WLA Supported Event

Join the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland for their Gubernatorial Candidate Forum-Democrat Edition for an opportunity to hear from State Treasurer Tobias Read (7:00-7:40 pm) and former Speaker Tina Kotek (7:45-8:30 pm). Each will present separately and then take questions from the community. Forums to meet the Independent and… Read More »Jewish Community Relations Council Gubernatorial Candidate Forum

Ethnocide, a word first coined in 1944 by Jewish exile Raphael Lemkin (who also coined the term "genocide"), describes the systemic erasure of a people’s ancestral culture. Just as the concept of genocide radically reshaped our perception of human rights in the twentieth century, reframing discussions about race and culture in terms of ethnocide can… Read More »Resisting Cultural Erasure in America

Join the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland for their second Gubernatorial Candidate Forum for an opportunity to hear from former Oregon Senator Betsy Johnson. Betsy is running for governor as an independent leader unaffiliated with any political party. After her presentation, she will take questions from the attendees. The… Read More »Jewish Community Relations Council Gubernatorial Candidate Forum