NASA Pow Wow Brings Community and Joy to Bristow Square

Bristow Square was filled with the sound of bells, drums, laughter, and singing on Saturday as the annual Pow Wow returned to Lane Community College. Some participants had been coming to the Pow Wow since the 1980s, others were celebrating for the first time. The smell of fry bread and burning herbs complemented the colorful…

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Dr. Campbell Speaks of Forging Consensus Ahead of MLK Virtual Celebration

The Torch sat down with Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell to discuss the upcoming virtual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior’s legacy. Lane Community College is hosting the event Thursday Jan. 13 from 5:30-7:30 p.m., register here.  Dr. Campbell is the 10th President of Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. Spelman is a Historically Black University…

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Lane’s Black Student Union to Host Panel On Critical Race Theory Misinformation

Lane Community College’s Black Student Union panel The Big Lie: Countering the Narrative of the Political Fiat of Critical Race Theory will attempt to dispel misinformation and set the record straight on what CRT is.  Critical Race Theory has been the education buzzword of the past year. School boards across the country have been inundated…

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Stories of the Past Meet Movements of the Future

By: Molly Newhard Building 18 is getting a colorful facelift. Muralist Rachel Wolfe-Goldsmith’s newest piece is inspired by the late climate activist and Lakota historian LaDonna Brave Bull.  Wolfe-Goldsmith said they met Brave Bull during Give Power’s solar program launch at the Standing Rock Reservation in July of 2019. Wolfe-Goldsmith pulls inspiration from a video…

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