Conversation Project: The Space Between Us

Immigrants, Refugees, and Oregon

June 11, 2017 | 2:00 p.m. | Tigard Public Library

13500 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard OR 97223

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.

Event Sponsors

Tigard Public Library

Cost

Free

Contact

Allison Arnold at (503) 718-2649 or allisona@tigard-or.gov