Equity and Inclusion
News and Events
Lewis & Clark is a dynamic and culturally vibrant campus. We invite you to learn more about our community and to join us in exploring identity and sharing an intercultural exchange of ideas and traditions.
Events
News
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This spring, faculty and staff are invited to participate in a series of trainings and workshops focused on sexual and interpersonal violence prevention, funded by our OVW Campus Program Grant. Please take the time to register now.
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The Office of Equity and Inclusion is reviving the Intergroup Dialogue Series (started by Student Life in 2014). This series is open to all staff and faculty.
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The Oregon Community Foundation has awarded the Resonance Ensemble $100,000 to enable them to pursue an ambitious collaboration with the Oregon Symphony and several independent artists to put on the world premiere of Damien Geter’s An African American Requiem. Lewis & Clark’s Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities Katherine FitzGibbon serves as Resonance Ensemble’s Artistic Director.
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Three 2L students were featured in the ABA Student Lawyer Magazine for their pro bono work with asylum seekers at the border.
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Bruce Myers, 3L, argued a post-conviction relief (PCR) appeal in front of the Oregon Court of Appeals on August 1, 2019.
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Seven Lewis & Clark Law students helped immigrant taxpayers fill out applications for an ITIN renewal at a recent workshop organized by Professor Sarah Lora , along with El Programa Hispano . The workshop was held at Lewis & Clark’s Low Income Taxpayer Clinic in downtown Portland office.
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Three Lewis & Clark Law School students attended the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) Convention and the National Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (NAPALSA) Conference, both held in Austin, Texas from November 7-10, 2019.
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Haben Girma BA ’10
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Amy Beacom BA ’94 fights to make supported parental leave a reality for working parents everywhere.
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Chris Bailey BA ’08 shares his entrepreneurial skills with Latinx start-ups at Portland’s Mercado.
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The 16th annual Ray Warren Symposium on Race and Ethnic Studies continues to challenge our dominant ideas of power and liberation. This year the symposium goes a step further with the two high schoolers behind the recent Youth Climate Strike addressing how we might move toward a green, sustainable future for all generations. The symposium runs from November 13 to November 15.
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We held our annual cooking class chez instructor Addie Byrum.
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Paula Hayes BS ’92—a Board of Trustees member and recipient of the Pioneer Alumna Leadership Award—was recently profiled by Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) for her innovative cosmetics company. Hue Noir’s beauty products are designed for an underserved market of darker-skinned women whose skin colors and tones aren’t readily compatible with mainstream products.
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The Small Business Legal Clinic (SBLC) of Lewis & Clark Law School has been awarded grants from The Ford Family Foundation and the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Business Program to increase outreach and direct legal services to rural communities.