Events & Opportunities
September 17, 2024
Tertulias...de película!
El 17 de septiembre a las 6:00 p.m. en el Teatro Tin Pan, únete a una noche de película sorpresa en español durante la Semana de Bienvenida de Bend.
6:00 p.m., Tin Pan Theater, Bend
September 17, 2024
Community Storytelling Fellowship Info Session
10:00 a.m., Virtual Event, statewide
September 18, 2024
Consider This with Dahlia Lithwick
Join us for a conversation about law, justice, and the public interest with Dahlia Lithwick, senior legal correspondent at Slate and host of the Amicus podcast about law and the Supreme Court.
7:00 p.m., Alberta Rose Theatre, Portland
September 26, 2024
Facilitation Training for Libraries
Oregon Humanities will present three trainings in 2024 for staff, board members, volunteers, and program partners of Oregon libraries of all types (public, academic, school, and tribal). These trainings will help people involved with libraries strengthen their skills in leading conversations about vital issues and ideas across differences, beliefs, and backgrounds. With the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence as a jumping off point, participants will learn about facilitation and reflective conversation, practice new skills and techniques, and learn to design and facilitate conversations that allow people and groups to learn more about themselves and each other.
This training will take place at Newport Public Library over the following days:
- Day 1: Thursday, September 26, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Day 2: Friday, September 27, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Click here to register for this training.
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Newport Public Library, Newport
October 5, 2024
Unpacking Accountability: What Are We Asking For?
Calls for accountability—for our leaders, for people who have caused harm, or for our communities—are common, but what exactly is being sought is often elusive. This one word may mean punishment, and much more. What do you mean when you say “accountability,” and how can we elevate the value of accountability in our communities?
Aron Klein believes in the healing potential of accountability. Through personal relationships, volunteer work, and political advocacy he has accompanied folks on their journeys toward accountability. He is the operations manager at Partnership for Safety & Justice and lives and bicycles throughout Portland.
1:00 p.m., Jacksonville Branch Library, Jacksonville
October 14, 2024
Conversation Project: Does Nature Have a Purpose?
Oregonians have long struggled to balance cultural, political, and values-based differences tied to our use of land and resources. As we enter an age of accelerating environmental change and scarcity, it is important to understand what drives these differences. In this conversation we will explore our attitudes and assumptions about the purpose of the environment in our lives and how those attitudes and assumptions shape our perception of environmental issues and policies.
5:00 p.m., South Tillamook County Branch Library, Pacific City
October 15, 2024
Dear Stranger Letter-writing Party with Portland Correspondence Co-op
Join Oregon Humanities and Portland Correspondence Co-op at the Independent Publishing Resource Center to learn about the Dear Stranger letter exchange, meet mail artists and letter-writers, and try out a vintage typewriter. We'll be on hand to answer questions and collect letters for the fall 2024 Dear Stranger exchange—no stamps required!
6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Independent Publishing Resource Center, Portland
October 19, 2024
Conexión con Nuestro Territorio
A hike and conversation in Spanish, presented in partnership with Vámonos Outside.
En este espacio haremos una actividad de senderismo mientras te invitamos a que converses con otros participantes sobre tu relación con el territorio, y descubras nuevas formas de explorarlo. Conectémonos a través de nuestra cultura y experiencias compartidas. Tendremos alimentación y transporte incluído para quienes lo soliciten. Vámonos Outside estará a cargo de actividades para niños.
12:00–3:00 p.m., Shevlin Park, Bend
November 7, 2024
Reflective Conversation Training (in-person)
During this in-person facilitation training, participants will:
- learn about facilitation and reflective conversation
- have an opportunity to practice new skills and techniques
- reflect on and share your own beliefs and assumptions and listen to beliefs, backgrounds, and experiences different than your own
- design and participate in reflective conversations and debriefs that analyze facilitation tools and choices.
This training will take place in the Oregon Humanities office in Portland (610 SW Alder St., Suite 1111) over the following days:
- Day 1: Thursday, November 7, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Day 2: Friday, November 8, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
To register for the November in-person training, click here.
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Oregon Humanities, Portland