Please join us for this special free screening of the Oscar-winning film, Dead Man Walking, in preparation of Sister Helen Prejean’s visit to Lewis & Clark College on February 4, 2015.
Please join us for a Community Dinner and Dialogue to discuss the new movie, Selma.
LC Community members with an advanced understanding of racial justice will participate in a Social Justice Teach-in, facilitated by local academics and activists (and activist academics). The goal of the Teach-in is to increase individual knowledge and capacity to work for racial justice.
Please join us for this free screening and discussion of the documentary, “Anne Braden: Southern Patriot” as part of MLK Week.
Art build with the Pluralism and Unity Board (PUB) to kick off MLK Week! Come create social justice-themed art in a community space. Use a variety of art supplies as a medium to reflect on Dr. King, his legacy and this year’s MLK Theme: “We are the ones we have been waiting for.”
Join the MLK Day of National Service! Over 800 students from nine different colleges will unite in NE Portland for one day to volunteer and serve the Cully neighborhood. Transportation will be provided by Lewis & Clark College.
Lewis & Clark choirs Cappella Nova, Community Chorale and Voces Auream present a winter concert on Friday, December 5, 2014 at 7:30 pm in the Agnes Flanagan Chapel. This event is FREE for LC students, $5 LC faculty/staff, seniors and alumni, $10 general admission. This event is live streamed, watch it LIVE.
The Lewis & Clark College Percussion Ensemble is hosting its first Children’s Concert on November 22 at 3 pm in Evans Recital Hall. There will be 30 minutes of entertaining percussion music, dance, painting, puppets, singing, and more! Following the concert, all the kids can come on stage for a “Percussion Petting Zoo” where they can try out ALL the instruments they saw on stage! The concert is FREE, and will be entertaining to all ages!
This event is live streamed, watch it LIVE.
When many of us see individuals struggling or widespread social problems, we are compelled to intervene. What happens, however, when we don’t utilize a critical lens to examine the potential unintended consequences of our well-intentioned actions? This interactive workshop will interrogate the differences between charity and change. Together, we will develop best change practices for social justice advocates and activists.
Join the Lewis & Clark Bookstore on November 18, 2014 to celebrate the latest book from Associate Professor of Philosophy, J.M. Fritzman: Hegel. Fritzman will speak about his book, with an opportunity for questions and dialogue.
A facilitated dialogue on “clearing,” the subject of the 2014 Hoffman Gallery show by Dana Lynn Louis. This afternoon of conversation will feature a panel discussion with Ms. Louis, followed by small-group discussions in which you are invited to participate.
The Portland Percussion Group presents a concert on November 8th at 7:30 pm in the Agnes Flanagan Chapel. PPG is a contemporary chamber percussion ensemble including Lewis & Clark’s own Brett EE Paschal (Director of Bands and Percussion). The program features Eliot Cole’s “Postludes for Vibraphone,” Bob Becker’s “Mudra,” Steve Reich’s “Mallet Quartet,” LC Professor Michael Johanson’s “Grooves and Diversions,” and the world premiere of Mendel Lee’s “Moon of Eris.” Tickets: General Admission, $10 at the door. FREE to LC Students, Staff, and Faculty.
Come chat with your local congressman about recent election results and pressing issues on the national agenda.
Sponsored by Politics Club
Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson, is a 93 year old retired US Air Force officer, and one of the famous “Tuskegee Airmen”, also known as the 332nd Fighter Group.During World War II, Black Americans throughout the U.S. were subject to Jim Crow laws which legalized segregation and the American military was also segregated.President Truman signed an executive order ending segregation in the military in 1948 (3 years after the war’s end).
Lt. Col. Jefferson’s book, Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman and POW, is a personal memoir of those who served America in World War II and after.
Please join us for this very special opportunity. Lt Col Alexander Jefferson will speak from 7-8 p.m. in the Chapel at Lewis & Clark College. A book-signing and reception will follow. The event is free and open to the public.
A Talk: The R Factor: The Secret to Turning a Liberal Arts Degree into Gold
Jay Heinrichs is the author of the bestselling book Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion.
In 2011, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas outed himself as an undocumented immigrant in an essay published in the TheNew York Times Magazine.
Documented chronicles his journey to America from the Philippines as a child; his journey through America as an immigration reform activist; and his journey inward as he reconnects with his mother, whom he has not seen in person in over 20 years. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion and reception.
The Lewis & Clark Orchestra presents their first concert of the 2014-15 season on October 26, 2014 at 7:30 pm in Agnes Flanagan Chapel at Lewis & Clark College. The program features works of Beethoven, Ives, Schubert, and Holst. This event is FREE for LC students, $5 LC faculty/staff, seniors and alumni, $10 general admission. This performance is live streamed, watch it LIVE.
Tickets for An Evening with Bill the Science Guy in the Pamplin Sports Center are now SOLD OUT. A free simulcast of An Evening with Bill Nye the Science Guy will be shown in the Agnes Flanagan Chapel. Tickets are not required for the simulcast.
Bill Nye — scientist, engineer, comedian, author, and inventor—will bring his special brand of pop culture science literacy to Portland on Saturday, October 25 at 7 p.m. at the Pamplin Sports Center at Lewis & Clark, 0615 SW Palatine Hill Road. The event is open to public; doors open at 6 p.m.
At the event, Nye will delve into his early history, the importance of science education, and inspiring others to change the world through it. Nye has worked to make science entertaining and accessible for most of his life. He initially discovered a talent for tutoring in high school, and spent afternoons and summers demystifying math for his fellow students.
Hispanic? Latino? Chicano? What’s the difference among these terms? Which one(s) do you use and why? Which one(s) have been used to describe you?
Join community activist Sean Aaron Cruz for an engaging discussion and history of each of these terms. Snacks and drinks will be provided. Free and open to everyone.
This event is part of the IME’s Heritage Month programming.