The Environmental Center

Run for Office & Organize to Win: A Training by Oregon Working Families Party & Vote Run Lead Action
2025-03-04 17:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Run for Office & Organize to Win: A Training by Oregon Working Families Party & Vote Run Lead Action
📅 Date & Time: March 4th, 5:30pm – 8:30pm (5:00 – 5:30 in-person check-in)
📍 Location: Redmond, Oregon + Virtual Option Available
Are you ready to fight back against right-wing authoritarianism and build real power in your community? The Oregon Working Families Party and Vote Run Lead Action are teaming up to bring you an empowering training designed to help you run for office and organize to win.
The far right is attacking our schools, our communities, and our democracy. The best way to fight back is by taking power locally—winning elections, organizing campaigns, and building the grassroots movements that will shape the future.
This training is for candidates, organizers, and everyday people who want to step up and lead. Whether you’re thinking about running for school board, city council, state office, or working behind the scenes to elect bold leaders, this training will equip you with the skills, strategies, and network you need to make it happen.

March Green Drinks: film screening of ZURAWKSI V TEXAS
2025-03-31 17:00 - 20:00 | The Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas Avenue, Bend, OR, 97703
Join us for a screening of ZURAWKSI V TEXAS, a powerful film that follows three patients from Texas denied abortion care—even while facing life-threatening pregnancy complications—and the courageous attorney fighting on their behalf.
This event will explore the intersections of Environmental Justice, Reproductive Justice, and Gender Justice.
After the film, engage in a thought-provoking panel discussion featuring representatives from key organizations working at the forefront of these issues.

Farming While Black: Reclaiming Land and Agricultural Heritage - Film Screening and Discussion
2025-04-08 17:30 - 19:30
In this 75 min. feature-length documentary, Leah Penniman, co-founder of Soul Fire Farm, reflects on the plight of Black farmers in the United States. From the height of Black-owned farms at 14% in 1910 to less than 2% today. Leah and her Soul Fire family help propel a rising generation finding strength in the deep historical knowledge of African agrarianism – and its potential to save the planet.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
For more information, visit cocc.edu/snv

Location
Wille Hall, Coats Campus Center, COCC Bend Campus, 97703

American Foreign Policy in a New Era with Jane Cramer, Ph.D.
2025-10-14 18:30 - 20:00 | Wille Hall, Coats Campus Center, Central Oregon Community College, Bend, 2600 Northwest College Way, Bend, OR, 97703, United States
American Foreign Policy in a New Era
Jane Cramer, Ph.D. – Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Political Science, University of Oregon
Tuesday, October 14, 6:30 p.m., Wille Hall, Coats Campus Center, COCC Bend Campus
Access to the recorded version also available
Tickets:
Sliding-Scale Pricing $0-$10
Register here

Jane Cramer will explore the contours of the U.S. foreign policy debate as it plays out in a world of multiple and escalating crises and domestic polarization.
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