LBCC Hosts Willamette University Professor Emily Drew, Conversation Project Program
Willamette University professor Emily Drew will present the Conversation Project Program discussion “White Out: The Future of Racial Diversity in Oregon” at Linn-Benton Community College on Thursday, Feb. 23 from 3 to 4:30 in the Fireside Room, second floor Calapooia Center, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW, Albany. Drew will lead a discussion that explores the question: What does the racial integration of place require of us, and how might we prepare to create and meet this opportunity? A Unity Celebration will follow the presentation from 5 to 7 p.m. in the college Diversity Achievement Center , second floor Forum building. This year’s theme is “Making Connections,” including partners in our communities that engage in diversity, multi-cultural and inter-cultural work. Drawing on 2010 census data that shows Oregon’s population becoming more racially diverse, yet the state remains one of the whitest in the nation, the discussion will focus on how although Oregonian’s value racial diversity, we...