The Mandatory Fall All-Student Organization Meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, September 21st at 7pm in the Council Chamber. All student organizations must send at least two representatives to this important meeting. At this meeting, we will review relevant policies and procedures (i.e. posting policies, reimbursement procedures, risk management and liability, etc.) that student organizations are responsible for and will be held accountable to. During this meeting, you will also hear from Conferences and Events, the Business Office, Student Activities, and ASLC. As always, there will be time for questions and answers at the end of the meeting.

Don’t forget that this meeting is mandatory for all student organizations.

Donate blood during Student Leadership and Service’s Fall Blood Drive.

Have you ever experienced or witnessed a form of oppression in your daily life? Come learn about different forms of oppression and privilege, and how they show up in our lives at Lewis & Clark. Here you can build your social justice vocabulary and deepen your knowledge about systems of oppression. Everyone is welcome!


Brought to you by the office of Inclusion & Multicultural Engagement

Volunteer with SPARC (Spirituality Provoking Action and Reflective Conversation) in the gardens of a healing community who believes in the power of raw foods and body electronics. Lunch provided.

Intersectionality. It’s a concept created and made popular by lawyer, feminist, and critical race theorist, Kimberle Crenshaw to demonstrate how identities operate together. This workshop is designed to deconstruct the concept of intersectionality and build a well-rounded understanding together. Everyone is welcome!

Brought to you by the office of Inclusion & Multicultural Engagement

How does “free speech” operate on a private, liberal arts campus? Where are the legal boundaries? How do we make sense of the impact of speech on others, especially in relation to power, equity, and privilege? Where are the tensions between speech and community? This symposium seeks to explore these questions and more as we situate them in the context of Lewis & Clark College.

Join our office in a volunteer management training, a great new leadership skill!

It is common to enjoy learning about cultures from around the world. Because of this curiosity and desire to celebrate cultures, it is important that we understand the difference between cultural exchange and cultural appropriation. Once we understand the difference, it is much easier to make decisions on how best to celebrate and acknowledge stories, artifacts, customs, and traditions of a culture. Everyone is welcome!


Brought to you by the office of Inclusion & Multicultural Engagement

State and local emergency management planners will discuss earthquake preparedness and resilience.

What is climate justice and why is it a civil rights issue? All are invited to the Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon Collins Lecture, “Wounded Earth, Wounded Humanity: God’s Call for Climate Justice.” Speaking are The Rev. Dr. Gerald Durley, civil rights leader, climate change activist, and retired pastor of the historic Providence Missionary Baptist Church of Atlanta and The Rev. Canon Sally Bingham, president and founder of Interfaith Power & Light and canon for the environment in the Episcopal Diocese of California. Lecture begins at 7pm, and complimentary entrance fee will be paid by the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life. RSVP to Hilary at hmhiman@lclark.edu or on the Spiritual Life webpage to reserve transportation. We will be leaving campus at 6:15pm.

What is action? What are different ways of understanding, experiencing, and taking action? This workshop will explore the relationship between action, identity, and community, and how both big and small actions can contribute to your own goals for social change. Everyone is welcome!


Brought to you by the office of Inclusion & Multicultural Engagement

Engage with tools for communicating across lines of differences and identities. Drawing upon nonviolent language, you can learn how to communicate your needs effectively and ways to interrupt problematic statements with care. Everyone is welcome!

Brought to you by the office of Inclusion & Multicultural Engagement

Do you feel like the more “woke” you become, the more stressed you are? This workshop explores the ways that social justice advocacy adds to our stress & how to more fully integrate “rest”. It hinges on feminist Audre Lorde’s pivotal idea that “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” Everyone is welcome!

Brought to you by the office of Inclusion & Multicultural Engagement

Save lives locally! Donate with Bloodworks NW, a Pacific NW-based nonprofit that supplies all Legacy and Providence Hospitals in Oregon.

The Mandatory Spring All-Student Organization Meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at 7pm in the Council Chamber. All student organizations must send at least two representatives to this important meeting. At this meeting, we will review relevant policies and procedures (i.e. posting policies, reimbursement procedures, risk management and liability, etc.) that student organizations are responsible for and will be held accountable to. During this meeting, you will also hear from Student Activities, ASLC, Conferences and Events, SLS, and other special guests. As always, there will be time for questions and answers at the end of the meeting.

Don’t forget that this meeting is mandatory for all student organizations.

Student Activities presents…

2018 Spring Activities Fair
Thursday, January 25th - 4:30pm to 6pm
Templeton Campus Center – Stamm

Connect with Lewis & Clark’s student organizations and learn how you can get involved!

NAACP - Portland is an all-volunteer group working for racial justice, economic equity, police accountability, and leadership development. Come learn about their latest efforts and how you can get involved!

The entire Lewis & Clark community is invited to celebrate the college’s 151st—a day early.

Community Action Dinner
What’s Up with the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?: Our Next Steps

J Street U
Thursday, February 1st; 5:30 to 7:30pm
Smith Hall
FREE FOOD

Join SLS and SPARC in providing hospitality and a hot meal to people experiencing housing and food insecurity in downtown Portland.

“Drawing from her experiences as a survivor of abuse, Shilo created the Body Sovereignty Project as a trauma-informed framework that focuses on healing relationships with food, being in-body for movement, and healing around sexual trauma.”

SLS will join this RACE TALKS event to learn more about the transgender community and what we can do to make them feel more a part of and safer as members of our community.

Please join us for HOT TOPICS, a conversation series hosted by the Lewis & Clark Sustainability Council and featuring presenters from all three Lewis & Clark campuses and the greater Portland community.

Please join the Public Interest Law Project for an evening of magic and intrigue at our 27th Annual Secret Garden Auction

VOZ Workers’ Rights Education Project is a worker-led organization that empowers diverse day laborers and immigrants to improve their working conditions and protect civil rights. Students are needed to help spread the word about VOZ via flyering and phone calls. A free lunch and transportation will be provided.

Academic fellowships offer funds for educational opportunities beyond Lewis & Clark. This session offers juniors and seniors an opportunity to learn more about awards they may wish to apply for over the summer.

Focus on Willamette Valley agriculture and environmental regulations in partnership with the Oregon Farm Bureau.  Tour a Willamette Valley farm and meet with OFB staff to hear and share perspectives.

Student and Leadership & Service will be providing postcards for students to send to their representatives so they can voice their concerns or write a message. Our office will pay for postage and send to a representative of your choice!

Student and Leadership & Service will be providing postcards for students to send to their representatives so they can voice their concerns or write a message. Our office will pay for postage and send to a representative of your choice!

Ana Patel leads the work of Outward Bound Peacebuilding in teaching, training and facilitating experiential peacebuilding around the world. Experiential Peacebuilding connects experiential learning or “learned by doing and reflecting,” with peacebuilding theory and practice. Her presentations are interactive, fun and open students up to the idea of creative approaches to peacebuilding and conflict transformation in their lives, communities and world.

Pizza????  CATS???  CATS AND PIZZA???
There won’t be cats riding, wearing, or DJing with pizza, but there definitely will be *good* pizza (vegan and gluten-free options).

Come learn about the DSU and eat delicious ‘za.

Monday, March 12th @ 6pm
Queer Student Union (Templeton 235A)

Sustainability Council

Learn about state forest management at the Tillamook Forest Center.  Take a hike and engage with experts representing a wide range of interests including conservation, timber, and local communities.

Dr. Marcia Chatelaine, Associate Professor of History and African American Studies at Georgetown University, will discuss her latest book project.

Academic English Studies is offering a workshop to students who are considering or planning on teaching English abroad.

Join us as we walk around the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building at 4310 SW Macadam in Portland.

Help us define the future of diversity and inclusion in our campus community!

Join students, faculty, staff, families, neighbors, and friends of the College at our epic celebration with free food, activities, and carnival rides!

Join Student Activities for an exclusive NSO screening of BLACK PANTHER on the big screen on Wednesday, August 29th and Friday, August 31st at 9:30pm in the Council Chamber!

A superhero known as Black Panther defends Wakanda, a technologically advanced country in Africa that has hidden itself away from the rest of the world. Now, he must face a dissident who wants to sell the country’s natural resources to fund an uprising.

Join Student Activities for an exclusive NSO screening of BLACK PANTHER on the big screen on Wednesday, August 29th and Friday, August 31st at 9:30pm in the Council Chamber!

A superhero known as Black Panther defends Wakanda, a technologically advanced country in Africa that has hidden itself away from the rest of the world. Now, he must face a dissident who wants to sell the country’s natural resources to fund an uprising.

You’re invited to explore Portland with a free TriMet pass compliments of Student Activities!

Come and connect with fellow LLC members, faculty, and staff. Start to plan your year and help CREATE the LLC experience you would like to see! All are invited to this social gathering!

Get an overview of the trips College Outdoors has to offer and how you can sign up.

Student Activities presents the 13th Annual Pio Fair!

• Kick off the 2018-2019 academic year with some Pioneer Pride at the 13th Annual Pio Fair on Friday, September 7th form 4:30pm to 7pm in the Estate Gardens behind the Frank Manor House!
• Meet some Newfoundlands – L&C’s mascot!
• Reconnect and meet members of the Lewis & Clark community!
• Meet student leaders from the Campus Activities Board, the Associated Students of Lewis & Clark, the International Students of Lewis & Clark, and L&C’s 100+ recognized student organizations as well as many departments and learn about what they have planned for the year and how you can get involved!
• Connect with a variety of Lewis & Clark’s community partners and learn how you can actively engage with the Portland community!
• Don’t forget to tag your pictures at Pio Fair with #PioFair!

Come learn how to support Maybelle’s life sustaining work in Portland’s Old Town neighborhood.

Interested in supporting young refugees’ educational success?

What can you to help folks experiencing homelessness?

Come to this info session to learn how you can get involved with Hacienda CDC’s educational equity, economic justice and racial justice programs.

Each year, Start Making a Reader Today (SMART) reaches thousands of Oregon children with vital one-on-one reading support, and books for those who need them most. Come find out how to become a tutor!

Volunteer with Wisdom of the Elders to learn about cultural sustainability, education, and race reconciliation.

Information session on last year’s project and how to get started on 2019 grant proposals.

Portland’s Sexual and Gender Minority Youth Resource Center supports young LGBTQ folks through a variety of community-building programs. Come check ‘em out!

Nonviolence is a force for truth, justice, and the well-being of all that is neither passive nor violent. As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. put it, nonviolence is “the love that does justice.”

Are you interested in international development efforts? Curious about how to turn your passion for social justice into a career? Come to this talk to learn about Lyla Bashan’s (’02 CAS) journey from Lewis & Clark to her current work in Armenia.

Make a difference. Give Blood.

Student Activities and CAB are excited to offer a limited number of discounted tickets to students for the Saturday, September 29th Portland Timbers vs. FC Dallas game at 7:30pm at Providence Park.

Tickets are sold out! You can visit the Timbers Box Office to check ticket availability for this match.

All game attendees are responsible for their own transportation to and from Providence Park. Visit www.trimet.org/timbers to learn how you can take TriMet to the game.

Is Winterim right for you? Come learn why you need no entrepreneurship background for the opportunity to problem solve and network with passionate community/business leaders. Free pizzakindly provided by Juan Barraza of PSU’s Center for Entrepreneurship who will discuss Winterim’s two new $2,500 prizes.

Join us for a day of discussion and dialogue with CAS, Law, and Grad students, staff, and faculty.

Celebration National Coming Out Day with QSU! We’ll be showing a special movie to commemorate and support one another on this special day.

Learn how a liberal arts education helped civic leader Nolan Lienhart weave passion, politics, public policy, urban planning and architecture to help forge multi-faceted solutions to Portland’s urban livability issues.

Please join the Lewis & Clark College Democrats for a Q&A session with Oregon State Representative Andrea Salinas (38th District). Bring your questions and ideas to discuss local political issues.

A woman discovers her boyfriend comes from the most wealthy, prominent family in Singapore. Along the way, she must stand up to his judgemental mother, who wants nothing more than to break them up.

Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, Gemma Chan, and Lisa Lu; Directed by Jon Chu; Warner Bros; Rating PG-13; 120 minutes; 2018

2018 Halloween Drag Show!
Saturday, October 27th | 7:30pm @ The Platteau

Fee and all ages!
Bring dollar bills for tipping performers, buy drinks and donating to SMYRC!

Student Organized • QSU Sponsored

Physics Club
Halloween Pumpkin Trebuchet Launch

Wednesday, October 31st  3-4:30pm @ Olin Hall
Bring you!  Bring friends!  Bring gourds!

Thomas Ngo combines his passion for immigrant rights and environmental justice through professional communications work and advocacy efforts. Student Leadership and Service’s Good Work series highlights stories of people working for social change.

A black detective sets out to infiltrate the Colorado chapter of the Ku Klux Klan with the help of his Jewish colleague. In the midst of the 1970s civil rights movement, they risk their lives to obtain insider information on the violent organization.

John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, Topher Grace, and Jasper Pääkkönen; Directed by Spike Lee; Focus Features; Rating R; 135 minutes; 2018

FIRST is holding its regional LEGO Robotics Tournament, hosted in partnership with Concordia University and the Oregon Robotics Tournament & Outreach Program. Volunteer for the event or come as a spectator to see the action!

The Message is a workshop facilitated by Zakiya Newman ’21. It explores the history of rap & hip hop through song lyrics.

Listen to stories from a liberal arts graduate who went from working at Nike to engaging with the start-up ecosystem and listening to hundreds of pitches a year.

Learn from an alumna how she uses virtual and augmented reality to make ideas more meaningful, and potentially change how we think and work.

In 2009, Ibrahim founded Right 2 Survive, a group made up of Houseless, formerly Houseless People and their allies and supporters, to educate the Houseless Communities for exercising their Civil, Constitutional and Human Rights.

Meet the Director, Head of Labs at WeWork who is a community leader and claims that spreadsheets are his super power and sneakers his kryptonite.

Alyshia Macaysa is the Baby Booster Program Manager for ROSE CDC, in addition to organizing with Gabriela Portland. ROSE Community Development is dedicated to revitalizing outer southeast Portland neighborhoods, through the development of good homes & economic opportunities. Baby Booster, Alyshia’s department, is a collective impact initiative that aims to improve the health of babies and families with young children. In her organizer role, GABRIELA is named in honor of Gabriela Silang, the first Filipino woman to lead a revolt against the Spanish colonization of the Philippines in the mid 1700’s. GABRIELA is also an acronym, standing for General Assembly Binding Women for Reforms, Integrity, Equality, Leadership, and Action. GABRIELA Portland works to create initiatives in the US to ensure their programs and campaigns reflect the values and causes of the National Democratic Movement - fighting against imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucratic capitalism.

Karen is a criminal defense attorney, and helps transgender people navigate the pre-trial motions of criminal defense and also gives advice on what lawyers might need to be aware of when addressing jurors and judges when representing transgender clients.