Decolonizing Thanksgiving in Oregon By Marie Gettel-Gilmartin, Fertile Ground Communications Many of us grew up learning the myth of Native Americans teaching the struggling pilgrims how to survive and celebrating with a feast in 1621. In fact, for many Native Americans, Thanksgiving is a day of mourning. Thanksgiving is in fact a holiday of colonizers.
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Blog Archives - Cultural Advocacy Coalition of Oregon
October 27, 2021
Arts, culture, and humanities now more critical than ever
Arts, culture, and humanities now more critical than ever In our second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, Oregon venues are opening their doors again. Arts, culture, and humanities have never been so needed to inspire and entertain us. Record numbers of people are experiencing anxiety and depression, what a leading medical association is calling a
October 15, 2021
New Lobbying and Communications Partnerships
The Cultural Advocacy Coalition of Oregon is excited to announce two new partnerships. Oxley & Associates, Inc., and Fertile Ground Communications, LLC, will help CACO advocate for policies and funding that will create a thriving environment for arts, culture, history, heritage, and humanities across Oregon. Oxley & Associates, Inc. Our new lobbyist firm is Oxley
September 15, 2021
The New Cultural License Plate
CELEBRATE OREGON! Oregon Cultural Trust reveals its new license plate after more than a year in the making. The license plate to drive us all forward is finally here! Oregon’s diversity from its arts, lands, people, cultures, and wildlife are on full display on the new cultural license plate announced today by the Oregon
August 9, 2021
New Look, Same Coalition
New Look, Same Coalition When all volunteers first formed the Cultural Advocacy Coalition of Oregon (CACO) over two decades ago, they did so to ensure policymakers in Oregon understood the importance that arts and culture played in Oregon’s day-to-day life, from its character to its economy. Throughout this growth, we had one logo, a lettermark