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Petition Calls on LOSD School Board to Take Concrete Anti-Racist Measures
A group called LO Change is calling on the Lake Oswego School District School Board to make immediate changes to be a more anti-racist...
Jun 17, 20204 min read
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Latest LO Review Column Addresses Thoughtful Allyship
In case you missed it, the latest column in our monthly series with the Lake Oswego Review tackles the subject of thoughtful and...
Aug 7, 20191 min read
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VIDEO: What Might an LO Cultural Center Look Like?
A year or so ago, LO resident Melissa Fireside came to me with an idea about creating an LO Cultural Center. While ambitious, it struck...
Aug 7, 20191 min read
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Latest LO Review Column Sheds Light on Tokenism
Since Lake Oswego, in most respects, is operating from a major deficit when it comes to diversity, equity, and inclusion, there is a...
Jul 1, 20191 min read
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VIDEO: Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts Comics Activism Panel
Author's Note: Since posting this video, one of the panelists, Pharoah Bolding, reached out to us to let us know that the fairly rosy...
Jun 28, 20192 min read
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An Open Letter to the LO Community About the City’s Upcoming DEI Task Force
Community members of Lake Oswego, As we approach the two-year anniversary of Respond to Racism, it’s important to recognize progress. In...
Jun 10, 20195 min read
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VIDEO: "A Chat with the LHS Equity Council" to Air on Open Signal PDX
Last fall, I sat down with some of the original members of the Lakeridge High School Equity Council to discuss their origins, the state...
Jun 1, 20191 min read
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VIDEO: Bruce Poinsette Talks LO Schools, Culturally Specific Student Groups, and Advice for Students
In late 2018, I interviewed Anna Nakano-Baker, a fellow Lake Oswego High School Class of 2007 graduate about her experiences with race...
May 26, 20191 min read
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SLIDESHOW: Art and Inclusion in LO
On Friday May 24, 2019, Lake Oswego Junior High hosted Better Together Day, a daylong celebration of the diversity in the community that...
May 25, 20191 min read
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VIDEO: OR Sen. Rob Wagner Discusses Holocaust and Genocide Education Bill
On April 17, 2019, Respond to Racism, the West Linn Alliance for Inclusive Community, and Mary's Woods retirement community hosted a...
May 16, 20191 min read
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