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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">ONE WEEK LEFT for Early Bird rate for 2026 Oregon Heritage Conference
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Includes 2 cemetery related workshops!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/heritageconference.aspx"><b>2026 Oregon Heritage Conference</b></a><b> and Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards<br>
<i>Stories, Culture, Place - Weaving Community Heritage<br>
</i>April 29-May 2, Woodburn<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Communities are complex and varied, how they are viewed by visitors and residents is informed by the long history of human experience in that place and their own experiences. The 2026 Oregon Heritage Conference
will explore the intersection of stories, culture, and place to develop community heritage. This heritage is the anchor for participation, economic development, connection, and possibilities for a vibrant and healthy community. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Join us for four days of sessions, workshops, tours, partner events, networking, an inspiring plenary speaker, an awards celebration, and more totaling over 60 opportunities to connect, learn, and be inspired.
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<b>Early Bird rate of $150!</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/heritageconference.aspx"><b>Learn more and register here.</b></a><b>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b>Conference Plenary Speaker: </b>
Monica Rhodes presenting <i>The Next Assignment: Why the Future Will Ask More of Us<br>
</i>Monica Rhodes is an internationally recognized cultural heritage leader whose work is redefining how our nation understands memory and the future of historic places. She is the Founder of Rhodes Heritage Group, a cultural strategy firm pioneering new approaches
at the intersection of people, place, story, and capital.<br>
Rhodes created the first nationwide program designed to open the preservation field to new audiences and restructured legacy funding models to honor the full breadth of American history. Her leadership has protected some of the country’s most iconic sites,
engaged millions of visitors, and expanded who has the power to shape the past.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b>Conference Background:</b><br>
The Oregon Heritage Conference brings together people who share a common passion for Oregon’s heritage and history to share insights, understand connections, develop relationships, learn new ways to address issues and opportunities, reinforce the value of the
work, and leave energized to keep moving forward. Designed to be interdisciplinary and cross-pollenating, the conference focuses on all sectors of cultural heritage, such as historic preservation, museums, archives, libraries, Main Streets, historic cemeteries,
archaeology, Tribes, genealogy, public history, and local, state, federal government.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b>Conference Partners:<br>
</b><a href="https://www.oregonmuseums.org/Annual-Conference">Oregon Museums Association</a>
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City of Woodburn<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b>Thank you to Conference Sponsors:</b><br>
<a href="https://oce.oregon.gov/">Oregon Correction Enterprises</a><br>
<a href="https://www.oregon250.org/">America 250 Oregon Commission</a><br>
<a href="https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/">University of Oregon Libraries, Historic Oregon Newspapers</a><br>
<a href="https://www.energytrust.org/">Energy Trust of Oregon</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b>Thank you to Excellence Awards Sponsors:</b><br>
<a href="https://www.ohs.org/">Oregon Historical Society</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/heritageconference.aspx"><b>Learn more and register here.</b></a><b>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#4F6228">Kuri Gill </span>
</b><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#4F6228">(she, her, hers) </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">| Oregon Heritage Grants & Outreach Coordinator</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#4F6228"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:3.0pt;color:#A6A6A6">___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Oregon Heritage, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Desk: (503)986-0685 cell: (503)383-6787<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Visit our <a href="http://www.oregonheritage.org/">
<span style="color:blue">website</span></a>, Like us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OregonHeritage">
<span style="color:blue">Facebook</span></a>, Visit our <a href="http://oregonheritage.wordpress.com/">
<span style="color:blue">Blog</span></a>, Join the Oregon Heritage News <a href="https://omls.oregon.gov/mailman/listinfo/Heritage">
<span style="color:#0563C1">e-news</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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