conflicts, economics, and climate change. Oregonians have and will continue to see the results of international migration in our neighborhoods. In this conversation, Manuel Padilla, who has worked with refugees in Haiti, Chad, and Washington, DC, asks participants to consider questions of uprootedness, hospitality, identity, perception, and integration and how we might build more informed, responsive, resilient, and vibrant communities. Read more.
Free
Jennifer Giovanetti at (503) 615-6500 or jennifer.giovanetti@hillsboro-oregon.gov