Last week, Taylor Marrow lead a discussion of the Confederate flag and its origins and meanings. Click below to hear the full discussion. If you’d like to read another take, African American writer Marc Bernardin briefly discusses his childhood fandom of the Dukes of Hazard and their famous car emblazoned with the flag.
Chemeketa’s Taylor Marrow will lead a discussion about poverty in Marion, Polk and Yamhill counties (Chemeketa’s coverage area) today from 1:30-3:30 p.m. in the Multicultural Center, Building 2 on the Salem Campus.
Normally, I would only post a short clip of something like this, but I thought the whole program was stellar.
Click below to hear her read from Clown Girl, talk about her writing process, reveal her personal experiences as a clown, and detail the sacrifices one must make in art to reach the intended audience.
Thanks againg to Monica for making time to visit the college and share her insight.
Next quarter, Oregon poet Clemens Starck will be joining us for readings and a workshop. More details as they come available.
One of the major goals of the Chemeketa Votes campaign is to motivate voters and potential voters to cast their votes from a position of understanding. With that in mind, we offer the audio clips below from the debates held on campus Oct. 2 between secretary of state candidates Kate Brown, Rick Dancer and Seth Woolley and Marion County clerk candidates Bill Burgess and Randy Franke.
Brown-Dancer-Woolley debate: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Burgess-Franke debate: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadChemeketa’s Taylor Marrow III recently presented a program on the history of lynching in America and the social underpinnings that allowed such acts to take place. The audio clip below lasts about an hour, but it’s time well spent.
Warning: The presentation includes graphic descriptions of lynching and other violent acts.
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