Events & Opportunities
March 31, 2026
Consider This: The Changing Roles of Religious Spaces in Oregon
Guests Frank So, director of Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon; Rev. Amy Jayne of Cove Ascension School and Conference Center; and Brandon Rhodes, D.Min. of Coburg Commons will join Adam Davis onstage in La Grande to explore how faith communities across the state are adapting church-owned land and buildings to meet emerging community needs.
7:00 p.m., HQ, La Grande
April 7, 2026
Consider This: What Democracy Needs with Hélène Landemore
A conversation with political theorist Hélène Landemore, author of Politics Without Politicians, on what democracy must become to meet the complexity, speed, and scale of today’s world. This conversation will take place in person at the Alberta Rose Theatre and be streamed online via YouTube.
7:00 p.m., Alberta Rose Theatre, Portland
April 30, 2026
Consider This: Labor, Farmworker Organizing, and Histories of Indigenous Communities in Oregon
Joaquín Lara Midkiff moderates this conversation with labor organizers Reyna López and Ramón Ramírez. The conversation will illuminate the many ways that the mid-Willamette Valley has been home to powerful farmworker and solidarity movements that transformed the lives of migrant laborers and reshaped Oregon's political and economic landscape.
7:00 p.m., Mt. Angel Theater Studio, Mt. Angel
June 18, 2026
Consider This with Naomi Shihab Nye
A conversation with the extraordinary poet and novelist Naomi Shihab Nye about nations and communities. What makes this nation, the United States, what it is? How do nations change over time, and what moves those changes? How do communities become what we hope them to be? How should we strive to live together in community?
7:00 p.m., Alberta Rose Theatre, Portland
June 18, 2026
Consider This with Naomi Shihab Nye watch party: Clatskanie
Join Clatskanie Library District for a live watch party of our Consider This with Naomi Shihab Nye.
7:00 p.m., Clatskanie Library District, Clatskanie