Interrupting Contemporary Antisemitism: What Can We Do About It? May 4 | 7pm | Congregation Beth Israel and online Antisemitic bias crimes and incidents have increased in Oregon and across the nation in the last few years. From conspiracy theories about COVID to violent attacks on synagogues, Jewish communities are facing a new wave of… Read More »Interrupting Contemporary Antisemitism: A Community Conversation
Understanding Urban/Rural Divides An Oregon Humanities Conversation Project with Nick Nash When: May 6, 2023 at 2:00-4:00 pm Where: West Linn Public Library Free Event The West Linn Alliance, in partnership with the West Linn Public Library, is pleased to bring you “Understanding Urban/Rural Divides.” We live in a time of increasing polarization that often… Read More »Understanding Urban/Rural Divides – An Oregon Humanities Conversation Project
2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the flood that destroyed Vanport, once Oregon’s second-largest city and the largest WWII federal housing project in the United States. Join us for the 8th Vanport Mosaic Festival, our annual memory activism celebration to REmember, REpair, REclaim, and RE-imagine our collective story. Let’s commemorate together the 75th anniversary of… Read More »Vanport Mosaic Festival
Madaraka Day ("Internal self rule" or Self-Governance Day) is a national holiday that is celebrated annually on June 1 in the Republic of Kenya. It commemorates the day in 1963 that Kenya attained internal self rule after being a British colony since 1920. Join students from West Linn High School’s Affinity Club to learn more… Read More »Madaraka Day: Kenyan Independence Day Celebration
City of Wilsonville Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee Lecture Series 2023 Thursday, June 8, 6:30-7:30 PM Wilsonville Library – Oak Room (Doors open at 6:00 PM – complimentary refreshments are provided) Presenter: Rudyane Rivera- Lindstrom, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Higher Education Coordinating Commission Systemic Racism in Oregon Schools Systemic racism… Read More »Systemic Racism in Oregon Schools
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
West Linn Old Time Fair - July 7-9 (Friday evening, Saturday, and Sunday) The Old Time Fair is almost upon us and the West Linn Alliance will be hosting a booth on all three days. Come by and visit us! Friday - 5:30 to 8:30 pm Saturday - 11:00 am to 8:30 pm Sunday - 11:30 am to 5:30 pm… Read More »West Linn Old Time Fair
Clackamas County’s employee-based Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Council invites you to join them for a day of networking and fun at a family event celebrating our rich regional culture and heritage. The Clackamas County: Together We Can! Festival takes place at the county’s Red Soil Campus in Oregon City. Sponsored by the Clackamas County Equity,… Read More »Together We Can! Festival
The West Linn Alliance will have a booth at the Stafford Hamlet 5th Annual Family Fest. Come to the festival and have a great time with games, music, and community. Don't forget to visit the corn maze and be sure to stop by the West Linn Alliance booth and say, Hi! See you there! … Read More »Join the West Linn Alliance at the Family Fest on Sept. 9
~Free and open to the public~ WHEN: Friday, January 5; Saturday, January 6, 2024 WHERE: The Historic Alberta House, 5131 NE 23rd, Portland, OR 97211 Historic Alberta House and Vanport Mosaic are thrilled to welcome back to Portland visionary educator and scholar Dr. Khalid el-Hakim and his Black History 101 Mobile Museum. Join us for… Read More »BLACK HISTORY 101 MOBILE MUSEUM
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
The Clackamas County Equity Coalition (CCEC) invites you to attend a conversation with Sarah Sanderson, author of The Place We Make, and Taylor Stewart, director of the Oregon Remembrance Project, called "Holding Difficult Truths: Transforming Our Broken Past into a Hopeful Future." The event will be held live on January 10 at 6 p.m. at… Read More »CCEC Event – Holding Difficult Truths: Transforming Our Broken Past into a Hopeful Future.
