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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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 07/04/2026

Aron Klein leads Democracy in Motion, a Beyond 250 community conversation that explores these questions and more, inviting us to reflect on how transportation fosters participation and how it could be improved.

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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 · 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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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Attention Oregon nonprofits 🚨 Our Public Program Grants are open to applications now through April 3! Learn more about this opportunity supporting cultural and community-based programs + events around the state: www.oregonhumanities.org/programs/gra...

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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Consider This is heading to La Grande! Join us March 31 at hq for a conversation on how faith communities across the state are adapting church-owned land and buildings to meet emerging community needs. Learn more: hq.eventive.org/schedule/698...

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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Announcing the Humanities Action Fellowship—a new opportunity for Oregonians ages 18–25 interested in designing and leading public humanities projects in their communities! Learn more, share, and apply! oregonhumanities.org/programs/fel...

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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

FREE SCREENING: Join filmmakers Caty Lucas and Elizabeth Lucas-Lucas for a screening of their new documentary "El Camino de los Pueblos Maya a Oregon," featuring stories of Mayan Americans and their journeys to the US. 3/7 at the Clinton Street Theater RSVP: oregonhumanities.org/events/scree...

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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

On Friday, January 23, we're gathering for Tough Shit, an onstage conversation about the most challenging questions Portlanders are facing. Join us at 7:00 p.m. at PAM CUT Tomorrow Theater. Tickets + info: tomorrowtheater.org/movies/tough...

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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

This month on The Detour, we're talking with Akhil Reed Amar about equality and the Constitution: what it means, where we live up to our hopes and where we fall short, and how understandings of equality have changed throughout our nation's history. Listen here: oregonhumanities.org/rll/podcast/...

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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

"A highlight for me this year was leading that training in Saipan for our peers at the Northern Mariana Humanities Council. It’s great to get so many folks talking and building connections in their communities in new ways around the world."—Jennifer Alkezweeny oregonhumanities.org/programs/ser...

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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

At the end of a challenging year, our staff shares a few of the conversations, stories, and moments that stood out from our work, helped us think differently, and strengthened our sense of community. Thanks for being part of our work in 2025. oregonhumanities.cmail19.com/t/t-e-wlkdhu...

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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Traveling over the next few days? Cue up a few episodes of This Place, our short podcast featuring audio postcards from around the state, spoken by the people who live there. Here's where we've been so far this year: oregonhumanities.org/rll/podcast/...

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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

We're accepting pitches and feature-length submissions from Oregon writers for our Spring issue, Labor. Looking for: essays, journalism, and criticism between 1,500 and 4,000 words. Pay is $750–1,500, depending on length and complexity. Read more: oregonhumanities.org/rll/magazine...

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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

The energy was electric for our first Consider This of the season! You all really showed UP in Portland and at watch parties in La Grande, Salem, and Clatskanie. Thanks to everyone who joined and to Akhil for an in-depth, important conversation. Catch it in full: www.youtube.com/live/BiX5PGR...

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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Tomorrow in Corvallis, our executive director Adam Davis will host a panel discussion, The Future of Indigenous Food in the Kalapuya Ilihi, part of the Champinefu Lecture Series at OSU's PRAx. Free and open to all: prax.oregonstate.edu/events/champ...

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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

We're excited to share several local watch parties for our first Consider This conversation of the season! On October 27, join folks in La Grande, Clatskanie, and Salem for a live screening of our onstage conversation with Akhil Reed Amar: Details: oregonhumanities.org/programs/con...

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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Our summer issue is out next week! Whether or not you subscribe, we hope you'll join us at this happy hour celebration in Portland! #OregonHumanitiesMagazine

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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Yesterday a federal district judge in Portland issued a preliminary injunction in our joint lawsuit with the Federation of State Humanities Councils @humfed), finding that NEH’s April termination of grants to humanities councils was unlawful.

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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Our summer issue drops next month! We're excited to share this preview of the cover, featuring work by photographer Celeste Noche Subscribe for free to get the print issue delivered to your door: oregonhumanities.org/rll/magazine...

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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Oregon writers: Submissions are open for our winter issue! Send us pitches and feature-length stories for "Consume"—about buying, eating, and using—as well as histories, ideas, and cultural practices related to consumption. Read more: oregonhumanities.org/rll/magazine...

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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

This month on The Detour, we explore the boundaries of fear and belonging when it comes to the other living creatures we share this planet with. Listen to the full episode with Bobby Fossek, Erica Berry, and Wendy Bingham: oregonhumanities.org/rll/podcast/...

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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

We're excited to welcome back Danielle Allen to the Consider This stage next month! Join us on May 7 for a conversation about reinventing American democracy. This event will take place at Portland's Tomorrow Theatre and also be streamed live on YouTube. oregonhumanities.org/programs/con...

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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Late last night, we received notice that an NEH grant intended to support our work through 2027 has been terminated in its entirety, along with grants for all other state and jurisdictional humanities councils. Here's how you can help: oregonhumanities.org/who/advocacy

Oregon Humanities needs your help: Last night our operating grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities was abruptly canceled, along with grants to all 55 other humanities councils—presumably under order from DOGE. This loss of federal support will have a devastating effect on our ability to serve our communities. Here's what you can do...

Call your reps: Contact your US senators and representatives to protect the NEH and humanities councils. (See the link in bio for a script.)
Share widely: Post to social media and ask friends, colleagues, and family members to do the same.

Give: Donate to help keep our programs and publications available—now and in the future.

oregonhumanities.org/donate

Show up: Attend your congressperson’s town hall or other open meetings to voice your support for the NEH.
Speak up: Write a letter to the editor about the role of humanities councils in your community.

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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

This week on This Place, we hear from Yên Nguyễn about the changes she's witnessed over two decades in Southeast Portland, where she runs Yen Hair Salon. Listen to the full clip: thisplace.podbean.com/e/yen-nguyen... . . . . . #AudioPortrait #VoicesOfOregon #SoutheastPortland

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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

How can everyday citizens understand and engage with our complex global system? Ben Rhodes joins us to explore this question and more—this month on The Detour: oregonhumanities.org/rll/podcast/...

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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

This week on #ThisPlace, we’re at the studio of artist Ebony Frison in Southeast Portland, where the sound of basketball is both generative and a callback to family, community, and growing up in North Portland. thisplace.podbean.com/e/ebony-fris...

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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

For Friday, a trip to Harney County, where fifth-generation rancher Gary Marshall loves to witness the seasons change across the expansive meadow lands. Listen to the full audio postcard: thisplace.podbean.com/e/gary-marsh... #ThisPlace #HarneyCounty #VoicesFromOregon

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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

The historic #LoneFirCemetery in Southeast Portland is one of the city's oldest. In this episode of This Place, theater artist and activist Paul Susi walks us through the cemetery grounds and the complex histories that remain. oregonhumanities.org/rll/podcast/...

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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Christine Wolfe grew up around the logging industry, accompanying her dad and grandfather on trips in and out of Maupin. Now as an adult, she’s returned to the area and works as the town’s city recorder. Hear more from Christine: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-j6v3e-...

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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Gabe Sheoships is the executive director of Friends of Tryon Creek. He's also our guest on this week's This Place episode, talking about the historical and cultural significance of Tryon Creek and the irreplaceable value of the park. Hear more from Gabe: thisplace.podbean.com/e/gabe-sheos...

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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

We had not one, but two full houses for last night's Consider This! Thanks to our guest Ben Rhodes for speaking with us & sharing insights into the world of foreign policymaking. In case you missed it—or want to share it with a friend—find the full conversation: www.youtube.com/live/AXPazJX...

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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

This week on This Place, we’re headed into Wallowa country with long-time resident and history steward Rich Wandschneider. This Place is our weekly mini-podcast that asks Oregonians what it’s like to live and work where they do. Listen in: oregonhumanities.org/rll/podcast/...

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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Each week on This Place, we ask Oregonians what it’s like to live where they do. This week, we hear from Travis Garner, a metal shop teacher and city council member in Paisley. Listen to more from Travis: www.oregonhumanities.org/rll/podcast/...

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