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A conversation with Lois Leveen, educator and author of The Secrets of Mary Bowser

The Secrets of Mary Bowser is based on the true story of a woman born into slavery, freed and educated in the North, who returned to the South and became a Union spy in the Confederate White House. Named one of the top 10 books of 2012 by The Oregonian, the novel is introducing readers across the country to little known aspects of American history, and to a real-life African American heroine. In this conversation, author and education expert Lois Leveen will discuss how the history behind the novel offers important lessons for the twenty-first century, particularly how Mary Bowser's journey from slavery to freedom can serve as a model as we work to achieve educational equity for all young people in Portland. 

Join City Club of Portland for a special screening and discussion of this film with the Director, Brian Lindstrom. In 2006 James Chasse was brutally beaten by a group of Portland police officers, denied medical care, and left to die in the back of a police car. This movie explores his life, his death, the cover-up, and the controversy around that tragic day.

The Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods, City Club of Portland and Concordia University invite you to our upcoming Portland School Board Candidates Forum. Please join us to hear from this year's candidates and learn more about the School Board.

School Board Candidates Include: Martin González, Pam Knowles, Steve Buel and Tom Koehler

Senator Betsy Close (R-Albany) and Senator Betsy Johnson (D-Scappoose) recently announced they will be proposing legislation to improve Oregon’s laws on Human Trafficking.

Put on your headlamp and explore the caves below the Impassable Wilderness with Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis, author and illustrator of Wildwood and Under Wildwood, the first two books in the Wildwood Chronicles trilogy. Colin and Carson will share fantastical tales and gorgeous illustrations from their books, based on Portland’s very own Forest Park.

Join Us to Talk About the Electoral College!

• Do you love the electoral college?
• Do you hate it?
• Do you not know a thing about it?

Come ask your questions & make your voice heard.

Agora is a co-sponsor of the event with Portland State University

“The next generation has the magnificent opportunity to powerfully influence the twenty-first century and perhaps all of humanity’s future.  What will you make of the opportunity?" J Michael Adams & Angelo Carfargno, Coming of Age in a Globalized World

Featuring Panelists Representative Lew Frederick, Derrick Olsen, Goldann Salazar, Stephanie Stokamer, Todd Jones, Amanda Canarios, and Michael Mills, Moderator