Equity

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.