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Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Unpacking the Anti-PRIDE Backlash (private)
07/19/2026
HGP Members

 

From FH we have an HGP open discussion about the Anti-PRIDE backlash sweeping America. We’ contrast hard-won civil rights protections for the LGBTQ+ community, from marriage equality to state-level non-discrimination laws, with today’s unprecedented wave of legislation and vitriolic rhetoric targeting transgender people and the broader LGBTQ+ community. As Portland prepares to celebrate its Pride Parade, we’ll ask: what’s driving this backlash, what does it mean, and how should humanists respond? HGP member Anand Atre will moderate the open discussion.

 

Learning in the Age of AI: Opportunities, Risks, and Agenda for Action
07/12/2026
Mary Burns

 

Mary Burns discusses both the transformative potential and the serious risks Artificial Intelligence poses to middle and high school students, and education in general. She proposes a framework for how schools, families, and education systems can help students prosper, stay prepared, and remain protected in an AI-driven world. Mary has won national awards for teaching (at all levels), research, and curriculum design, and is internationally recognized expert in teacher professional development, online learning, and educational technology. She has authored four books, and is the lead author of the Brookings Institution’s new study on AI in education.

 

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.

 

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