Connect, learn, organize! Join the energize bend coalition at Podski food Cart Lot from 6-8pm on January 20th. Movements are only as sustainable as the lives of the people in them, so here is to another year of joyful and connective organizing. As always, get in touch at info@energizebend.org if you have any thoughts you’d like…

Drawn from his critically acclaimed memoir, When We Rise, Cleve Jones will share his 50-year personal and political journey to becoming a hero for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Beginning with the electrifying atmosphere of 1970s San Francisco, he will take us through the Gay Liberation Movement, his mentorship with legendary Harvey Milk, the terrifying early years…

The Sierra Nevada red fox may be one of the rarest mammals in North America—but don’t tell it that. This elusive, mountain-loving carnivore has a knack for showing up only when it feels like it…which is not often. Join Deschutes Land Trust and Jamie Bowles, Regional Habitat Biologist with the Oregon Department of Fish and…

A student-led retreat — with breakfast and lunch provided — that explores creativity and resilience, wellness, and personal branding/business acumen. Includes a powerful conversation with OSU-Cascades’ Human Development professor Shandell Landon. *Priority registration for students

An intimate portrait of Toni Morrison, Nobel- and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, editor and cultural force, from her upbringing in Lorain, Ohio, to the front lines of activism. Stay for a rich discussion led by COCC English professor/Humanities chair Stephanie André