Conversation Project: What Does It Mean to Be American?

February 7, 2018 | 7:00 p.m. | Salem Public Library

585 Liberty St. SE, Salem OR 97301

The United States is a culturally diverse nation with residents who can trace their heritage to lands across the globe, and our diversity is projected to continue to increase over the next several decades. Given the differences of race, ethnicity, place, religion, wealth, language, education, and ideology that exist in the US, what are the things that unite us a nation? How do we understand what it means to be American and what we hold valuable? Join this conversation led by facilitator Ellen Knutson to share your ideas about what it means to be American and hear others’ ideas, to identify differences and points of connection that may lead us toward the ideal stated in our nation’s motto: E pluribus unum, out of many, one. Read more.

Event Sponsors

Salem Public Library Foundation

Cost

Free

Contact

Valorie Freeman at (503) 510-6463 or vafree09@gmail.com