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Free Discussion About Immigrants and Refugees in Oregon at St. Helens Public Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 20, 2017
Free Oregon Humanities Conversation Project on Tuesday, August 8, at St. Helens Public Library
St. Helens, Ore. – 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. How might we build more informed, responsive, resilient, and vibrant communities?
This is the focus of “The Space Between Us: Immigrants, Refugees, and Oregon,” a free conversation with Manuel Padilla on Tuesday, August 8, at 7 p.m. at the St. Helens Public Library, 375 S 18th Street, St. Helens. This program is hosted by the St. Helens Public Library and the Columbia County Coalition for Human Dignity and sponsored by Oregon Humanities.
Padilla has done peace work in Haiti, Chad, and Washington, DC, working with internally displaced people, immigrants, and refugees. Currently he implements reconciliation workshops in refugee contexts with the Jesuit Refugee Service, works with youth through restorative justice frameworks, and volunteers with Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon’s Circles of Support and Accountability program.
The St. Helens Public Library strives to be a place where intelligent conversation and debate happen and potentially inspire positive change. Through the Conversation Project, Oregon Humanities offers free programs that engage community members in thoughtful, challenging conversations about ideas critical to our daily lives and our state's future.
Oregon Humanities (921 SW Washington, Suite 150, Portland, OR 97205) connects Oregonians to ideas that change lives and transform communities. More information about Oregon Humanities’ programs and publications, which include the Conversation Project, Think & Drink, Humanity in Perspective, Idea Lab, Public Program Grants, and Oregon Humanities magazine, can be found at oregonhumanities.org. Oregon Humanities is an independent, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities and a partner of the Oregon Cultural Trust.
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For further information regarding this free community discussion, please contact Library Technician I Nicole Woodruff at 503-397-4544 or nicolew@ci.st-helens.or.us.
