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Ethnic Studies Department

Covert Gallery: Liberated Archives Reception (Mar. 21)

Mark your calendars—all are warmly invited to a reception on Thursday, March 21, from 4-6 p.m. in the Dr. James T. Covert Gallery on the main floor of the Clark Library to learn about our current exhibit, entitled Liberated Archives: Memory Work Partnership with Don’t Shoot PDX. Exhibit collaborators will speak about their work, including students and faculty in UP’s Social Justice Capstone course, Public Research Fellows, and local community organization Don’t Shoot PDX, with additional support provided by UP Ethnic Studies. The exhibit highlights themes of systemic oppression, displacement, and collective resistance in Portland, with an emphasis on the lived experiences of minoritized communities on UP’s campus and North Portland.

The exhibition will run from January to May 2024 in the Covert Gallery.

Questions? Email libraryevents@up.edu. Image courtesy of The Log, 1969.

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Black at UP (Feb. 28)

The Ethnic Studies program is pleased to present a conversation about what it is like to be Black at UP with a panel of our esteemed faculty and staff. This panel will be moderated by Amy Ongiri, PhD, Director of Ethnic Studies and participants include: Robert Kelly, PhD, 21st President of the University of Portland; Anita Gooding, PhD, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Social Work; A.J. Jatta, Junior Sociology Major; and Tshombé Brown, Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

Wednesday, February 28 at 7:00 p.m. at the Diversity Center in Buckley Center 102.

For more information about this event or ADA accommodations, please contact Jennie Marable at 503.943.7166

From the Black Church to the Opera Stage (Nov. 8)

An interactive lecture with Lori Hicks, PhD. Hicks is a classical singer, composer and arranger, vocal coach, professor, clinician, and director. A native of Detroit, Michigan, she is currently the Director of Opera at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Hicks has taught at the University of Dayton, Central State University, Claflin University, and Kentucky State University (her alma mater), where she also served as Chair of Performing Arts. 

Wednesday, November 8, 12:30 p.m., Mago Hunt Recital Hall. 

Free and open to all. For more info: pfa@up.edu or 503-943-7228. 

Cosponsored by the Music and Ethnic Studies Departments. ADA compliant event.

Lori C. Hicks: A Concert Portraying the African American Experience through Classical Song (Nov. 9)

Join us for a concert with Lori Celeste Hicks, PhD, a classical singer, composer and arranger, vocal coach, professor, clinician, and director. 

November 9, 7:00 p.m., Buckley Center Auditorium. Free and open to all. Co-sponsored by the Garaventa Center and the Music and Ethnic Studies departments.

Info: up.edu/garaventa or 503-943-7702. ADA compliant event.