Central Oregon Women's March: "Reclaiming Our Power"
2020-01-18 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
This year, the march will take place in Redmond, Oregon to bring awareness and visibility outside of our usual space in Bend. Join womxn from across Central Oregon to march in defense of our reproductive rights, our immigrant families, our voting rights, and a more inclusive movement for marginalized womxn and communities to reclaim our power and make our voices heard as members of the Central Oregon community. See you in Redmond this year for the national #WomensMarch2020.
RSVP here! (Enter “Redmond, Oregon” in the search field on the right to locate this event.)

Nature Night: Long Memory of the Land
2020-01-29 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
**Note: This event is full. You can join the wait list!**
Nature Nights are back! Join Deschutes Land Trust for a winter talk designed to bring you in from the cold so you can get your nature fix before spring.
The Warm Springs, Wasco, and Paiute people live by the Unwritten Laws of their respective nations. Join Deschutes Land Trust and The Museum at Warm Springs Executive Director Elizabeth Woody to learn about some of the long-lived creeds and ceremonial codes the Warm Springs people hold in relation to the land. Elizabeth will share examples of Tiichám which describes the land, our earth, as the Long Memory of the land, including the understanding of a relationship from the Creator to the people. The Tiichám says, “the land is for you. This is the past, the present and the future.” It always was and always will be. She will also share the Twanat which says “you must follow the teachings on the land” and offer these creeds as a model for how we can all care for the land.

Spiritual Activism & Social Justice
2020-02-12 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Ericka Huggins will share her personal experiences of finding life-affirming balance as an activist, and as a mother while on trial for her life. It is this balance that has continued to sustain her every day since. This talk will focus on everyone’s capacity to return back to humanity and find inner stability in the face of continual daily challenges, so that we create healthy ways to sustain ourselves.
This program is co-organized by Nancy R. Chandler Visiting Scholar Program and COCC’s Diversity and Inclusion Office with sponsorship support from The Oregon Community Foundation, Cascades Academy of Central Oregon, Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott, Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund, and the Associated Students of COCC.
About Ericka Huggins
Ericka Huggins is a human rights activist, poet, educator, former Black Panther leader and former political prisoner who has devoted her life to the equitable treatment of all human beings. She has lectured across the country and internationally on issues relating to the well-being of women, children & youth; restorative justice as the antidote to punitive justice; whole being education, and the role of spiritual practice in sustaining activism and promoting social change.

Creating a Toolkit for Resiliency
2020-02-13 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Join us for a session with Ericka Huggins to reflect and discuss the race. gender and identity challenges in school and work environments, and focus on healthy responses to these challenges through relaxing our minds and acknowledging our emotions. This session will be of direct benefit to students, educators, employers and employees as well as any other community members.
This program is co-organized by Nancy R. Chandler Visiting Scholar Program and COCC’s Diversity and Inclusion Office with sponsorship support from The Oregon Community Foundation, Cascades Academy of Central Oregon, Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott, Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund, and the Associated Students of COCC.
About Ericka Huggins
Ericka Huggins is a human rights activist, poet, educator, former Black Panther leader and former political prisoner who has devoted her life to the equitable treatment of all human beings. She has lectured across the country and internationally on issues relating to the well-being of women, children & youth; restorative justice as the antidote to punitive justice; whole being education, and the role of spiritual practice in sustaining activism and promoting social change.

Sentenced for a Season, Punished for Life
2020-02-20 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Many of us have grown up being told—and believing—that after a person serves their sentence for a crime, the slate is wiped clean. Every possibility exists for them to find a decent job, a decent apartment, a decent car. From there, they can go on to build a decent life. But the truth does not often bear out this scenario. A felony conviction can restrict travel options, licensing options for employment, housing, and financial aid, just to name a few. What does it mean to our society that 8 percent of our overall US population—and 33 percent of African American men—who have felony convictions run into these barriers after they serve time in prison? Join facilitator Pamela Slaughter in a conversation about how this reality affects our communities and what alternatives might look like.
About Pamela Slaughter: Pamela Slaughter is a native Oregonian with varied interests. She works as an adult protective service investigator for Multnomah County and is a licensed real estate broker with Keller Williams Realty Portland Central, working as a Seniors Real Estate Specialist (SRES). Pamela also serves as BellaOnline magazine’s Senior Issues editor and hosts a weekly writing group—Shut Up & Write! Pamela loves showing off the beauty of Oregon and gets to do so regularly as a coleader for People of Color Hike! In her spare time, Pamela spends time with family and friends, and bakes delicious cakes.
This program is made possible with support from Oregon Humanities, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Oregon Cultural Trust.Co-organized by Nancy R. Chandler Visiting Scholar Program, COCC’s Diversity and Inclusion Office and COCC Madras Campus.
With support from: Oregon Community Foundation, St. Charles Health System, Cascades Academy, Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund and Associated Students of COCC.

Looking Beyond Our Differences: Seeing the Humanity in Each of Us
2020-03-03, 2020-03-04 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
A talk by Oregon’s first African American Supreme Court Justice

Justice Adrienne Nelson will talk about how her life experiences — from being the first person of color at her Arkansas high school to be named valedictorian to serving as the first African American on the Oregon Supreme Court — have informed her focus on leadership, diversity, inclusion, mentoring, community service and the legal profession. She works daily to “make this world a little bit better.” Justice Nelson will also give us global perspectives and believes if we each connect to our humanity, it opens us up to many more possibilities.
Tuesday, March 3
Wille Hall, Coats Campus Center, COCC Bend Campus, 6 p.m.
RSVP here
Wednesday, March 4
Room 209, COCC Redmond Campus, 9 a.m.
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Co-organized by The Nancy R. Chandler Visiting Scholar Program and COCC’s Diversity & Inclusion Office with sponsorship support from The Oregon Community Foundation, Cascades Academy of Central Oregon, Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott, Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund, and Associated Students of COCC.
About Justice Nelson: Justice Adrienne Nelson was appointed to the Oregon Supreme Court January 2018, making her the first African American to sit on the state’s highest court. She is a frequent speaker on topics including diversity, inclusion, equity, leadership and professional development. She sits on the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Public Education, is the Oregon delegate to the ABA House of Delegates, chairs the Lewis and Clark Law School Judge Roosevelt Robinson Scholarship Committee and is vice-president of the Owen M. Panner American Inn of Court.

Examining Our Personal Experiences of Connection and Community
2020-03-09 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
In 1992, in the midst of riots sparked by the acquittal of police officers who brutally beat him, Rodney King asked, “Can we get along?” This iconic American question still resonates today. What is it that drives this question, and why can it be so difficult to answer? What holds us back from connecting with each other? How do our personal experiences contribute to—and have the potential to break down—these barriers? Join facilitator Chisao Hata as she holds space to examine our individual and collective questions on race, perspectives, and cultural values around what brings us together and what separates us. This conversation may include some hands-on activities.
Monday, March 9
COCC Redmond Campus, 6 p.m.
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Tuesday, March 10
COCC Prineville Campus, 5:30 p.m.
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About Chisao Hata
Chisao Hata is an artist educator, dance director, arts integration specialist, community activist, and performing artist. For over two decades through her work in education, she has been a protector of imagination and personal discovery, and a champion for individual expression. Creating engaged learning for our youth, our citizen artists, is her life’s work. She has had the honor of serving hundreds of Portland’s children, youth, and adults across many communities. Chisao believes that we are all inextricably linked and the arts are our conduit to build bridges between our communities.

Examining Our Personal Experiences of Connection and Community
2020-03-10 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
In 1992, in the midst of riots sparked by the acquittal of police officers who brutally beat him, Rodney King asked, “Can we get along?” This iconic American question still resonates today. What is it that drives this question, and why can it be so difficult to answer? What holds us back from connecting with each other? How do our personal experiences contribute to—and have the potential to break down—these barriers? Join facilitator Chisao Hata as she holds space to examine our individual and collective questions on race, perspectives, and cultural values around what brings us together and what separates us. This conversation may include some hands-on activities.
Monday, March 9
COCC Redmond Campus, 6 p.m.
RSVP here
Tuesday, March 10
COCC Prineville Campus, 5:30 p.m.
RSVP here
About Chisao Hata: Chisao Hata is an artist educator, dance director, arts integration specialist, community activist, and performing artist. For over two decades through her work in education, she has been a protector of imagination and personal discovery, and a champion for individual expression. Creating engaged learning for our youth, our citizen artists, is her life’s work. She has had the honor of serving hundreds of Portland’s children, youth, and adults across many communities. Chisao believes that we are all inextricably linked and the arts are our conduit to build bridges between our communities.
Co-organized by Nancy R. Chandler Visiting Scholar Program, COCC’s Diversity and Inclusion Office and COCC Redmond Campus. With support from: Oregon Community Foundation, Cascades Academy of Central Oregon, Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund and Associated Students of COCC.

Evolve
2020-03-13, 2020-03-14 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Postponed to November 2020. Details to be announced soon.
The Red Door Project presents: Evolve
Directed by Kevin Jones; Co-Directed by Louanne Moldovan
Presented in collaboration with the Central Oregon Community College Afrocentric Club
Evolve is a new performance experience that explores the relationship between law enforcement and communities of color. Combining monologues from The New Black Fest’s Hands Up: 7 Playwrights, 7 Testaments, a show written by African American men and women about their experience with racial profiling, and Cop Out: Beyond Black, White & Blue, based on interviews with police officers, Evolve seeks to stimulate conversation in a new way and help us to bridge a seemingly intractable divide.

You Belong Here Virtual Celebration
2020-06-27 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Join Camp Fire for an online celebration of belonging! Learn from young people about the power of affirming adults in their lives and the impact that it has had on their ability to have a positive identity.

Social Justice Book Club: "So You Want To Talk About Race"
2020-07-10, 2020-07-17, 2020-07-24, 2020-07-31, 2020-08-07, 2020-08-14, 2020-08-21, 2020-08-28 and 1 more date | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Each quarter OSU-Cascades Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is hosting a 12-week book discussion group. These weekly conversations are designed to be drop-in and are open to OSU-Cascades students, staff and faculty as well as community members.
This summer, we’re reading Ijeoma Oluo’s “So You Want to Talk About Race.” Meeting and reading schedule is below. Please register and join at any time, and contact Erin Rook with questions or requests for accommodations.
Summer Social Justice Book Club (Most) Fridays at noon
Remaining Schedule:
July 10: Ch. 4 and 5 – “Why am I always being told to ‘check my privilege’?” and “What is intersectionality and why do I need it?”
July 24: Ch. 6 – “Is police brutality really about race?”
July 31: Ch. 7 and 8 – “How can I talk about affirmative action?” and “What is the school-to-prison pipeline?”
Aug. 7: Ch. 9 and 10 – “Why can’t I say the ‘N’ word?” and “What is cultural appropriation?”
Aug. 14: Ch. 11 and 12 – “Why can’t I touch your hair?” and “What are microaggressions?”
Aug. 21: Ch. 13 and 14 – “Why are our students so angry?” “What is the model minority myth?”
Aug. 28: Ch. 15 and 16 – “But what if I hate Al Sharpton?” and “I just got called a racist, what do I do now?”
Sept. 4: Ch. 17 – “Talking is great, but what else can I do?”

Do the Work Study Group - In Person
2020-07-23 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Embrace Bend’s Do the Work Study Group is a space for White people and other majority groups to explore race, racism, and White Supremacy without accidentally harming non-White or non-dominant groups in the process. Embrace Bend will facilitate discussion around a specific topic by journaling, sharing stories, and working through outside resources like books, articles, videos, etc.
We encourage those interested in joining the group to first check out the Embrace Bend website at www.embracebend.com, where you will find a page specifically about the Do the Work Study Group. There you will be able to access guidelines, goals, expectations, and other information.
July’s meeting will have about 15-20 minutes of pre-work. You will receive the agenda upon registering.
The topic of July’s meeting is: Get Over Yourself and Unpack Your Privilege.
***Masks are mandatory.

Caucus to Collectivity: Dismantling Racism from a White-Identified Perspective
2020-07-25 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
How is our practice a resource for moving into the world rather than avoiding it? How can our love of humanity be the ground from which we address racism, injustice, and oppression?
If you identify as white, how can we fully see our role in maintaining systems of oppression so that we may let them go? So we may all know our inherent liberation.
No one wins in this system.
If our practices don’t offer a way to work with this, then we are maintaining the privilege of ignoring and/or bypassing what marginalized populations can not ignore or bypass.
This day of retreat is specifically designed for those who identify as white. The practice of identity-based caucusing is vital in fostering a collective community that honors inclusivity and belonging, and de-centers a harmful hegemony. There are important conversations for white people to have, accountable to BIPOC individuals, aimed at dismantling racism. Only when white people are ready to do the work of confronting the myriad of emotions, attitudes, behaviors, and actions that stem from internalized white supremacy will we be able to forward a just, equitable society of collective presence.
Join these four white-identified teachers for a day of practice, embodiment, discussions, and action-planning about committing or re-committing to a practice rooted in love rather than alienation, awareness rather than ignorance, and engagement over apathy or burnout. Led by Caverly Morgan, Suniti Dernovsek, David Perrin & Latifa Till

2020-08-27 08:00 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Chlorpyrifos is an insecticide that damages the brains of infants and children, and can cause neurological harm, cancer and other serious impacts. Unsafe levels of residues are found in drinking water and common foods such as beans, vegetables and fruit. Research overwhelmingly shows that chlorpyrifos kills and harm bees, butterflies, and birds and is a serious threat to our food, public health, and wildlife.
Hawaii, California, New York and Maryland have taken action to ban or severely restrict chlorpyrifos. Oregon must take action, but the Oregon Department of Agriculture’s proposed rules on chlorpyrifos need to be stronger! We need your help to pass effective rules. Please send your written comments or speak at one of two remaining virtual public hearings in August. If you can’t make it to one of those hearings, see below for public comment details, our policy analysis and suggested talking points.
There are two easy ways you can get involved:

Attend one of the scheduled virtual public hearings:
Aug. 27, 2020, 8-10 AM
(Real-time Spanish translation provided.)
Submit your written comments to the ODA record by October 1st.
Read suggested talking points->>

City Club of Central Oregon-On the Margins in Our Towns: An Interactive Discussion on Local Houselessness in Central Oregon
2022-12-15 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Join City Club for an interactive forum on houselessness across Central Oregon. This will be an engaging dialogue amongst participants supporting an understanding of the causes and conditions that are keeping so many unsheltered. This forum will emphasize Q&A time and table conversation. This is a chance to gather as a community and ask deep questions concerning this complex issue.

Food Justice at the Intersection of Food, Politics, Art, and Culture
2023-05-16 19:00 - 20:30 | COCC, 2600 NW Collge Way, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
How can we create a world in which all Americans, regardless of income, geography, or race have access to healthful, fresh, affordable, and culturally appropriate food? In this interactive talk, Bryant Terry will take us on a journey of his more than two-decade career as a chef, author, publisher, and community builder committed to creating a healthful, just, and sustainable food system. From grassroots organizing to book publishing, Terry has employed cultural strategy, a field of practice that centers art, storytelling, media, and cooking (in Bryant’s case) to bring about social change. Through a dynamic presentation that includes singing and rapping, and fusing personal narrative with food politics, Terry will show us how to improve access to fresh food in our communities — whether that community is your campus, workplace, neighborhood, or your group of friends.
Register here!

On the Ground in Greater Bend: Moving Together from Vision to Action
2023-10-26 11:30 - 13:00 | Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 61980 Skyline Ranch Road, Bend, OR, United States
On the Ground in Greater Bend: Moving Together from Vision to Action
Working with thousands of community members, Envision Bend has created the 2023 Bend Vision Plan (will be released next week!). Now, we want to build on our momentum and catalyze our community’s vision into being. Moderated by former state senator Neil Bryant, this forum will provide an overview of the four key plan focus areas – Building an Economy for Everyone, Guiding Our Growth & Development, Cultivating an Inclusive Community, and Ensuring a Safe, Healthy Environment – and then put YOU in the driver’s seat. In small groups at your tables, you will drill down on the Building a Better Economy focus area to consider how best to advance the strategies, activate the stakeholders, and achieve the vision for us all. Please join this highly interactive City Club and learn more about the future we can accomplish, together.
Speakers:
Neil Bryant, Retired Attorney and Past State Senator
Matt Muchna, Executive Director at Envision Bend
Emily Tompkins, Vice Chair at Envision Bend and CEO at Forest Futures
NEW for this month! You have the option of registering with or without lunch included.
For more information or to register: https://members.cityclubco.org/ap/Events/Register/YmHa1OwuWtzCK?sourceTypeId=EmailInvitation

Winter Community Care
2023-11-09 17:30 - 19:30 | Council on Aging of Central Oregon, 1036 NE 5th St., Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Join Embrace Bend for a heartwarming event at the Council On Aging of Central Oregon, located at Northeast 5th Street in Bend, OR, USA.
Winter Community Care is all about coming together as a community to spread warmth. We will be learning how to support people and groups during cold weather and holiday months. As you know, all sorts of groups and individuals struggle during winter whether it is due to isolation, cold weather, depression, access, or lack of financial resources. We will be learning about what the problem is for key underserved groups in our community and what the opportunities are to help with wallets, time, amplifying to networks, or other resources. There will be in opportunity to sign up to help, information about donations, and ways to keep in touch with these key organizations in the future.
This will also be in opportunity for people to come and find out what resources are available to them, so our partners will stand ready to assist. Please attend if you are seeking out assistance and we will make sure to find you the help that you need.
We are pleased to be partnering for this event with the Council on Aging. As you know, seniors are the largest growing demographic in our area and are often underserved and severely impacted by the holidays and cold weather.
Snacks and drinks will be served.
Our partners confirmed to attend:
Family Kitchen
Council on Aging
Deschutes County
Warm Springs
Neighbor Impact Energy Assistance
Thrive
RSVP is not mandatory but helps us with planning!

Our Knowledge is Power - Climate Change and Indigenous Communities
2023-11-12 17:00 - 19:00 | OSU Cascades – Edward J. Ray Hall, Atrium, 1500 SW Chandler Ave, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
Artist Talk and Film Screening:
OUR KNOWLEDGE IS POWER: THE CULTURES OF BEAUTY AND SURVIVAL IN ISLE DE JEAN CHARLES, LA AND SHISHMAREF, AK
NOTE DATE CHANGE: Sunday, November 12, 2023 | 5 to 7 p.m.

Edward J. Ray Hall, Charles McGrath Family Atrium, OSU-Cascades
FREE.

REGISTRATION REQUESTED (REGISTER HERE)

Cultivating Partnerships: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Science in Land Stewardship
2024-03-19 19:00 - 20:00 | Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall St., Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Experience an enlightening evening with Dr. Cristina Eisenberg as she delves into ecocultural restoration and the fusion of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Western Science in land stewardship. ONDA Stewardship Director Gena Goodman-Campbell will explore current ONDA initiatives to restore Oregon’s high desert and foster partnerships with the region’s tribes. Buy tickets in Bend.
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We are pleased to announce Oregon Natural Desert Association’s 2024 High Desert Speaker Series! The Speaker Series fosters a deeper understanding of ecology, encourages well-informed exploration of the high desert and promotes collaborative cross-cultural practices that conserve southeastern Oregon. These events will take you into the world of high desert bees, on a journey through the Owyhee Canyonlands, deeper into ecocultural indigenous restoration efforts and toward discovering the geologic treasures of Oregon’s desert.

Join us at these engaging events online, in Bend and in Portland and dive into the wonders of the high desert. Registration is open for all events, so mark your calendar, tell a friend and view the full lineup.
