In this issue:
- Featured Jobs
- News and Updates
- Upcoming Events
- Member Spotlights
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A warm welcome to our new Leadership Council member.
This July, we welcomed Iván Resendiz Gutierrez as a new member of our Leadership Council. The selected members of our Leadership Council are senior level leaders who are advocates for diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging within the community, and exemplify our mission and values. With diversity at the core of our mission, we are proud to be welcoming Iván.
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Joint Professional Resource Group (PRG) Summer Event
Thank you to everyone who participated in our Joint PRG Summer Event. It was great to see everyone connecting with one another, even in the summer heat! A special shoutout to our fantastic sponsor, Portland General Electric, for their generous support! Thank you again for making the event a success. We look forward to seeing you at our future gatherings!
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Breakfast for Champions: A Deep Dive into How to Implement DEI-B in Our Organizations
A panel of organizational leaders explored effective strategies for implementing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEI-B) within their organizations. They discussed the fundamentals, shared real-world challenges and solutions, and discussed how DEI-B is transforming company culture and community dynamics.
Thank you to our sponsor, Port of Portland!
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Say Hey!® in Bend!
We are just a few weeks away from our signature Say Hey!® event in Bend, Oregon. You won't want to miss out! To register, click the "Register as an Attendee" button below.
Are you new to Oregon or southwest Washington? If you are a professional of color who recently moved to Oregon or southwest Washington in the last 18 months and want to be introduced on stage at Say Hey!, consider becoming an Honoree by clicking on the "Become an Honoree" button below. The deadline to sign up to be an August Say Hey! Honoree is Friday, August 2, 2024.
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August 9 | International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
August 26 | Women's Equality Day
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Literary Arts is a community-based nonprofit whose mission is to engage readers, support writers, and inspire the next generation with great literature. Literary Arts began in 1984 as Portland Arts & Lectures and has since grown to be home to the Oregon Book Awards and Fellowships program, Writers in the Schools and other youth programs, Portland Book Festival, writing classes and readers seminars, as well as the radio show and podcast The Archive Project.
Now in our 40th anniversary year, Literary Arts is celebrating 10 years presenting the Portland Book Festival and 40 years since the first Portland Arts & Lectures event. In June, we also publicly launched our first capital campaign, The Campaign for Literary Arts...
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A special thank you to our members for their continued commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion:
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