Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month 10 Things You Can Do
Yom HaShoah Service Weds April 7, 7-8pm Holocaust Remembrance Day
Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education: Events
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Participate in LO City Council Meetings! The Council meets regularly on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at City Hall: Tuesdays April 6 at 5:30pm & April 20 at 3:00pm. At its
April 6 meeting, the City Council will be voting on the establishment of a DEI Advisory Board. You can submit comments in support of Ordinance 2868 (or a request to comment via Zoom) by noon on April 6 to: cityrecorder@lakeoswego.city
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LO community policing: Thanks to all who attended the kick off. Sign up for focus groups by Sun Apr 4 and take the survey which is available April
7-23 at LO
Policing
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Respond to Racism on Instagram Live: News and Q&A with special guest Emily Zou.
Mon April 12 at 7pm @RESPOND_TO_RACISM
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LOSD School Board Candidate Forum on Tues April 27 from 6:30-8pm. If you have a topic or question to propose, please put it in the meeting chat or email us at at respondtoracisminlo@gmail.com with SCHOOL BOARD in the subject line. Register to attend: Candidate
forum
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Samurai in the Oregon Sky on Fri May 7th at 6:30pm. Film and discussion in partnership with RTR, the LO
Library, and the filmmaker Ilana Sol. About Japanese pilot Nobuo Fujita, the only pilot to bomb the U.S. mainland during WWII, and his unlikely lifelong friendship with the people of a small Oregon town. Register
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Grants committee: Experienced volunteers are needed for a grants committee. E-mail us at respondtoracisminlo@gmail.com and put GRANTS COMMITTEE in the subject line. Thanks!
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Juneteenth Celebration – mark your calendar for Sat June 19th from 4:30-6:30pm. We need 4-6
volunteers – who can help? Email us at respondtoracisminlo@gmail.com
and put JUNETEENTH in the subject line. Thanks!
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The Racial Equity Support Line (503) 575-3764 is a service led and staffed by people with lived experience of racism. They offer support to those who are feeling the emotional impact of racist
violence and micro-aggressions, as well as the emotional impact of immigration struggles and other cross-cultural issues. Support
Line
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Stop AAPI Hate reporting center: The center tracks and responds to incidents of hate, violence, harassment, discrimination, shunning, and child bullying against Asian Americans and Pacific
Islanders in the United States. https://stopaapihate.org/
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Report a bias incident or hate crime: Any victim or witness of any age can report a bias incident or hate crime at Stand Against Hate,
or call Oregon Department of Justice’s non-emergency Hate and Bias Hotline at 1-844-924-BIAS (2427), (711 for Oregon Relay) to report an incident and talk with trained staff. Report online at: DOJ
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