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Founded in 2000, VOZ is a worker-led organization in the Portland Metro Area whose mission is to empower diverse day laborers and immigrants to improve their working conditions.
A Better Tomorrow: How Equity is Influencing Opportunities for All - David Salerno Owens, Director of Equity & Strategic Initiatives will update us about the Lake Oswego School District development of a foundational plan for ensuring diversity...
Come enjoy the delicious food truck from Lupita’s Restaurant. There will be activities for the whole family. Free ice cream at noon!
Sofia Torres McKay, Mexico City native and owner of Cramoisi Vineyard in Dundee Hills, will share her inspirational story and discuss the importance of "Vineyard Stewards" in the Oregon wine industry.
This opening reception is an opportunity to meet the artists and view an exhibit that engages the deeper meanings of transcultural migration to the United States.
A performance of music and story, Peter Ali will play Native and Meso American flutes representing the Plains, Woodland, Maya, and Toltec.
Martha Graham's quote from Cristina Henriquez's presentation: "There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is on a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others."
Join us as we hear the talented author of The Book of Unknown Americans in an on-stage conversation, The Overlooked Immigrant, led by retired Library Director Bill Baars.
Meet baker and traumatic brain injury survivor Had Walmer and Outreach Director Faith Walmer, who will share the remarkable story and mission of Sarah Bellum’s Bakery and Workshop.
OHSU’s Dr. Jim Chesnutt is widely considered to be the leading concussion expert in Oregon. Special attention will be given to the adolescent brain and development.
Come and have a conversation with DACA dreamer Luis Balderas-Villagrana, a junior at Portland State University who was elected student body president.