01/19/2009 - 2:00pm to 01/19/2009 - 4:00pm

Location:
Oregon Jewish Museum
Oregon Jewish Museum
310 NW Davis Street
Portland, OR 97209


Class Description:
Oregon’s history burdens us with an imperfect legacy.

While Oregonians have many reasons to feel proud of their state we must also remember darker chapters of our history and celebrate the people and movements that have helped to overcome them. In the past 170 years, Oregonians have sometimes discriminated against those perceived to be different, including Native Americans, Chinese, Japanese and African Americans. Oregon’s first constitution, written in 1857, denied African-Americans the right to live in the state. And did you know that before the Fair Housing Act was amended in 1988, more than 60% of the state’s rental units were off-limits to families with children?

Many more astonishing facts, perspectives, and images on the history of discrimination in Oregon can be experienced in two coordinated exhibitions, Anywhere But Here: A History of Housing Discrimination in Oregon, on loan from the Fair Housing Council of Oregon, and No Easy Road: Unlearning Discrimination in Oregon, on loan from the Oregon Area Jewish Committee. Additional stories collected by the Oregon Jewish Museum examine the experience of Oregon’s Jews.

More Info:
Exhibit runs from January 19 - March 29, 2009. For more information, please visit www.ojm.org or ontact Friderike Heuer at (503) 226-3600


Cost:
Regular admission is $3 per person. Free for museum members. Group tours welcome by appointment.