From Ross.FUQUA at slo.oregon.gov Wed Mar 15 09:20:25 2023 From: Ross.FUQUA at slo.oregon.gov (FUQUA Ross * SLO) Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 16:20:25 +0000 Subject: [NWDigitalProjects] 2023 Oregon Heritage VIRTUAL Summit - Investing in Your Volunteers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello all, Our Northwest Digital Heritage partner, the Oregon Heritage Commission, is hosting their annual two-day summit virtually this year, April 27-28. These events have been a great way to connect with others who're involved in a universe of heritage activities in Oregon communities, and their invited speakers often help stoke the fires of inspiration regarding this work. This year's focus is on volunteers, and registration is only $5 for the whole, two-day event. Please see more details from Katie Henry in the message below. 2023 Oregon Heritage Virtual Summit Investing in Your Volunteers: Engage, Sustain, Value April 27-28, 2023 A report released by the Oregon Heritage Commission in 2020 demonstrates that the work volunteers do within heritage organizations is indispensable to the preservation of Oregon's heritage. In fact, most heritage organizations are operated primarily by volunteers and the world clearly saw the impact the pandemic had on volunteer programs across the nonprofit field. Building back these critical stakeholder groups is key to continuing to carry out the mission of heritage organizations across the state. Join us April 27-28 as have facilitated conversation around community engagement and how that impacts volunteer strategies, panel discussion hearing from fellow volunteer managers and volunteers, and a practical workshop to help you engage, retain, and value volunteers in a way that impacts both the volunteer and the organization. Featured events include: - Groundbreaker Speakers Emily Dobish and Maria Isla-Lopez with History Colorado will kick the event off by facilitating conversation around the importance of centering community engagement when thinking about volunteer strategies - Panel discussions hearing from Oregon volunteer managers AND Oregon heritage volunteers - A practical workshop on Developing Volunteerism conducted by University of Kansas Community Toolbox - Raffle items such as mini grants for volunteer appreciation and other resources - And (of course) networking opportunities! Registration Information $5/person, yep, you read that right, only $5. Just for the 2023 Summit and because we believe so much in this topic and want to make it as accessible as possible, we were able to make it work so that is only costs $5. We want to support you in reinvigorating your volunteer program and show you the value of the virtual summit. Visit here for more information and to register. We hope you will join us and if you have any questions please contact Katie Henry at katie.henry at oprd.oregon.gov. Ross Fuqua, MA, MLIS (he/him) Data & Digital Projects Consultant State Library of Oregon ross.fuqua at slo.oregon.gov | 971-375-3551 northwestdigitalheritage.org Follow us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Pinterest | YouTube [cid:image002.png at 01D9571F.66391540] [cid:image005.png at 01D9571F.66391540] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Tangren Alexander wrote of this moment in Reclaiming. As all of you did at that time, we pivoted to digital and remote. The Day of Women's History was streamed through Facebook, just a few participating face to face. Tangren's poem opened the event. Today as then, we celebrate Southern Oregon's women - past, present and future and also honor Tangren who died on March 26, 2021 surrounded by friends and family. We invite you to listen to oral histories collected as part of the Rogue Valley Women's Movement, women telling of their lives in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, times of gratitude, of freedom, of hope. You'll hear Beth's demand for justice, Tangren's hidden life, Jackson County's women mayors who forged a way, Tanya who speaks of difference, women who asserted their right to freedom and taught others to do the same and so many more voices. Here are their stories, in the Rogue Valley Women's Movement playlist in the Stories of Southern Oregon collection. https://www.youtube.com/c/StoriesofSouthernOregon . Maureen. Reclaiming By Tangren Alexander Friday, March 13, 2020 Corona: 1. A rare and glorious sight during full eclipse of the sun, radiance made visible. Corona: 2. In the night sky, a constellation, a circle of stars Corona: 3. All outer events called to a halt, no going to gatherings. Performances and performings vanish alike. At 7:30 this morning, I make a grocery run. The Co-op so quiet, the surprisingly many shoppers not stopping to hug in the aisles. We quickly fill our carts. Back home, groceries unload in the still chilly day. Hands washed. Catfood, nut milk, cans for making bone broth-coconut-pumpkin-onion-celery soup, and yes, TP, stowed. Hands washed again. Now the sun is warm, the sky a vivid blue, the fir trees very forest green, the day all my own. _____________________________________ *Maureen Flanagan Battistella, MLS (she, hers)* *Oregon Heritage Commissioner, 2022-2026* *Southern Oregon University Sociology/Anthropology* *Stories of Southern Oregon on YouTube in the* *Southern Oregon Digital Archives at SOU and* *in the Stories collection in the Internet Archives * *TA117 541-552-0743* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: