Town Hall Symposium: Let’s Talk About Race
Who? What? When? Where?
RJ&E’s third Town Hall Symposium: Let’s Talk About Race will be on Friday, February 28, 2020 at Wille Hall on Bend’s COCC campus at 2600 NW College Way, Bend, OR 97703. This day-long event brings students together from across the Bend-La Pine school district to talk about race and racism in ways that encourage healing and activism.
What do RJ&E Town Halls provide?
A safe space where students of color can share their experiences with racism;
Instruction and skill building around understanding, interrupting, and confronting racism;
Leadership skills students can use to effect change at their schools;
Involvement from white students so they can gain the skills needed to be supporters of students of color;
Compensation and training for local leaders of color who facilitate the Town Hall activities;
Training for school staff and community members on restorative justice;
Exploration of a restorative justice model to combat bullying and racial harassment;
Space to develop a culturally appropriate curriculum we can recommend to broaden student awareness of equity and inclusion
How to Get Involved
If you are an educator or parent interested in learning more, please reach out to us at restorativejusticeequity@gmail.com.
If you are a high school student interested in attending the upcoming Town Hall, please submit your answers to RJ&E’s invitation form by February 7, 2020, linked here:
RJ&E Town Hall Invitation Form
If you are a high school student who is interested in learning more about the Town Hall Symposium, please contact the teacher adviser at your school.
Bend High
Morgan David - morgan.davis@bend.k12.or.us
Steve Wetherald - steven.wetherald@bend.k12.or.us
La Pine High
Deb Parker - d.parker@bend.k12.or.us
William Miller - william.miller@bend.k12.or.us
Bend Tech Academy at Marshall High
Jamie Gunter: jamie.gunter@bend.k12.or.us.
Mountain View High School
Sorahi Harati: sorahi.harati@bend.k12.or.us
Summit High School
Julie Montoya - julie.montoya@bend.k12.or.us
Realms High School
Skyline High School
Mike Franklin - mike.franklin@bend.k12.or.us
We would like to acknowledge and thank our dedicated team of volunteers who are making this event possible!
Thank you to our committee chairs…
Beth Hoover, RJ&E Co-Chair
Dr. Dalton Miller-Jones, RJ&E Co-Chair
Ami Zepnewski, School Committee Chair
JoAnn Lawrence, Content/Process Committee Chair
Lauralei Garrity, Logistics Committee Chair
Janet Whitney, Fundraising Committee Chair
And another huge thank you to our hard-working student advisers who make up our Student Advisory Committee…
Oscar Acosta, Chair, Mountain View High School
Olivia Medrano- Salgado, Vice Chair, Mountain View High School
Hannah Song, Secretary/Treasurer, Summit High School
Almah Lerma, La Pine High School
Andrea Limon, Bend High School
Danitza Vasquez, Bend High School
Destiny Williams, La Pine High School