13th Ray Warren Symposium on Race and Ethnic Studies
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Wednesday night keynote panel. From left, Reiko Hillyer, Cameron Whitten, Carol Chan, and Lisa Bates -
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C.J Appleton ’17, Student Research Panel -
From left, dean of students, Anna Gonzales, student co-chair Lesedi Khabele-Stevens, keynote speaker Jeff Chang, student co-chair Emma Biddulph, student co-chair Lani Felicitas and co-chair Mikeala Owen -
Thursday night keynote with Jeff Chang -
keynote speaker Jeff Chang and student co-chair Lani Felicitas ’18 -
Cameron Smith ’17 at the Student Research Panel -
Race Monologues -
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Sage Meade ’18 at Friday’s Race Monologues -
Panel: Home Plate: Food and Cultural Belonging -
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Panel: A Seat at the Table: Experiences of Black Portlanders -
Mamelang Memela, L&C ’20, Panel: Toward New Roots? Settling and Unsettling Identities -
Panel: Uprooted: Displacement, Mobility, and Impermanence -
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Race Monologues presenters -
Thank you to everyone who participated in and attended the 13th Annual Ray Warren Symposium on Race and Ethnic Studies.
- Please click here to view the video of our Wednesday night panel, No Place Like Home: Housing and Displacement in Portland
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Please click here to view the video of our Thursday night keynote presentation, “You,” “Me,” and “We”: Difference, Belonging, and Community in the Era of Black Lives Matter
Jeff Chang, cultural critic and author
Home often refers to our point of origin, the place where we live, and the spaces where we can be ourselves. Home describes a physical location as well as a state of mind. But what does it take to make a home? What does it mean to belong somewhere or feel at home? What happens when the places that feel most like home are also sites of conflict and contention? How do ideologies of race and ethnicity affect our definitions and experiences of home?
This year’s symposium addressed historical and contemporary issues such as racial disparities in housing, global migration in the context of nationalism, indigenous experiences of place, and the infinite ways in which we create and recreate home and community. In thinking about race, place, and belonging, we examined the boundaries that divide us, the lines that connect us, and the places that define us.
Through art, lectures, and thought-provoking panels, the 13th Annual Ray Warren Symposium on Race and Ethnic Studies aimed to uncover how ideologies of race and ethnicity shape our sense of belonging. Thank you for joining us in exploring what it means to feel at home and what it takes to get there.
Student Co-Chairs:
Emma Biddulph ’17, Lani Felicitas ’18, Lesedi Khabele-Stevens ’17 and Mikeala Owen ’17
Thank you to Oregon Humanities for being a communication partner this year.