Our student led meditation club meets twice a week to sit and practice both guided and unguided meditations. We then discuss our experiences, thoughts, and wondering after.
Meets in the meditation room in the lower chapel.
Online open studio sessions are FREE and open to the public. At this time in person sessions are for L&C students, faculty and staff.
An open, peer-led meeting for those in recovery, friends and family of people with substance-related challenges, and anyone contemplating a change in their relationship to substances. All are welcome!
Wednesdays from 3:30-4:30pm in JR Howard 114.
Please join Associate Professor of History and Department Chair Reiko Hillyer discuss her latest book, A Wall is Just a Wall: The Permeability of the Prison in 20th Century America (Duke University Press, February 16, 2024) in conversation with Jerry Harp. Influenced by her work teaching in the Inside-Out program, Hillyer traces the decline of practices that used to connect incarcerated people more regularly to the free world.
Open to all students, faculty, staff and alumni of L&C, we create events to heal from oppression and discuss where art in relationship transforms lives, builds community, examines social constructs, raises critical consciousness and creates a more just society.
Jerry Harp and Reiko Hillyer are holding an information session for students and faculty interested in learning about Jerry’s Fall 2024 Inside-Out Prison-Exchange Program class, English 201: Poetry 1, and how to apply.
Decompress, connect with nature, and center yourself during this guided walking nature meditation. This is a welcoming space, and great for those new to meditation or outdoor recreation! |
Please join Christabel Leonce, PsyD and Aimee Milne AVP for Student Health and Accessibility as they share with you some strategies for connecting with students in meaningful ways. The core skills will include Attending Behaviors, Effective questioning, and Reflection of Meaning.
Learn tips and tricks to improve executive functioning!
Monthly Volunteers Needed for Blanchet House Dinner Service!
In modern societies, attention to human beings’ complex needs has been largely divided into areas of specialization, with our bodies assigned to “medicine” (generally interpreted to mean biomedicine), our minds and emotions in the realm of “psychology,” and our souls entrusted to “religion” (or more recently, “spirituality”). Of course, lived practices often frustrate such differentiation, and recent developments like holistic medicine and integrative medicine try to attend to the health of individuals as whole beings. Holistic medicine tends to make space for the overlapping fields of “spiritual therapies” and “energy medicine,” whose promoters tend to posit the existence of a benevolent transpersonal force that governs human health. Practitioners frame their practices as a means to return to an ancient holism that predates the modern differentiation of human health into separate biochemical, psychosocial, and spiritual realms.
In this talk I will focus on the example of Reiki, often considered a paradigmatic form of spiritual healing and/or energy medicine, and consider how its practitioners and promoters have ambivalently located Reiki vis-à-vis the categories of religion and medicine. Drawing on examples from Reiki history as well as current efforts by practitioners to introduce Reiki to hospitals while also resisting state regulation, I will consider the challenges to secularity (and secularism) posed by appeals to a “recuperative middle” that predates the divide between religion and medicine.
In-person event
Join us for this important conversation about Hope and the Climate Crisis. A collaboration between Oregon Humanities Conversation Project and the Center for Social Change and Community Involvement.
It’s time to smash the power the number on the scale has over us. Join the Health Promotion Office to take a few swings at the scale, and celebrate your worth beyond a single number.
B.R.A.V.E. Body Week centers Body Neutrality, Rejecting Fatphobia, Anti-diet Culture Valuing Every Body, and provides opportunities for cultivating appreciation beyond appearance and discussion around influences on body image, eating, and physical activity.
An open, peer-led meeting for those in recovery, friends and family of people with substance-related challenges, and anyone contemplating a change in their relationship to substances. All are welcome!
Wednesdays from 3:30-4:30pm in JR Howard 114.
With support from the Mellon Foundation, Northwest Narrative Medicine Collaborative (NWNMC) is developing Narrative Scribe Training.
The curriculum builds on narrative medicine practices of listening and witnessing. The training develops skills of listening deeply to stories of health, illness, and healing and reflecting on how listening and witnessing can contribute to social change.
Narrative Scribe Training
Saturday, February, 24 8:45-4:30
Training will be held in-person, on-campus
Lewis & Clark College
Portland, OR
Narrative Scribe Training builds narrative competency skills for:
Training participants will work together in mixed groups of large cohorts, small tables, and pairs of: LC students, graduate students in the health professions, health professionals, patients, caregivers, and those interested in pursuing a practice of narrative medicine.
More information here
Register here
Questions? Please contact Alexis Rehrmann.
Los Angeles County operates the largest jail system in the United States, which incarcerates more people than any other nation on Earth. At a cost of nearly $1 billion annually, more than 20,000 people are caged every night in L.A.’s county jails and city lockups. But not every neighborhood is equally impacted by L.A.’s massive jail system. In fact, L.A.’s nearly billion-dollar jail budget is largely committed to incarcerating many people from just a few neighborhoods. In some communities, more than one-million dollars is spent annually on incarceration. These are L.A.’s Million Dollar Hoods.
Led by Prof. Kelly Lytle Hernández, the Million Dollar Hoods (MDH) research team maps and monitors how much local authorities spend on locking up residents in L.A.’s Million Dollar Hoods. Led by Black and Brown women and driven by formerly-incarcerated persons as well as residents of Million Dollar Hoods, the MDH team also provides the only full and public account of the leading causes of arrest in Los Angeles, revealing that drug possession and DUIs are the top booking charges in L.A.’s Million Dollar Hoods. Collectively, this data counters the popular misunderstanding that incarceration advances public safety by removing violent, serious offenders from the streets. In fact, local authorities are investing millions in locking up the County’s most economically vulnerable, geographically isolated, and racially marginalized populations for drug and alcohol-related crimes. This talk provides an introduction to the Million Dollar Hoods project, method, and impact.
Open to all students, faculty, staff and alumni of L&C, we create events to heal from oppression and discuss where art in relationship transforms lives, builds community, examines social constructs, raises critical consciousness and creates a more just society.
IME and BSU are excited to invite you to take part in our Portland Art Museum Field Trip.
Online open studio sessions are FREE and open to the public. At this time in person sessions are for L&C students, faculty and staff.
Liberty and justice for all? In this conversation, we’ll examine what the word “justice” means and examine how it’s applied in Oregon. With the aid of local and national hip hop music videos and lyrics, we will examine the history of our state, legal anti-Blackness, and resistance movements.
MLK Day is a National Day of Service and the only federal holiday recognizing a Black leader. Join us in celebrating part of MLK’s Legacy by committing to serve your community!
Join us in honoring MLK and the legacy of Black Community through Unity. Pre-register to participate in our Volunteer Day, Do Good Trouble Summit and Music as a Tool For Justice Conversation Project!
Online open studio sessions are FREE and open to the public. At this time in person sessions are for L&C students, faculty and staff.
Open to all students, faculty, staff and alumni of L&C, we create events to heal from oppression and discuss where art in relationship transforms lives, builds community, examines social constructs, raises critical consciousness and creates a more just society.
Join other winter break residents in the Odell main lounge for waffles!
This course is open to LC students, faculty and staff, as well as the general public.
Fall Semester Residence Hall Closing is Wednesday, December 20th, 2023 at 12pm PST.
Winter Break is Wednesday, December 20th, 2023 - Sunday, January 14th, 2024.
Halls will reopen for Spring 2024 on Sunday, January 14th, 2024 at 9am PST.
A drop-in mental health check-in; not group therapy but a safe place where students can drop in with questions about mental health, how to cope with stressful events around them, and to gain skills for coping. Every 2nd at 4th Thursday, 5:30-6:30 in the lounge space in the IME office, Room 324 of the Fowler Student Center
Join Student Engagement and CAB as they host a cookies and cocoa social to help relieve stress during reading days leading up to finals. Enjoy the company of friends and classmates as you melt down hot cocoa spoons and decorate cookies in the Trail Room!
Open to all students, faculty, staff and alumni of L&C, we create events to heal from oppression and discuss where art in relationship transforms lives, builds community, examines social constructs, raises critical consciousness and creates a more just society.
A drop-in skills group to learn how to help manage anxiety while sharing and discussing ideas and strategies with others every Monday at 3pm at the Student Counseling Center, Lower Level of Odell Hall #012
A drop-in mental health check-in; not group therapy but a safe place where students can drop in with questions about mental health, how to cope with stressful events around them, and to gain skills for coping. Every 2nd at 4th Thursday, 5:30-6:30 in the lounge space in the IME office, Room 324 of the Fowler Student Center
A drop-in skills group to learn how to help manage anxiety while sharing and discussing ideas and strategies with others every Monday at 3pm at the Student Counseling Center, Lower Level of Odell Hall #012
Some feelings seem to color everything. While an emotion like fear is typically “intentional” or directed, being a fear of something, feelings like anxiety or dread are characterized by the vagueness of their object and by the way they pervade consciousness, potentially making any object appear as a threat. Matthew Ratcliffe defines these pervasive feelings as “existential feelings,” senses of possibility like “feeling alive” or “feeling deadened,” and argues that these feelings are “pre-intentional,” conditions of the possibility of the scope and valence of intentional states like beliefs or desires. Change in existential feelings, or “existential change,” may thus have sweeping effects upon a subject’s mental states. The category of the pre-intentional seems promising in accounting for experiences of depression. However, there remains a question of “bi-directionality”: how or if intentional states might affect the pre-intentional, such that changes in, say, beliefs might affect the possibility of existential change. I propose the introduction of a feeling-disposition distinction: existential feelings are not pre-intentional structures but ways of becoming aware of the “existential dispositions” that are pre-intentional structures. I then argue that existential dispositions, and the pre-intentional generally, are a category of states that are introspectively opaque and so ambiguous between being an intentional state, like a “quasibelief,” or non-intentional state, like a reflex. I will show that this redefinition clarifies how beliefs about what one’s experiences of depression signify may induce existential change that alleviates the suffering of these experiences.
LC History and Asian Studies are honored to welcome the Atomic Bomb Survivors Hope & Healing Tour group from Nagasaki, Japan. Join us to hear from first, second, and third-generation atomic bomb survivors for first-hand accounts of the reality of the atomic bombings, their aftermath on current and future generations, tragedy caused by war, and the crucial value of peace.
As always with Policy Consortium, we can promise the very best speakers that will coax you into a new way of thinking about the struggles we face with our complex healthcare system.
The event is free, registration is required. Register today!
Unwind and find inner peace during our 4-5 PM Yoga session in the South Chapel. This unique experience combines the grace of yoga with the tranquil ambiance of a historic chapel, creating a serene setting for your practice. For only $2, join us for an hour of mindfulness, as you flow through asanas, connect with your breath, and discover a sense of rejuvenation.
Sign up at the CO office in Fowler 239!
Open to all students, faculty, staff and alumni of L&C, we create events to heal from oppression and discuss where art in relationship transforms lives, builds community, examines social constructs, raises critical consciousness and creates a more just society.
Students are asked to please see the list of accepted insurance providers and sign up for appointments in advance.
The OHSU Center for Ethics in Healthcare is hosting an event through The Oregon Bioethics and Humanities Colloquium: “The History of Medical Uncertainty” by Vera Keller, PhD Professor of History at the University of Oregon.
A drop-in mental health check-in; not group therapy but a safe place where students can drop in with questions about mental health, how to cope with stressful events around them, and to gain skills for coping. Every 2nd at 4th Thursday, 5:30-6:30 in the lounge space in the IME office, Room 324 of the Fowler Student Center
How do you seek to bring about change for the better in your community and/or the larger world? What actions–large or small–do you take to promote your values and reimagine the future? Community Dialogues offer an opportunity for small, structured conversation as we explore our various approaches and values.
Join Sophie & Hannah as they take participants through a peer-led workshop that focuses on the different types of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), how to receive care if diagnosed with an STI, and the impacts of STI stigma.
Please join the IME suite in celebrating First Generation Celebration Day.
Welcoming all students who identify as a First Generation student. Defining First-Generation is never a simple task as there can be multiple definitions. L&C defines First-Generation college students as someone whose parents or guardians did not earn a 4-year degree.
Hope to see you all there!
Please see the list of accepted insurance providers and sign up for your appointment in advance.
Join Lila & Nat as they take participants through a peer-led workshop that focuses on the different types of contraceptive methods, why someone might use contraceptive methods for non-pregnancy-related activities, and internal/external condom demonstrations.
Celebrate spooky festivities on Halloween Day with Student Engagement and the other offices/organizations on campus! Grab a trick-or-treat bag from the Student Engagement desk and start the fun! Additionally, you will be given clues and a stamp card to help you locate the offices that are participating and if you collect enough stamps, you can win awesome prizes!
A drop-in skills group to learn how to help manage anxiety while sharing and discussing ideas and strategies with others every Monday at 3pm at the Student Counseling Center, Lower Level of Odell Hall #012
These are challenging times.
Many of us are carrying deep grief and
sorrow in our hearts–for our world,
communities, and personal losses. The
circles offer a safe and sacred place to
share our grief–not as a problem to be
solved, but as a vital and healing
encounter with an essential experience
of being human.
No weekly commitment required. The fall series of Circles of Solace will meet four times: Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, and 16th. Come to all or any.
Experience silence, journaling, poetry,
open sharing in community.
Open to CAS students.
Hosted by Hilary Martin Himan,
Chaplain and Director of Spiritual Life
A drop-in mental health check-in; not group therapy but a safe place where students can drop in with questions about mental health, how to cope with stressful events around them, and to gain skills for coping. Every 2nd at 4th Thursday, 5:30-6:30 in the lounge space in the IME office, Room 324 of the Fowler Student Center
Learn more about the Biotechnology Summer Associate program
RSVP here on Handshake
Join us to send hope and support to those battling depression and other mental illnesses through our free handwritten letters.
Preregister to donate blood!
Converge 45 Presents Broken Spectre by Richard Mosse at the Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art at Lewis & Clark College
Preregister to donate blood!
A Mellon Foundation Event:
The humanities—literature and philosophy, history and languages, ethnic studies and the arts—all have something to teach us about civic engagement in the United States. This October is National Arts and Humanities Month, an opportunity to celebrate and explore the crucial role of culture and humanities in our everyday lives.
Join Elizabeth Alexander, president of the Mellon Foundation, for a discussion about what the humanities can offer us in the upcoming presidential election and the crucial role they play in driving civic engagement in American communities. Guests for this livestream include Juan Felipe Herrera, former US Poet Laureate, performer, and activist; and Carol Anderson, professor of African American Studies at Emory University.
Open to all students, faculty, staff and alumni of L&C, we create events to heal from oppression and discuss where art in relationship transforms lives, builds community, examines social constructs, raises critical consciousness and creates a more just society.
Interested? We’d love to have you! The event is open to all First Year students and space is limited.
The Projects for Peace program began in 2007, enabling LC undergraduates to design and implement their own grassroots projects that promote peace anywhere in the world. LC students have applied and won at least one of the grants each year since then. A $10,000 award is given annually to an individual or group (undergraduates only) that submits the winning proposal.
Come to this session to learn about the most recent LC Project for Peace and how to apply for the 2024 grant.
Interested? We’d love to have you! The event is open to all First Year students and space is limited.
The Center for Social Change will be volunteering the 1st Monday of the month at The Blanchet House, serving meals to the houseless community. We need LC Student Volunteers to sign up! Shifts are:
Monday, Oct.2nd
Monday, Nov.6th
Monday, Dec.4th
All from 4:00pm-6:30pm * Transportation provided.
Interested? We’d love to have you! The event is open to all First Year students and space is limited.
Interested? We’d love to have you! The event is open to all First Year students and space is limited.
Open to all students, faculty, staff and alumni of L&C, we create events to heal from oppression and discuss where art in relationship transforms lives, builds community, examines social constructs, raises critical consciousness and creates a more just society.
Converge 45 Presents Broken Spectre by Richard Mosse at the Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art at Lewis & Clark College
An anti-racism workshop to help adults start conversations with the young people in our lives. We focus on white folks but all are welcome. Some childcare available.
Abstract:
Many say that we are suffering from a crisis of a lack of trust in science in this country. In response, significant effort has been lavished on improving science communication—with the aim of promoting such trust. But it’s not always clear what “trust of science” ought to mean. Does “science” really deserve “our” trust? Why? Without compelling answers to these questions, we are rudderless when it comes to improving the relationship between science and the public. I will attempt to steer us in a better direction.
Please attend, and please encourage your colleagues, students, and friends to attend.
Converge 45 Presents Broken Spectre by Richard Mosse at the Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art at Lewis & Clark College
The Inclusion & Multicultural Engagement (IME) office is hosting a Community Circle for students who self-identify as first-generation college students. We define first-generation as neither guardians have earned a Bachelor’s degree in the United States, however, if you feel like you don’t fit this definition and would like to participate, we encourage that you do!
The Study Abroad Fair is on Tuesday, September 12th from 3:30 to 5:00 PM! Come visit us at the Academic Quad (between BoDine and Howard) to explore upcoming program opportunities and meet past and future program leaders. Refreshments will be provided.
Please join us for a Gender Studies Symposium keynote presentation by Dr. Jules Gill-Peterson, associate professor of history at Johns Hopkins University.
Transition and Abortion as Vernacular Medicine
Presentation abstract: The legal principles of the right to abortion and the right to medical transition have been framed since the 1970s as analogous to one another. Now that the overturning of Roe v. Wade has imperiled both, what other modes of relation activate ongoing histories of mutual aid and care? This talk takes up trans histories of transition and abortion as forms of vernacular medicine to explore what they can teach us in this moment about expertise, practice, and care that exceed legal or state blessings.
Day 1 of the 42nd Annual Gender Studies Symposium!
This year’s symposium explores the ways that science and medicine intersect with gender and sexuality to create knowledge, establish authority, and shape policy.
Join us for three days of keynote presentations, multidisciplinary panels, workshops, readings, and other events, as well as an art exhibition. View the complete event schedule for details.
Twice a year, in May and December, Write Around Portland holds readings featuring participants in our free community writing workshops. Our readings promote respect for diverse groups and provide an opportunity to hear the powerful stories of gifted writers in our workshops. Few Portland events include so many diverse voices.
Readings are free, ADA-accessible and open to the public.
This will be our first public event since the beginning of the pandemic! Bring your friends and family to hear writers read their work from the last two years of remote and in-person workshops featured in our upcoming anthology, Gold and the Dust.
We are asking attendees to wear masks while seated and we’ll provide options for distancing. Doors open at 1:30pm.
The Oregon Bioethics and Humanities Colloquium presents
“The Negro Doctor Will be Limited to His Own Race”: How the Facts of the Past Shape Our Medical Future
By William Sturkey, PhD, MA, Associate Professor, History University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Located in the Richardson Life Sciences Building (RLSB) 3rd Floor - Conference Room 3A003A
Attend to learn about:
Participants may begin a new piece using a gentle prompt offered at the beginning of each session or work on their own new or ongoing pieces. It is an opportunity to connect in a time where connection is needed most. Expect a short introduction, choose to work in silence or engage in conversation with others who choose to, and participate in a short recap on the making process at the end of the session.
RSVP
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) invites you to attend the 2022 Virtual Medical School Fair on Tuesday, April 19th from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET. | |
Your FREE registration includes a 15% discount on a 1-or 2-year subscription to the Medical School Admissions Requirements™ (MSAR®) website. | |
| |
Since 2016, over 75,000 aspiring medical students have attended this free event |