Agora

A series of films, panel discussions and participant dialogues

Though economic realities pose significant challenges for our education system, when schools and communities work together with a clear vision and heroic effort, they can achieve stunning results. Exemplary schools provide high expectations and opportunities for all students to succeed. They also provide real world learning experiences that prepare students for college, careers and citizenship in the 21st century. They do this through an engaging curriculum that recognizes the diverse talents and needs of their student populations. Join fellow citizens, educators, and students for any of four evenings of films, panels, and participant dialogues that offer portraits of such schools in our region and around the world.

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From the juke joints of the forties, to the coffeehouses of the sixties, to the rocking, anarchic Mayor’s Balls of the eighties, Oregon has long offered fertile ground for musicians to nurture their talents. “Oregon Rocks!” explores the relationship between music and the community at large. This exhibit connects the scattered dots of local musical luminaries, from Johnny Ray to the Kingsmen and Paul Revere to Nu Shooz and the Dandy Warhols. The tour will be guided by Ryan Tobias, one of the curators of the exhibition.

Space is limited! RSVP required to amy@pdxcityclub.org or 503-228-7231 x110.

Join The City Club of Portland, the Portland Multnomah Food Policy Council, and a panel of local experts for a discussion on health and equity on Food Day.

Food Day is a national grassroots campaign that seeks to bring together people from all walks of life to push for healthy, affordable food produced in a sustainable, humane way. Arrive at 5:30 for a meet and greet; the program begins at 6:00pm.

Panelists will discuss the Food Day Principles:

Join City Club, the Multnomah County Library and ACLU of Oregon for a panel discussion in honor of Banned Books Week, September 24-October 1.

Kelly Williams

Please join City Club for a presentation of the Recovery Panes community arts project. Recovery Panes was conceived and facilitated by Kelly Williams, a Portland based artist with a professional background in social services. In this project, participants worked to express the impacts of addiction through the medium of encaustic painting (beeswax based paint) and writing. The result is a dynamic assemblage of paintings and stories, articulating the complexity of addiction. Please join us for a presentation and discussion with Kelly Williams and some of the participants.

Join City Club for an interactive evening with UC-Berkeley professor and author Paul Pierson who will discuss his most recent work co-authored with Jacob S. Hacker, Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer – And Turned Its Back on the Middle Class. The book identifies the political causes behind the growing inequality of incomes between the vast majority of Americans and the richest of the rich. Professor Pierson will address how the income gap has profoundly affected American politics, the security of the middle class and the entire American economy.

Banksy

Join City Club for a panel presentation followed by a lively discussion exploring how Oregon can optimize mental health through an appropriate and effective mix of community- and hospital-based services. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from and to question those who have significant responsibility for improving mental health services in Oregon.

Panelists include:

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A Premier Issue Event

Join City Club for an evening of hard hitting discussion aimed at challenging the way that public safety is currently delivered and reprioritizing Oregon’s public safety budgeting practices.

Moderator: Former Portland Mayor Bud Clark

Panelists:

• Michael Reese, Chief of Police, Portland Police Bureau
• Rod Underhill,  Multnomah County Deputy District Attorney, lead prosecutor in Kyron Horman case
• Representative Matt Wand (District 49), sponsor House Bill 3811, making economic development lottery funds transparent

Spiraling costs for health care are a major contributor to the budget crisis in Oregon and the nation. The Oregon Health Policy Board has endorsed the ‘Triple Aim’ as a guiding principle for reform:

• Improve lifelong health of all Oregonians
• Increase the quality, reliability, and availability of care for all Oregonians
• Lower or contain the cost of care so that it is affordable for everyone

Banksy

The relationship between the criminal justice system and people with mental illness has long been strained. Far too often, people with mental illness wind up in jail instead of treatment facilities. The Portland Police Bureau has struggled to find a balance between public safety and their own safety; highly-publicized incidents in recent years are only a part of that complicated story. And there is the question of how to design a mental health care provision system that reduces to a necessary minimum the interaction between people with mental illness and law enforcement.