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Current State of the Media
07/16/2023
Rachel Alexander

Presentation by Rachel Alexander. Today’s media landscape is fragmented and fraught with conflict. Journalists are contending with extremism, hostility, and cutbacks. We need to deal with the consequences of this. However, there is reason for hope with the growth of new online outlets filling in some gaps. Ms. Alexander is managing editor at Salem Reporter, an online local news site. She has spent a decade in the industry. She is the freedom of information chair for Oregons Society of Professional Journalists chapter.

Global Commodification of Chocolate
06/18/2023
Kathryn Sampeck

Presentation by Kathryn Sampeck. Chocolate has a complex history of social, economic, and political impacts on the societies that produce and consume it. This talk presents ongoing archaeological, documentary to build a long-term interpretation to evaluate the place of Central America in chocolate’s history. Kathryn Sampeck is Professor of Anthropology at Illinois State University.

Reforming Oregon’s Property Tax Scheme
06/11/2023
Jeff Strang

Presentation by Jeff Strang. Oregon has gone 25 years under a property tax scheme that lets the rich get richer with unearned wealth and that prices the average family out of the market. What if we tax land values enough to keep them low and stable, so more residents can afford to own, and pay them a dividend to help make housing more affordable?

Toward A New World Society, Part 4: “Coming Together”
06/04/2023
Robert Schmidt

Presentation by Robert Schmidt. World Transitions are tough. The best way to deal with the coming crises is to move from loyalty to one’s community to loyalty to the world society. While we do not all have access to hard power, we can exercise soft power. Robert Schmidt has a Ph.D. in Political Science. He has taught in various countries. Before his retirement he was a professor of Theology and Political Science at Concordia University in Portland.

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