Rich Benjamin, author and culture critic, brings his unique, well-researched lecture to Bend.
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Searching for Whitopia
Author Rich Benjamin brings his thought-provoking lectures to Bend
diversity
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Women’s Issue: Important conversations emerge when we acknowledge our diversity
This week, Editor Nicole Vulcan has elected to write a personal note to readers, in honor of the 2019 Women’s Issue. Every year, the Source dedicates one issue to highlighting the work of some of the women doing impactful work around social, environmental and cultural change in our community. Some years, we’ve elected to name […]
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At OSU-Cascades, an Increasing Rate of Diversity
Among transfer and first-year students, a rate of 23 percent students of color
Oregon State University-Cascades just released its enrollment numbers for the start of the 2018-2019 school year. One of the most striking stats: A higher rate of enrollment for students of color. Among its first-year enrollees, OSU-Cascades is reporting a rate of close to 23 percent—or 22.9 percent—students of color. That stat comes from a relatively […]
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What in the World: Girls with Guns, Diversity Training for The Man, and the Return of Harry Potter?
GIRL POWER: Women in Iraq are learning self-defense—the armed and dangerous kind—as the men go off to battle ISIS. Girls as young as 14 are learning to fire AK-47s to protect their younger siblings in case of an attack. (CNN) POLITICS: We already know that brain chemistry can influence a person’s political leanings, but so can the […]