BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20120311T100000 RDATE:20120311T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20121104T090000 RDATE:20121104T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120126T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120126T200000 LOCATION:Lewis &\; Clark Graduate Campus GEO:45.445733;-122.671119 SUMMARY:Freedom Riders & Fighters DESCRIPTION:Roosevelt High School is building a college-going culture fue led by a dose of moral outrage. Students of color and those in poverty ar e statistically less likely to go to college. The staff is galvanizing st udents around this fact and helping them to see their access to higher ed ucation as part of the civil rights struggle. \;Inspired during their tour of historically black colleges and universities and civil rights hi storic sites last spring\, Roosevelt students interviewed 15 Portlanders who've taken a stand for civil rights\, including two of the original Fre edom Riders. Partnering with aspiring teachers from the University of Po rtland\, they compiled their interview responses\, writing\, recordings\, and photographs into a museum-quality exhibit that will accompany the na tional Freedom Riders Exhibit\, on loan from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History in partnership with American Experience\, to local c hurches\, colleges and community spaces with student docents telling the stories. \; The exhibit is the flagship project of the high school's Writing &\; Publishing Center\, part of the school's College &\; C areer Transition Center (CCTC). Students will build on the project over t ime with a web site and additional interviews. To support the Roosevelt R ough Writers with a donation visit \;https://www.ticketturtle.com/ind ex.php?contribution=roose (https://www.ticketturtle.com/index.php?contrib ution=roose). Join us at Lewis &\; Clark on Thursday\, January 26 fro m 7-8 p.m. \;for an opening reception hosted by the Roosevelt High Sc hool students involved in the project. The exhibit will be on display at Lewis &\; Clark through \;Friday\, January 27 from 9 a.m. - 4:30 p .m. \;This event is free and open to the public. \;Please RSVP be low if you are planning to attend the evening reception. \; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Roosevelt High School is building a col
lege-going culture fueled by a dose of moral outrage. Students of color a
nd those in poverty are statistically less likely to go to college. The s
taff is galvanizing students around this fact and helping them to see the
ir access to higher education as part of the civil rights struggle.
\;Inspired during their tour of historically
black colleges and universities and civil rights historic sites last spri
ng\, Roosevelt students interviewed 15 Portlanders who've taken a stand f
or civil rights\, including two of the original Freedom Riders.
P artnering with aspiring teachers from the University of Portland\, they c ompiled their interview responses\, writing\, recordings\, and photograph s into a museum-quality exhibit that will accompany the national Freedom Riders Exhibit\, on loan from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American Hi story in partnership with American Experience\, to local churches\, colle ges and community spaces with student docents telling the stories. \;
The exhibit is the flagship project of the high school's Writing &\; Publishing Center\, part of the school's College &\; Career Tr ansition Center (CCTC). Students will build on the project over time with a web site and additional interviews. To support the Roosevelt Rough Wri ters with a donation visit \;https://www.ticketturtle.com/ index.php?contribution=roose.
Join us at Lewis &\; Clark o n Thursday\, January 26 from 7-8 p.m. \;for an openi ng reception hosted by the Roosevelt High School students involved in the project. The exhibit will be on display at Lewis &\; Clark through 60\;Friday\, January 27 from 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. \; p>
This event is free and open to the public. \;Pl ease RSVP below if you are planning to attend the evening reception.  \;
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