Immigrants, Refugees, and Oregon
February 16, 2017 | 7:00 p.m.
Salem Public Library Foundation, 585 Liberty St. SE, Salem
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.
Salem Public Library Foundation
Free
Valorie Freeman at (503) 561-5279 or vafree09@gmail.com