This year's State of the College will explore the college's values of learning, equity, student success, community and belonging. President Cook will discuss the how the college is adapting to changing student needs, along with upcoming challenges and opportunities, including enrollment, funding and new initiatives. The State of the College address will be held in-person… Read More »CCC State of the College
All Power to the People: “It’s a marathon not a sprint”, remembering the Legacy of the Black Panther Party in Portland, with Mr. Kent Ford and Invited Guests Friday, February 24, 2023 6:00 PM Sunday, February 26, 2023 2:00 PM Historic Alberta House5131 Northeast 23rd AvenuePortland, OR, 97211United States (map) GOOGLE CALENDAR ICS The Vanport… Read More »All Power to the People
Tuesday, March 7, at 7:00 p.m. - a conversation about the personal and the political with Kiese Laymon at the Alberta Rose Theatre in Portland. (Sponsored by Oregon Humanities) The event will also stream live on YouTube. Kiese Laymon is a Black southern writer from Jackson, Mississippi, whose essays and fiction explore race, the body, poverty, and place with humor,… Read More »The Personal and the Political with Kiese Laymon (Oregon Humanities)
Benefit from a live screening of "Racially Charged: America's Misdemeanor Problem". Following the film, President of Brave New Films, Robert Greenwald and Always For The People (AFTP) Foundation Founder and "Mr. Checkpoint", Sennett Devermont discuss exposing injustice through media, grassroots organizing, and the critical role of white allyship in the fight for racial equality. The… Read More »Racially Charged: America’s Misdemeanor Problem
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
Join us for the launch of the Oregon Black Pioneers Historic Photograph Collection, a collaborative project of the Oregon Black Pioneers and Portland State University Center for Black Studies’ Historic Black Archive class. OBP will present on the history and context of the Black Portland family albums at the heart of the project and PSU… Read More »The Black Bag Speaker Series: Oregon Black Pioneers
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
Hatfield Lecture Series: Mae Ngai Author of The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes and Global Politics Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at 7pm At the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall or Online Mae Ngai is the Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and a professor of history at Columbia University. She is a U.S. legal and political… Read More »Hatfield Lecture Series: Mae Ngai
In 2016 Oregon’s legislature designated March 28 Minoru Yasui Day to honor the state’s only Presidential Medal of Freedom awardee’s tireless fight for equality, justice, democracy, and civil rights. This year the Min Yasui Day program is scheduled for Saturday, April 1, from 1 to 3 pm. In person at the White Stag Building (70… Read More »Minoru Yasui Day
The Making of American Whiteness Presented by Dr. Carmen P. Thompson, in conversation with Dr. Darrell Millner Thursday, April 6, 2023, at 5:30pm At the Oregon Historical Society, Portland Free and open to the public Register Here The Making of American Whiteness: The Formation of Race in Seventeenth-Century Virginia changes the narrative about the origins… Read More »The Making of American Whiteness
Supporting Equity-Minded Candidates Join the CCEC Quarterly Meeting, April 13, 4:30-6pm via Zoom. Panel participants will share information on supporting equity-minded candidates. Breakout rooms to follow for discussion. Panel Participants Neelam Gupta, member of LO for Love and Lake Oswego School Board Catherine McMullen, member of West Linn Alliance for Inclusive Community and Clackamas County… Read More »Clackamas County Equity Coalition Quarterly Workshop
West Linn High School's Affinity Club has organized a celebration for Eid (holiday honoring the end of Ramadan) on April 21st at the West Linn Public Library 3:30 - 6:00 pm. Admission is free, and anyone is welcome! There will be food and fun activities like henna available.