Presentation by Jessie Braverman & Cody Urban at Friendly House about the invisible migrant workers at sea who carry the weight of the world economy on their backs. They discuss how to support their fight for dignity, rights, and welfare.Jessie is chairperson of the Pacific Coast Coalition for Seafarers. Cody is also a member of the Pacific Coast Coalition for Seafarers.
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Presentation by Ivan Gall about the modernization of our groundwater allocation process. What are the challenges we face in managing this resource in increasing times of water scarcity? Mr. Gall is the interim Deputy Director for the Oregon Water Resources Department.
Presentation by Teresa Gray, an Alaskan paramedic and nurse, who started Mobile Medics International to send small, self-sufficient medical teams to natural and humanitarian disasters. Since 2017, the nonprofit has provided free medical care to more than 30,000 people on five continents.
Presentation from the Friendly House by Robert Sanford who discusses code-breaking, the Enigma Machine, Germany’s encoding system, and the Japanese Navy codes. Robert has long been interested in World War II. As a young man, he read Churchill’s six-volume history of World War II. He joined HGP in 1998 and served as emcee for seven years. He wrote the history of our chapter.
Presentation from the Friendly House by David Horowitz who explores the ethnocentric and populist appeal of the 1920s Ku Klan Klan, a movement focusing on the perceived threat of recent immigrants. The discussion includes an analysis of the rhetoric of Klan leader Hiram Wesley Evans who pictured Protestant nationalists as helpless before the onslaught of immigrants. Horowitz has taught U. S. Cultural and Political History at Portland State University since 1968. He has many publications. He is the author of “Inside the Klavern: The Secret History of the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s”.