“I believe the arts have the power to connect and uplift people, foster understanding and acceptance between cultures, draw attention to society’s ills, and provide a roadmap to a better future.” –Jenny Green A conversation with our new board member: arts advocate, historian, and gallerist Jenny Green. Tell us about your involvement in the arts. I’ve been
Oregon's Cultural Partners Archives - Page 10 of 11 - Cultural Advocacy Coalition of Oregon
We get you money! Simply said, that’s what we do at the Cultural Advocacy Coalition of Oregon (CACO). We get money for arts, culture, history, heritage, and humanities organizations in Oregon by: Cultivating relationships with elected officials, governments, and business to get money flowing to creative organizations and individuals like you Working with Business Oregon,
On March 28, 1942, Minoru Yasui was arrested in downtown Portland for breaking the 8 p.m. curfew that targeted Japanese Americans during the war. Born to Japanese immigrants and raised on a farm in Hood River, Min became the first Japanese American member of the Oregon State Bar. From anti-Asian discrimination to a system
February 11, 2022
News from the legislature on HB 4040!
The Oregon Legislature is meeting this week and members of the Cultural Advocacy Coalition of Oregon have been working hard to advocate for HB 4040. Ginger Savage, CACO board member and executive director of Crossroads Carnegie Art Center in Baker City, testified in support of HB 4040 in the House Economic Recovery and Prosperity Committee earlier
February 3, 2022
Bringing a diverse ghost town back to life
In the 1920s, Jim Crow laws prevented Black people from living, working, and buying land in Oregon. But Black, European, and immigrant people worked together in a little town called Maxville in Wallowa County. The Bowman Hicks Lumber Company recruited loggers from the south and Midwest, 15 percent of whom were Black. The Black and