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Confronting Conspiracy Theories in the Classroom

Online N/A, Portland

Due to limited space, we must give priority to current K – 12 educators. If you are not a current teacher, but are interested in attending, please email education@ojmche.org and if space becomes available we will email you with the link to attend. The program will also be recorded and uploaded to our youtube page for anyone to watch. With the flood of misinformation and disinformation appearing on our social media feeds, conspiracy theories like QAnon and Holocaust Denial have emerged into the public dialogue at a disturbing pace. In this session, educators will learn how and why people begin to engage with conspiracy theories and extremist movements, explore the relationship/spectrum between truth/evidence, opinions/beliefs, and conspiracy theories, and acquire tools and strategies for addressing comments…

Free

Jonathan Meiburg in Conversation With Michael Azerrad

Online N/A, Portland

In 1833, Charles Darwin was astonished by an animal he met in the Falkland Islands: handsome, social, and oddly crow-like falcons that were “tame and inquisitive… quarrelsome and passionate,” and so insatiably curious that they stole hats, compasses, and other valuables from the crew of the Beagle. Darwin wondered why these birds were confined to remote islands at the tip of South America, sensing a larger story, but he set this mystery aside and never returned to it. Almost 200 years later, Jonathan Meiburg takes up this chase. He takes us through South America, from the fog-bound coasts of Tierra del Fuego to the tropical forests of Guyana, in search of these birds: striated caracaras, which still exist, though they’re very rare. He reveals the…

Free

A Conversation with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, hosted by University of Portland

Online N/A, Portland

Come hear Dr. Kendi as he engages the community in a dynamic conversation. ReadUP 2021 will conclude with the Schoenfeldt Distinguished Visiting Writers Series hosting Dr. Kendi as he engages the community in a dynamic conversation that addresses questions submitted by UP community members in advance of the event and, if time allows, from event attendees. Questions for Dr. Kendi? Book discussion groups across campus will harvest questions, and for those reading on their own, UP community members can supply questions on this simple form; sign in with your UP credentials. Questions submitted by 5pm on Monday, March 29 will be generously curated by staff in the Office of International Education, Diversity and Inclusion, with the goal of hearing from as many people as possible.…

Free