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Improv & Empathy
07/05/2026
Kristen Schier

 

Improv is a practice in connection, joy, support and empathy. Kristen Schier is an actor, improviser, teacher, and clown who has extensive improv teaching,

directing, and performing experience. She holds a BFA in Theater Arts from, and taught at, the University of the Arts, and has studied improv at Second City, Magnet Theater, and Annoyance. Kristen has toured the country teaching and performing at various festivals, is the former Co-Artistic Director of Curious Comedy in Portland Oregon, and former Improv Producer at the Philly Improv Theater.

 

Innovation Law Lab's Work for Immigrant Justice
06/14/2026
Isa Peña

 

Isa Peña is Director of Innovation Law Lab, an organization of lawyers, coders and advocates fighting for immigrant and refugee justice. She will discuss Oregon's current state of immigrant justice, recent attacks on immigrant communities, and Oregon's response. A long-time organizer and leader in the immigrant justice movement here, and formerly the Interim Executive Director of Causa, Peña is the daughter of immigrant Oregonians, and leverages her strengths and skills in relationship building and policy advocacy to help advance immigrant justice and policy. She is a member of the Oregon Worker Relief Executive Committee and a Chair of Oregon for All.

 

Conversation with Multnomah Commissioner Meghan Moyer
06/07/2026
Meghan Moyer

 

Commissioner Meghan Moyer addresses the status of Multnomah County District 1, covering the Willamette River's west side, the inner east side, and the western unincorporated County. Moyer is a skilled homebuilder who has 20 years of experience in creating policies that serve the most vulnerable in our communities; has lobbied Congress on child-related issues for the National PTA; has represented homecare, childcare, and DHS employees as an Organizer/Strategist for SEIU Local 503; and has fought to expand access to mental health services, and children's access to school as Director of Public Policy for Disability Rights Oregon.

 

Hidden Heroines: The Women Who Shaped Us (Without the Spotlight)
05/31/2026
April Pereira

 

This work illuminates the lives of lesser-known women whose influence has quietly shaped culture, community, and movements for justice. Through a curated series of narrative spotlights, the talk explores figures such as Jovita Idár, Zitkála-Šá, Grace Lee Boggs, and Jessie Redmon Fauset, women whose contributions were foundational, yet often overlooked. Blending storytelling with cultural reflection, April Pereira (ile/they/she), Founding Director of StorySpark Collective, examines how historical narratives are shaped, why certain voices are marginalized, and what we lose when stories of care, creativity, and community leadership go unrecognized.

 

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