Should Lane County Change Its Name? This panel discussion will cover the currently hot question of renaming Lane County. Scheduled for September 14, 2020. RSVP: history.uoregon.edu/should-lane-county-change-its-name   Panelists: Pete Sorensen, LC Commissioner Marc Carpenter, UO (History) Eric Richardson, NAACP Esther Stutzman, Kalapuya Elder Shannon Applegate, author/pioneer family R. Gregory Nokes, author   Learn More about …

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Sherry Smith, Southern Methodist University Bohemians West: Free Love, Family, and Radicals in Twentieth Century America Zoom, 7-9 pm Co-Sponsored by UO Department of History, Lane County History Museum, Viking Braggot, Lane County Cultural Coalition RSVP: history.uoregon.edu/bohemians-west

Mark Harris, LCC I Too, Am Eugene: A Multicultural History Project In 1997 Cheri created I Too am Eugene, A local multicultural history project. The motivation was to create a curriculum for a school system, that didn’t include a story, that talked about all of us. As educators, she and her husband Mark Harris, proudly …

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Woman Suffrage, Racism, and Civil Rights: An Oregon Overview This program will address Oregon woman-suffrage activism, including national context and with specific information about Black women’s activism, the significance of Native sovereignty, and the impact of xenophobia and citizenship on women’s voting rights. With Eliza Canty-Jones, Editor of the Oregon Historical Quarterly and Director of Community Engagement …

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Dr. Annelise Heinz Jewish Women, A Chinese Game, and the Challenges of Postwar Domesticity Zoom, 7-9pm. Sign up here by 5pm January 11th. Co-Sponsored by UO Department of History, Lane County History Museum, Viking Braggot