West Linn Alliance is pleased to host the Oregon Humanities program, Can We Get Along? This virtual event will be held on March 24, 7:00-8:30 pm Chisao Hata will open the program with a presentation followed by small group discussions. Event Registration Link: https://calendly.com/wlpl-programs/get-along?month=2022-03 Rodney King’s iconic question still resonates today. Despite decades of social… Read More »March Program: Can We Get Along?
West Linn Lutheran Church Lower Entrance - 20390 Willamette Drive
West Linn Lutheran Church Lower Entrance - 20390 Willamette Drive
The West Linn Alliance is pleased to partner with the West Linn Public Library for a virtual panel discussion about including people of all abilities in our community. Date: April 28 Time: 7:00 to 8:30pm REGISTER After being signed into law on July 26, 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) guaranteed that people with… Read More »Including All Abilities: A Panel Discussion
This free online workshop, co-sponsored by the West Linn Alliance and the West Linn Public Library, focuses on our perception of others, some of which is rooted in our biology and some of which is rooted in our cultural experience. Through mindful writing and other activities, we will come to know more about our encounters… Read More »Unraveling Othering
The West Linn Alliance, in partnership with the West Linn Public Library, is pleased to host a discussion on Resolving Hate in America. Location: Online Event Registration: https://calendly.com/wlpl-programs/resolving?month=2022-06 Date: June 23, 7:00-8:30 pm Week after week we witness more massacres of Americans in shopping malls, grocery stores, places of worship, streets, and schools. Last June,… Read More »Resolving Hate in America: A Group Discussion
The West Linn Alliance and West Linn Public Library are pleased to host a free online presentation and facilitated discussion on Thursday, September 22. The topic is: What It Takes to Migrate Registration Link: https://calendly.com/wlpl-programs/wla-sep-2022 Not every refugee fleeing violence in Central America gains asylum in the U.S. The work of several U.S. attorneys involved… Read More »What It Takes to Migrate
The online discussion has been cancelled, but we encourage you to read the book on your own. Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko Tayo, a young Native American, has been a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II, and the horrors of captivity have almost eroded his will to survive. His return to the Laguna… Read More »Book Discussion Group – Ceremony
March 13, 2023 Meeting Agenda 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM (zoom link to be sent separately) Tentative Agenda Approve Minutes of February 13, 2023 meeting Candidate pages on our webpage for March election. Update on the BIPOC Women Speaker Series Earth Day April 22 seed packet update Update on March 11 School District diversity conference… Read More »Outreach Planning Committee Meeting
Thursday March 23, 7pm Please join us for the fifth and final event in our BIPOC Speaker Series. Tracey Lam, APR, is an award-winning public relations professional who uses communications as a catalyst for diversity, equity, and inclusion. She is the director of programs and communications at Partners in Diversity, a nonproft organization that works… Read More »Women BIPOC Speaker Series: Tracey Lam
Freedom came to Texas on June 19, 1865, over two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. On that day, Union Soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, and U.S. Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger issued General Order 3, declaring formerly enslaved people as free men and women. This day has come to be known as… Read More »Juneteenth: Celebrating Our Stories
Our monthly planning meeting will be held at 7:00 pm on Monday January 8. The meeting will be online and will include a representative from the city coming to talk about housing, what the city is planning, and how we can be involved. The agenda and meeting link will be posted when available. Outreach Meeting… Read More »West Linn Alliance Monthly Meeting