Immigrants, Refugees, and Oregon
May 24, 2017 | 5:30 p.m. | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
1430 Johnson Ln., Eugene OR 97403
Global displacement is on the rise, thanks to intractable conflicts, economics, and climate change. Oregonians have and will continue to see the results of international migration in our neighborhoods. In this conversation, Manuel Padilla, who has worked with refugees in Haiti, Chad, and Washington, DC, asks participants to consider questions of uprootedness, hospitality, identity, perception, and integration and how we might build more informed, responsive, resilient, and vibrant communities. Read more.
The event is at the Ford Lecture Hall at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Free
Cheryl Hartup at (541) 346-0949 or chartup@uoregon.edu