Immigrants, Refugees, and Oregon
February 10, 2017 | 7:00 p.m. | Friendly House
1737 NW 26th Ave., Portland OR 97210
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.
Free
Denise Lafond at (503) 228-4391 or dlafond@friendlyhouseinc.org.