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Join the Office of Equity and Inclusion for our summer book club read, Skin & Bones by Renée Watson. The first 25 people to respond will be guaranteed a copy of the book, but everyone is invited to join! E-books are also available.
The Office of Equity and Inclusion’s goal is to continue to provide spaces to build community over the summer, and this book club can serve as a touch point to meet and discuss the complex themes within this read, including parenthood, friendship, faith, love, and what gets passed down from one generation to the next. We will come together to discuss a local author and story, and how it impacts our understanding of our local community and our lived experiences.
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Unmoored and grieving a major loss, Lena finds herself trying to teach her daughter self-love while struggling to do so herself. Lena questions everything she’s learned about dating, friendship, and motherhood, and through it all, she works tirelessly to bring the oft-forgotten Black history of Oregon to the masses, sidestepping her well-meaning co-workers that don’t understand that their good intentions are often offensive and hurtful.
Dates for Book Club:
- Book Club Kick Off: June 6, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. (Where you will pick up your book!)
- Location: Fowler 350
- Zoom to Discuss Book: July 16, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
- Location: Zoom
- Book Club Celebration & Continued Dialogue Ideas: August 13, 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
- Location: TBD
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Belonging Resource: Black History Month
Happy Black History Month! As part of L&C’s membership with the Council of Independent College’s Belong: Inclusive Learning Community, we wanted to share a few resources exploring the origins of observing Black history, its integration with American history, and its contemporary impact.
From AI to Experiential Learning: Sign up for Free Belong Courses
As part of L&C’s membership with the Council of Independent College’s Belong: Inclusive Learning Community, faculty and staff are invited to enroll by February 15 for a series of free self-paced courses on cutting-edge topics.
Come to Narrative Medicine Skills Training!
With support from the Mellon Foundation, Northwest Narrative Medicine Collaborative (NWNMC) is developing Narrative Medicine Skills Training.
Narrative Medicine Skills Training introduces the narrative medicine principles of attention, representation, and affiliation and develops participant skills of listening and witnessing. We will reflect on how listening and witnessing can be applied to stories of health, illness and healing in diverse healthcare settings to improve care and support healing.
Training is open to students, health professionals, faculty, staff and community members– anyone curious about the practice of narrative medicine.
Narrative Medicine Skills Training
Saturday, February, 22
8:45-3:30
in-person and on-campus
Smith Hall
Lewis & Clark College
Register Here
Seeking Nominees for I.D.E.A. Catalyst Awards
The Inclusion and Multicultural Engagement (IME) office presents The I.D.E.A. Catalyst Awards. See here to learn more and to nominate.