Oregon Council for the Humanities
The Oregon Council for the Humanities seeks to improve the quality of life for Oregonians by providing programs that enrich minds and broaden perspectives, foster positive human relationships, encourage civility and good citizenship, and bring together the diverse peoples who make up our statewide culture. OCH is an independent affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities and is supported by gifts from the Oregon Cultural Trust and individuals and foundations throughout Oregon.
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HIP Portland: The 2009-10 Humanity in Perspective (HIP) course in Portland is now open for application. OCH and Reed College jointly present this free public program to provide economically and educationally disadvantaged individuals in the Portland-metro area the opportunity to study the humanities in a two-semester, college-level course. Applications for the 2009-10 HIP Portland course must be delivered or postmarked by July 24, 2009. Visit the HIP program page for more information.
The inaugural season of OCH's new Conversation Project: A New Chautauqua, will kick off with seventeen programs presented by sixteen scholars from across the state. The online catalog for programs will be available later this summer, and nonprofit organizations will be able to sign up for programs beginning August 1, 2009. The 2009-10 Conversation Project scholars and their hometowns are as follows: Courtney Campbell (Corvallis), Prakash Chenjeri (Ashland), Richard Clinton (Corvallis), Veronica Dujon (Portland), Jeff Golden (Ashland), Geoffrey Hiller (Portland), Reiko Hillyer (Portland), Walidah Imarisha (Portland), William Long (Salem), Jackson Miller (McMinnville), Daniel Morris (Ashland), Joel Preston Smith (Portland), Lani Roberts (Corvallis), Victoria Sturtevant (Ashland), Gail Wells (Corvallis), and Elliott Young (Portland).
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Support OCH: You can now make an online donation to OCH by clicking on the "Donate Now" icon below. This will take you to the Network for Good website where you can make a secure contribution using your credit card. Your generous gift will help ensure that OCH can continue delivering humanities programming-including Oregon Chautauqua, Teacher Institutes, and Oregon Humanities magazine-to every county in the state. And don't forget that when you make a donation to OCH and a matching gift to the Oregon Cultural Trust, you can receive a tax credit. Please visit the Trust website for more information.
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Public Panel on Immigration
Please join OCH and the American Leadership Forum for a free public panel,"The Unfinished Nation: Dilemmas and Decisions on Immigration Reform"on Saturday, July 18, 2009, at 7:30 p.m., at the Southern Oregon University Lenn and Dixie Hannon Library Meese Room 305, 1250 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland. Panelists include Lynn Stephen, UO professor of anthropology, and Robert Bussel, UO professor of history. The panel will be moderated by Dan Tichenor, UO law and social science professor. Read more about the panel.
