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“It does not require many words to speak the truth.” - Chief Joseph, Nez Perce
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The First Female Recession Threatens to Wipe Out Decades of Progress for U.S. Women The Native History of Indigenous Peoples Day Bullish on Broadband Addressing Racism, Word by Word Far-fetched as They Might Seem, Secession Movements Are Thriving in the NW (Peter Cohen) Building Housing – Lots of It – Will Lay the Foundation for a New Future Broken Treaties: An Oral History Tracing Oregon’s Native Population Oregon’s Newest School, Atfalati, Honors Native Americans RESOURCE: Neighborhoods at Risk Tool PODCAST: Curious: Exploring UO’s Partnership for Disaster Resilience
The First Female Recession Threatens to Wipe Out Decades of Progress for U.S. Women
Bloomberg Women helped pull the U.S. economy out of the last recession. This time around they are falling behind.
Oregon Fast Fact There are nine federally recognized tribes in Oregon. Learn more about them here.
The pandemic is disproportionately affecting women and threatening to wipe out decades of their economic progress. As the crisis drags on, some of the biggest pain points are among women of color and those with young children. These setbacks -- characterized by some economists as the nation’s first female recession -- stand in sharp contrast to the dramatic progress women made in the expansion following the last financial crisis. The jobs, income and promotions that women lose as a result of the coronavirus could hold back economic growth and sideline an entire generation of women. Read the full story.
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2. The Native History of Indigenous Peoples Day
Yes! Magazine Increasingly, Columbus Day is giving people pause.
More and more towns and cities across the country are electing to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day as an alternative to—or in addition to—the day intended to honor Columbus’ voyages. Critics of the change see it as just another example of political correctness run amok— another flashpoint of the culture wars. As a scholar of Native American history—and a member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina—I know the story is more complex than that. The growing recognition and celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day actually represents the fruits of a concerted, decades-long effort to recognize the role of Indigenous people in the nation’s history. Read the full story.
3. Bullish on Broadband Daily Yonder October marks the start of the new federal fiscal year, and that means a reset on more than two dozen funding programs for broadband and broadband-assisted education and telehealth programs. The FCC awarded $4.5 billion in broadband grants in 2020 targeted to broadband healthcare. Health and Human Services’ 2021 budget provides “$11.2 billion to invest in programs that support direct heath care services to individuals who are medically underserved or face barriers to health care.” The USDA’s rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (ReConnect) had $555 million dollars for their rural broadband grant program. Read the full story.
4. Addressing Racism, Word by Word MIT Sloan Management Review As protests against racism have filled streets across the country this year, I’ve been hearing from businesses looking for ways to navigate these controversial times. They generally have good intentions. But all too often, their efforts to take action devolve into petty battles over language. The terms unconscious bias, white privilege, and even Black Lives Matter can trigger emotional, defensive responses — something I see frequently in deeply conservative parts of Texas where I consult with companies. It becomes a trap. RARE AmeriCorps Program Monday Mailing | Page 2 of 5
Even the term racism stymies some organizations. Many people have been taught that all racists wear hoods or swastikas; they’re toxic, violent, terrible people. So, many instinctively reject the idea that they, and good people they know, may be part of a racist culture. We want a language that “others” racism to those horrible people over there, but never ourselves. Read the full story.
5. Far-fetched as They May Seem, Secession Movements Are Thriving in the NW Oregon Public Broadcasting Back in 1941, a group of ranchers, miners and loggers near the Oregon-California border staged a small political rebellion. They elected their own governor, selected a state capital and changed the state line signs to welcome travelers to the State of Jefferson. The Yreka Rebellion was mostly a public relations stunt, and it died quickly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. But that Northwest spirit of wanting to break away lives on. "It doesn’t matter what we think about anything," said Mark Baird, the spokesman for today's State of Jefferson movement, an attempt by people in 21 Northern California counties to form their own state. "We can’t get representation on any issues. This is the only way for us to actually have our votes matter and our voices heard." Read the full story.
6. Building Housing – Lots of It – Will Lay the Foundation for a New Future Vox As America’s generals were plotting the final moves of World War II, its economists had another concern: the potentially dire economic consequences of victory. The war, of course, had been preceded by a severe and prolonged depression. And many thought its end would bring back mass unemployment; after all, the demobilization of soldiers in the wake of World War I created a severe recession. In 1939, Alvin Hansen, a leading American Keynesian economist, published a famous analysis suggesting that with the frontier closed, the United States was now due to become a country with slow population growth and structurally deficient demand for investment. In other words: It was destined to be a country mired in frequent recessions.
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The war had solved the problem, providing employment for millions both as soldiers and as workers in war production industries. But after the war, what would they all do? Read the full story.
7. Broken Treaties: An Oral History Tracing Oregon’s Native Population Oregon Public Broadcasting “We have been here since time began,” Don Ivy, chief of the Coquille Indian Tribe, said. “We have been here since the first human got here.” For thousands of years, more than 60 tribes lived in Oregon's diverse environmental regions. At least 18 languages were spoken across hundreds of villages. Natural resources abounded. “Before the non-Indians got here, we were some of the richest people in the world,” said Louie Pitt Jr., director of governmental affairs for the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs. “Oregon has been 100 percent Indian land.” After thousands of years of history, life as the native people knew it was upended in just a few short decades. For the new "Oregon Experience" documentary "Broken Treaties," native Oregonians reflect on what has been lost since and what's next for their tribes. The following quotes have been edited for clarity. Read the full story.
8. Oregon’s Newest School, Atfalati, Honors Native Americans Portland Tribune When students walk into class at the new elementary school being built in North Plains at the start of the 2021-22 school year, they'll likely have a lot of questions about the name of their school. That's exactly what teachers, board members, administrators and many community members are hoping for. On Sept. 22, board members at the Hillsboro School District selected Atfalati Ridge as the name of the new school located in the Sunset Ridge housing development in North Plains, a rapidly growing area that was slated for a new school following the passage of a $407 million bond in 2017.
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The name recognizes the Atfalati people, a Native American tribe also known as the Tualatin or Wapato Lake Indians, who inhabited the plains surrounding the Tualatin River and the hills near what is now Forest Grove for thousands of years before Europeans arrived. Read the full story.
9. RESOURCE: Neighborhoods at Risk Tool Headwaters Economics With better access to socioeconomic and climate data to visualize problems and make informed decisions, communities can better adapt to long-term climate change. Neighborhoods at Risk is designed to meet community planning needs to protect people and property from the impacts of climate change. A free, web-based tool, Neighborhoods at Risk generates customized, interactive maps and reports that describe characteristics of potentially vulnerable neighborhoods (by census tract). Additionally, Neighborhoods at Risk provides community-level climate projections for temperature and precipitation. Neighborhoods at Risk can be used to prioritize capital improvements, conduct vulnerability assessments, inform land use and policy decisions, and support FEMA Hazard Mitigation Plans and Carbon Disclosure Project reporting. Read the full story.
10. PODCAST – Curious: Exploring UO’s Partnership for Disaster Resilience Jefferson Public Radio Thousands of people in our region are getting a crash course in recovering from disaster. The Almeda fire alone destroyed more than 2,000 homes in Jackson County, forcing their former occupants to figure out a way ahead in the world. Most of them have no experience in such things. Fortunately, lots of organizations do. Josh Bruce teaches at the University of Oregon and heads up the Oregon Partnership for Disaster Resilience based there. He joins us to talk about the work and how it's already being used to help fire victims; this is this month's edition of Curious: Research Meets Radio, our partnership with UO. Listen to the full story.
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