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Thursday, 23 June

Melissa V. Harris-Perry, Tulane University professor of political science and frequent contributor to MSNBC, Lisa K. Bates, assistant professor in the Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning at Portland State University, and Donna Maxey, co-creator of Portland’s Race Talks series, will discuss race and housing at this brown bag lunch, presented in partnership with the Portland Housing Center.

12:00 noon, Gerding Theater at the Armory Cafe, 128 NW 11th Ave., Portland

23 June 2011 | Posted in Featured On Home Page Events Special Projects | Comments? (0 so far)

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Job Opening: Seeking Street Preacher, Storyteller, True Believer

10 June 2011 | Posted in Inside O. Hm.

The Oregon Humanities Communications and Development Associate is a street preacher, a storyteller, and a true believer in the power of ideas to change lives and communities. This person works closely with the Communications Director and the Development Director to sermonize about... More

Oregon Humanities Magazine Call for Submissions: Here

05 May 2011 | Posted in Publications | Comments? (0 so far)

Oregon Humanities magazine is seeking submissions for the fall/winter 2011 issue on the theme “Here.” We’re interested in nonfiction writing that explores human relationships to place. Writers may wish to consider how places that are important to us shape and affect our... More

Please Tell Your Senators That Humanities Funding Is Important

25 February 2011 | Posted in Advocacy | Comments? (1 so far)

Thanks to all of you who contacted your house representatives over the past few weeks in support of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Because of your efforts, the NEH was included in the FY2011 bill for $145 million.

Although we are relieved to have been included in this... More

Crucial House Decision on Funding for the Humanities

11 February 2011 | Posted in Advocacy | Comments? (0 so far)

In the coming days, the House of Representatives will be voting on an appropriations bill that proposes FY 2011 budget cuts to dozens of federal agencies, including the National Endowment for the Humanities. In the proposed mid-year budget, the NEH would sustain a loss of at least... More

Oregon Humanities Magazine Call for Submissions: Belong

06 January 2011 | Posted in Publications | Comments? (0 so far)

Oregon Humanities magazine is seeking submissions for the summer 2011 issue on the theme “Belong.” We’re interested in nonfiction writing that explores what it means to be a part of a group: in particular, what are the benefits and challenges of homogeneity, inclusion, and... More

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The Conversation Project
Apply to Host a Conversation Project Program in summer and fall 2011
Last Chance to Apply to Host Summer and Fall 2011 Conversation Projects

Through June 30, Oregon nonprofits may apply to host Conversation Project programs taking place between July and October 2011. The Conversation Project provides nonprofits statewide... More

Special Projects
Brown Bag Lunch Panel with Melissa Harris-Perry
Brown Bag Lunch Panel with Melissa Harris-Perry

Melissa V. Harris-Perry (pictured), professor of political science at Tulane University, MSNBC contributor, columnist for the Nation, and author of Barbershops, Bibles, and BET:... More

Special Projects
Know Your Place series
Know Your Place Summer Series

This summer, Oregon Humanities is teaming up with Metro Regional Government in a special series, Know Your Place, an exploration of human relationships to nature through language,... More

The Conversation Project
Pedalpalooza Pedal Through Time
Pedal Through Time at PedalPalooza

Join us on June 23 for Pedal Through Time, Oregon Humanities’ offering to the 2011 PedalPalooza bicycle festival in Portland. Reiko Hillyer, 2009 Teacher of the Year at Lewis &... More

Humanity in Perspective
Apply for a Free, College-Level Humanities Course in Portland

Adults living on low incomes in the Portland area who want to explore challenging ideas about power, justice, knowledge, and community can now apply for Humanity in Perspective. HIP... More

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Donor Spotlight: Mary Rechner
Donor Spotlight: Mary Rechner

Oregon Humanities donor Mary Rechner is the director of Literary Arts’ “Writers in the Schools” program, which sponsors creative writing workshops in Portland-area high schools.

A fiction writer herself, Rechner is the author of Nine Simple Patterns for Complicated Women, a short story collection published by Portland’s own Propeller Books. “I give to Oregon Humanities,” she says,... More

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Theater as an Act of Communion

The act of gathering together to worship is nothing new. Sometimes that worship takes the form of praising a higher power. Sometimes it takes the form of humans role-playing the lives of other humans. Portland Playhouse in northeast Portland is melding the ideas of worship, community,... More


Getting to Know Our Places

In Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape, desire path is defined as “the route people have chosen to take across an open place, marking a human pattern upon a landscape.” Desire paths are everywhere—diagonal shortcuts from sidewalk to sidewalk, trails blazed through... More


The Secret of Life

In Roald Dahl’s short story “The Hitch-Hiker,” the title character is coy about his line of work, initially telling the narrator only that he is in a skilled trade. “The secret of life,” the Londoner says, “is to become very, very good at something that is very, very... More


Tireless Poetry Traveler

Paulann Petersen, Oregon’s poet laureate, has been on the road for nearly two weeks, traversing the state in an effort to visit as many communities during her tenure as possible.

Petersen was appointed to a two-year term by Governor Kulongoski in April 2010. Oregon Humanities... More


How We Got "Here"

People often ask how we come up with themes for Oregon Humanities magazine. We find inspiration everywhere, including in our own programs and those of other organizations. For instance, with the Fall/Winter 2011 issue on the theme “Here,” we were inspired by a special program... More

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Any chance this was recorded and is available for viewing?

Afifa, Portland | on Brown Bag Lunch Panel with Melissa Harris-Perry


I want to thank you for bringing this lively, thought provoking, life affirming program out to the wilds of eastern Oregon.  It is pretty...

Julie Naslund, Paisley, OR | on Varieties of Friendship: Philosophy, Theology, and Technology


Dear Senators;
Funding is critical for NEH and Oregon Humanities.
As a continuing student at Portland State University I have been the...

Mary Anne Dwyer, Vancouver,Wa | on advocacy message for senate


I just listened to the re-broadcast on Think Out Loud with Oregon’s Poet Laureate, Paulann Petersen. Cerimon House (

Gemma Whelan, Portland | on Paulann Petersen available for appearances


Hi Suzanne - the program will last an hour, so will be done by 1:00PM.

Jennifer Allen | on Brown Bag Lunch Panel with Melissa Harris-Perry

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