Our Community Meetings take place on the second Monday of each month.
We bring concerned citizens together (along with members of local government, news media, and the Lake Oswego School District, among others) to tackle overt and systemic racism in Lake Oswego, Oregon.
Second Monday of the month
6-8 pm
Lake Oswego United Church of Christ
1111 Country Club Rd
Lake Oswego, Oregon 97034
or on our YouTube Channel
No need to register in advance. Drop in or watch via livestream. If you subscribe to our channel you can be notified when the livestream starts.
You can watch videos of the community meetings and other forums below.
Watch past Community Meetings on our YouTube Channel
- Envisioning After Dismantling Notes by Nancy Slavin of Clackamas County SURJEditor’s Note: On March 2, Respond to Racism cohosted a community forum with Clackamas County SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice) and the Clackamas County Equity Coalition. Below are notes from the forum captured by SURJ’s Nancy Slavin. Envisioning after Dismantling: The Past, Present, and Future of DEI in Clackamas County Public Forum held on … Read more
- Reinterpreting Abolition, January Community MeetingThank you to everyone who attended our January Community Meeting. Find a link to a recording of the meeting and abolition resources compiled by presenter amber boydston.
- Video: September Community Meeting
On Tuesday, September 6 we participated in an engaging presentation about banned and challenged books and the freedom to read. Watch video
- Video: Ethnic Studies Saves Lives: A Call to Action!
Video Recording of July, 2022 Community Meeting Ethnic Studies emerged as a unique activist discipline in the nation’s college and…
- Video: We need to talk about SROs (again)
In August, Respond to Racism was proud to present another student panel, moderated by Bruce Poinsette, discussing student concerns with…
- Video: Native Children and the legacy of Residential Schools in Oregon
The discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves of Indigenous children on the grounds of residential schools in Canada has shocked and…