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Oregon Humanities connects people and communities through conversation, storytelling, and participatory programs to inspire understanding and collaborative change.

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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Looking for a grounded conversation on the state of our democracy? On Oct 15, our friends at SAGE are hosting a free event in Portland that explores the responsibilities of citizenship and the work of strengthening democracy in our communities. wearesage.org/event/250/
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A Nation at 250 & Our Shared Future — A Conversation with Dr. Christopher McKnight Nichols | SAGE
Join us October 15 in Portland for a conversation with historian Dr. Christopher McKnight Nichols on citizenship and democracy. Drawing on pivotal moments in American history, we’ll examine how Americ...
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Tonight kicks off the new season of Consider This! Bestselling author Stephanie Land joins Adam Davis for a conversation on trust, work, poverty & parenthood. 📍 In person in Portland, or our watch party in La Grande 💻 Livestream available ⏰ Tonight at 7 p.m. oregonhumanities.org/programs/con...
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Consider This with Stephanie Land
Join us September 22 for a conversation about trust, work, and poverty with Stephanie Land, author of the books "Maid" and "Class."
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Portland, are you ready for more Tough Shit? Join us next Friday, September 25, for a conversation about faith and the city, with local leaders Rabbi Ariel Stone, Pastor Naseem Khalili, Jacobsen Valentine, and Father James Antonio. Tickets here: tomorrowtheater.org/movies/tough...
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Coming up! We're excited to host Stephanie Land—author of the bestselling memoirs MAID and CLASS—at next week's Consider This! We'll be talking about work, trust, and poverty, as part of our 2026-27 series, "What Do We Trust?". Get tickets: oregonhumanities.org/programs/con...
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Consider This with Stephanie Land
Join us September 22 for a conversation about trust, work, and poverty with Stephanie Land, author of the books "Maid" and "Class."
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Kicking off our Consider This season later this month with author Stephanie Land, at Portland's Alberta Rose Theatre! We'll be talking about trust, work, poverty, and parenthood with the bestselling author of the memoirs Maid and Class. Get tickets: oregonhumanities.org/events/consi...
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
TOMORROW: We're throwing a vinyl night to celebrate our Revolution issue! Bring some friends and your favorite records about protest, resistance, or revolution to Sonder Listening Bar. oregonhumanities.org/events/revol...
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Applications are open for our 2027 Community Storytelling Fellowships. Open to nonfiction storytellers working in any medium—written journalism, audio, video, comics, photography, and more—in sharing stories from their communities. Apply by October 1: oregonhumanities.org/programs/fel...
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Are humans called to acknowledge new moral and legal responsibilities toward the Earth? Kathleen Dean Moore explores the global rights-of-nature movement and a recent ballot initiative in Lane County that would have granted rights to local watersheds. oregonhumanities.org/rll/magazine...
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Declaration of the Rights of Nature
Kathleen Dean Moore on a Lane County initiative that fundamentally reimagines humanity’s relationship with nature.
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"Elections favor those candidates with charisma, money, and connections—regardless of their governing ability.” In our Revolution issue, Jake Thomas explores ways groups in Oregon and beyond are working to involve more people in democratic decision-making. oregonhumanities.org/rll/magazine...
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Democracy by Lot
Jake Thomas writes about efforts to expand democratic decision-making in Oregon beyond elected representatives.
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Kate Kaye @katekaye.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Can't wait to join Think Out Loud @opb.org today to chat about trust in AI & media and my Trust Control pod which blends cold war history, weird science, tech criticism & satire. I'll share my @oregonstate.edu @oregonhumanities.bsky.social research on the fascinating world of trust measurement.
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Trust Control
Technology Podcast · Series · Trust Control is a documentary podcast series about the weird yet surprisingly expansive world of trust measurement from investigative journalist and researcher Kate Kaye...
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
For the Revolution issue, poet Derek DeForest writes about an archival discovery that sheds light on the broader history of political repression in Southern Oregon. oregonhumanities.org/rll/magazine...
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The Secret History of Ashland’s Red Scare
Derek DeForest writes about the history of radical politics and repression in Southern Oregon.
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Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Oregonians have a lot to say about who we are, and who we aren't, but we have no document to guide us. So I figured I would write one. Here is my manifesto for Oregon. I'm proud to have written it for @oregonhumanities.bsky.social "Revolution" issue. oregonhumanities.org/rll/magazine...
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Together Is All We've Got
A manifesto for Oregon by Leah Sottile
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social opens our Revolution issue, considering the meaning of manifestos—and asking what a manifesto for Oregon would include. Read it in our summer issue, now in print and online. oregonhumanities.org/rll/magazine...
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Together Is All We've Got
A manifesto for Oregon by Leah Sottile
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
In a recent Beyond the Margins, Aleksandr Chernousov writes about the bottomless appetite of nostalgia—and hungering for a home that's distant in both geography and memory. oregonhumanities.org/rll/beyond-t... #CommunityStorytelling
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In Search of Zucchini Caviar
Aleksandr Chernousov on the hunger for home
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
What does trust look like in 2026? Consider This is back to explore trust as it relates to tech, faith, civic life, the economy, and family. Featuring Stephanie Land, Leontina Hormel, Rukaiyah Adams, Christian Wiman + more guests TBA. More info + tickets: oregonhumanities.org/programs/con...
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
As climate change reshapes the Pacific Northwest, farmers are learning a new vocabulary of extremes. Community Storytelling Fellow Maud Powell writes about the changes in Beyond the Margins. oregonhumanities.org/rll/beyond-t...
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Warning Shot
Maud Powell reflects on how climate change is reshaping the Pacific Northwest, and how farmers are learning a new vocabulary of extremes.
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Mohsin Jamal writes about how Afghan refugees in Salem are using tea parties and volleyball games to build community in their new home. This week, we're sharing stories from our 2026 Community Storytelling Fellows. Read Mohsin's full story: oregonhumanities.org/rll/beyond-t...
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From Teacups to Volleyball Courts
Mohsin Jamal writes about how Afghan refugees in Salem are building community in their new home.
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Underscore Native News @underscore-news.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
With wildfires across Oregon and Washington impacting Native nations in each state, communities have rallied together to support families impacted by the fires through supplies and monetary donations. Below is information on what and where to donate. www.underscore.news/land/wildfir...
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Community Rallies for Wildfire Relief: How to Help - Underscore Native News
As wildfires burn through Native nations in Oregon and Washington, communities across both states have banded together to set up sites to donate and support families impacted by the fires.
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Oregon writers: we're accepting submissions for our Winter 2027 issue! The theme is PASSAGE—send us stories about transitions, journeys, and motion. All forms of nonfiction writing are accepted: journalism, essays, criticism, and book excerpts. More info: oregonhumanities.org/rll/magazine...
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Let's get into it... The next installment of our Tough Shit conversation series is on for July 8! Join us at the Tomorrow Theatre with cultural and civic leaders JT Flowers, Kayla Kennett, and Sankar Raman—plus a fourth guest to be announced. Tickets and info: tomorrowtheater.org/movies/tough...
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The Portland Indie Book & Art Fair is this Saturday—and we'll be there slinging (free) issues of our magazine from 11-6! We'd love to see you there!
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Can reading about class struggle help us build a better world? Join us June 24 to read and discuss short pieces by working-class writers, facilitated by contributor Nicholas Hengen Fox. 🕒 6:00 p.m. 📍 Bold Coffee & Books Portland Free/No registration oregonhumanities.org/events/readi...
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Reading and Discussion Group: Working Class Literature
<p>Can reading about class struggle help us build a better world? On June 24, join us at 6:00 p.m. at <a href="https://boldcoffeeandbooks.com/">Bold Coffee and Books</a> in Portland for a facilitated ...
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
We always love seeing how our partners across the country describe the work of the public humanities. This piece from our friends at Humanities New York gets right to the heart of what we do and why. www.humanitiesny.org/news-stories...
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The Public Work of the Humanities: Why Civic Life Requires More than Institutions — Humanities New York
Democratic societies require roads, bridges, transit systems, and electrical grids. But they also require rooms where people can gather to reflect on what kind of society they are becoming.
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
We're so excited to announce the recipients of our first Humanities Action Fellowship! This fellowship supports young adults in developing or facilitating public humanities programs in their communities. Learn more: oregonhumanities.org/programs/fel...
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Meet the 2026 Humanities Action Fellows
Oregon Humanities is excited to announce the recipients of the 2026 Humanities Action Fellowship
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Poet Naomi Shihab Nye joins us for the final Consider This conversation of the season this Thursday. The event is sold out, but you can watch live on YouTube: youtube.com/live/cc7NzEEnrug
Promotional graphic for 'Nations and Communities' event with Naomi Shihab Nye at Alberta Rose Theatre, Portland, on June 18 at 7 p.m.
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Congratulations to Sarah Fox, whose Watershed Rock Opera recently won an Oregon Heritage Award of Excellence. Fox was an OH Community Storytelling Fellow in 2025. Read about the project: www.oregonhumanities.org/rll/magazi…
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Is there any idea, any value, or any vision for the future we care about enough to commit ourselves to one another in its pursuit? To What Do We Pledge? is a Beyond 250 conversation facilitated by Wendy Willis. Learn how you can request it in your community: ow.ly/KNvy50YLpGk
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Congratulations—and thank you!—to the team at Tonkon Torp LLP who were honored by the Multnomah Bar for their work holding the federal government to its commitment to fund humanities councils. tonkon.com/news/oregon-humanities-t…
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Oregon Humanities Team at Tonkon Torp Honored with MBA Pro Bono Award of Merit
Tonkon Torp attorneys Anna Sortun, Steven Wilker, Paul Balmer, and Gracey Nagle have been honored by the Multnomah Bar Association (MBA) with a 2026 Pro Bono Award of Merit. The award is in recognition of their work representing Oregon Humanities and the Federation of State Humanities Councils in Oregon Humanities v. DOGE et. al, a case challenging the Trump Administration’s decision to mass terminate grant funding for state and jurisdictional humanities councils in April 2025.
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Last week, a federal court ruled that the cancellation of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities led by DOGE in 2025 was unlawful. This decision doesn't directly affect Oregon Humanities. We are plaintiffs in a separate lawsuit against the NEH and DOGE, which is still ongoing.
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The DOGE-ing of the Humanities Is Being Reversed
The Trump administration hastily canceled research grants last year—but just hit a roadblock in court.
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
A poem from Oregon Poet Laureate Ellen Waterston, to close out this National Poetry Month. More from Ellen: www.writingranch.com
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Join us this Thursday for a conversation with labor organizers Reyna López and Ramón Ramírez and historian Joaquín Lara Midkiff. oregonhumanities.org/programs/consi…
Reads: Consider This Beyond 250. Labor, Farmworker Organizing, and Histories of Indigenous Communities in Oregon. With Reyna Lopez, Ramon Ramirez and Joaquin Lara Midkiff. April 30, 7:00 p.m., free! In addition to the text there is a photo of a mural featuring farmworkers and the slogan "Si se puede tierra y libertad"How to join the conversation:

In Mount Angel: Mount Angel Theater Studio, 220 E. Charles St.

In Salem: Willamette University, Ford Hall, Room 102, 900 State St.

Online: Watch live on YouTube: youtube.com/oregonhumanities
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Historian Joaquín Lara Midkiff considers how Indigenous farmworkers have shaped the history and environment of the Pacific Northwest. Now in our spring issue: oregonhumanities.org/rll/magazine/l…
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
"We focus on the diversity of experiences that have always made up the working class—but haven’t always been part of the conversation about being working class." A new essay on reading working class literature: oregonhumanities.org/rll/magazine/l…
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
In a photo essay for our "Labor" issue, Lindsay Trapnell reflects on the fifteen-year process of trying to have a child with her wife, Melissa. oregonhumanities.org/rll/magazine/l…
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Fatou Ouattara opened one of Portland's only West African restaurants. Anne Johnson brought Kenyan tea culture to Beaverton. Bright Alozie shares how their businesses act as forms of cultural stewardship. Read more: oregonhumanities.org/rll/magazine/l…
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Nearly 40% of U.S. newsrooms have closed in the past 20 years. In Oregon, a handful of one-person newsrooms are filling in the gap. In our spring issue, Branden Anderson talks to the solo journalists doing the work of an entire newsroom. Online now: ow.ly/uTNo50YLmYi
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
This Friday, we're taking over the Tomorrow Theater a candid conversation with Leah Sottile, Jonathan Maus, Kimiko Matsuda, and Heart Free Pham—four people who care a whole lot about Portland. Tickets here: tomorrowtheater.org/movies/tough-sh…
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Women have fought for space in construction trades. Casey Chaffin shares stories from Oregon women building community and training the next generation. Now in our spring issue: oregonhumanities.org/rll/magazine/l…
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
In “Knowing the Water,” Caitlin Dwyer joins a pilot and the crew of a bulk carrier to learn what it’s like to do this very specific job. Read the story in our spring issue, out now: oregonhumanities.org/rll/magazine/l…
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Last month, Oregon Poet Laureate Ellen Waterston gathered in Carson, Nevada, with poets laureate from nine Western states to explore what it means to be an artist right now. Hear Nevada Poet Laureate Shaun Griffin reflect on the common humanity shared that day: open.substack.com/pub/awriters...
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In This Time: A Gathering of Poets Laureate from the West
Listen now (10 mins) | Reflections on a day of poetry, community, and the shared search for hope
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Do you have experience in editorial or publication design? Come work with us! We are hiring a contract art director who will work with our editorial team to design and art direct Oregon Humanities magazine.
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Our Beyond 250 series features sixteen different conversations to choose from—which ones are right for your community? We've put together a short quiz with seven questions to help match your community's interests and concerns to conversations in our catalog. oregonhumanities.org/programs/con...
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Beyond 250: Find Your Conversation
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Thanks to our board chair Kerani Mitchell for reminding us that we don't need to look far to find inspiration, hope, people making a difference, and a path to join in. msmagazine.com/2026/04/01/c...
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The Antidote to Despair Is Finding our Role in Community Building
Hyperlocal organizing, mutual aid and community care can help transform political despair into collective action.
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
"If the theme is repair, the process to achieve repair is through storytelling, but even more than storytelling—story listening." Our latest podcast episode explores the meaning of other people's stories with author Colum McCann and local high school students. oregonhumanities.org/rll/podcast/...
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Stories that Change Us with Colum McCann and Nelson High School Students
In this episode we hear from Colum McCann, a National Book Award–winning novelist and cofounder of Narrative 4, a nonprofit organization that uses personal storytelling to build empathy between young ...
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
🚌 How does the transportation system where you live shape your community, and vice versa? And how would you say it reflects our society's values or our democracy?
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
"Our current system routinely entrusts complex decisions to elected officials, on the basis of their confidence, ambition, and visibility. Citizens' assemblies create groups...where the value of humility & listening is privileged." A new op-ed from Hélène Landemore: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/o...
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Opinion | No Shy Person Left Behind
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
It's National Poetry Month, and a fitting time to celebrate our wonderful poet laureate Ellen Waterston being appointed for a second term. Learn about Ellen's upcoming projects involving public poetry installations and a youth anthology: www.klcc.org/news-briefs/...
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Bend’s Ellen Waterston will serve a second term as Oregon’s Poet Laureate
Governor Tina Kotek has appointed Ellen Waterston of Bend to a second term as Poet Laureate of Oregon.
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Tomorrow! We hope you'll join us for a conversation on how faith communities in Oregon are adapting church-owned land & buildings to meet emerging community needs. Join us in person in La Grande, at our Salem watch party, or stream it online from anywhere! oregonhumanities.org/programs/con...
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Our Beyond 250 conversation Softening Sharp Teeth: Getting Curious About Conflict explores the patterns and histories we bring to conflict and what's possible when we approach it with curiosity. Looking for other voices on this subject? Here are four books (+ a podcast) on conflict:
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
This year, all around the state, we're bringing people together to discuss democracy, freedom, and what it means to be an American, today and into the future.
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