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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">More and more organizations and communities are working toward being "inclusive." But what does that entail? Having a statement at the end of a job announcement to encourage communities of color, queer people, and
women to apply to be a start, but how do policies, environment, and culture support this invitation? How do they fail to support it? How do we know if a space in inclusive and accessible for all?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">This is the focus of "<a href="https://www.tualatinoregon.gov/library/beyond-invitation-how-do-we-create-inclusive-communities"><span style="color:#0563C1">Beyond Invitation: How Do We Create Inclusive Communities</span></a>,"
a free conversation with Rachel Bernstein. This program will be held on <b>Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - 7:00pm</b> and is hosted by the Tualatin Public Library and sponsored by Oregon Humanities.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Rachel Bernstein is the partnership and training manager at Oregon Humanities. For the past decade, as a political and nonprofit professional, her work has focused on building the civic capacity and engagement of
coalitions, organizations, groups, and individuals. As a Conversation Project Leader, she appreciates discovering what Oregonians are already doing to create inclusive communities and what questions they are still struggling with.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Through the Conversation Project, Oregon Humanities offers free programs that engage community members in thoughtful, challenging conversations about ideas critical to our daily lives and our state's future. For
more information about this free community discussion, please contact Julie Wickman at 503.691.3069 or via email at
<a href="mailto:jwickman@tualatin.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">jwickman@tualatin.gov</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Oregon Humanities (921 SW Washington, Suite 150; Portland, OR 97205) connects Oregonians to ideas that change lives and transform communities. More information about Oregon Humanities' programs and publications,
which include the Conversation Project, Think & Drink, Humanity in Perspective, Public Program Grants, Responsive Program Grants, and Oregon Humanities magazine, can be found at oregonhumanities.org. Oregon Humanities is an independent, nonprofit affiliate
of the National Endowment for the Humanities and a partner of the Oregon Cultural Trust.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">Julie Wickman</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif"><br>
Library Programming Specialist<br>
City of Tualatin</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> |Tualatin Public Library</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif"><br>
503.691.3069 </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt">|</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.tualatinoregon.gov/library" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://www.tualatinoregon.gov/library</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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