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Uncovering Difficult Truths: The Place We Make

June 28
8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Uncovering Difficult Truths: The Place We Make

Ashland Sunrise Project presents a conversation with Oregon author Sarah L. Sanderson, Taylor Stewart, founder of the Oregon Remembrance Project, and host Tara Houston, Community and Engagement Manager, Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF).

Sara Sanderson, author of The Place We Make: Breaking the Legacy of Legalized Hate, will share her own story of discovering that her ancestors participated in exiling Jacob Vanderpool from Oregon City in 1851 under the exclusion laws that prevented Black people from residing in Oregon. Taylor and Sara will explore what we might gain from uncovering difficult truths, including difficult truths about what has happened in the past and how we might transform those challenges into opportunities for a new kind of future.

There will be an opportunity to buy a copy of Sarah Sanderson’s book at the event, or in advance from Bloomsbury Books.

This program was made possible in part by a grant from Oregon Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this event, do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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