Past Forums
Online/Virtual
Responding to Fires in the Western Cascades
October 22, 2021
2020 was yet another incredible year for wildfires in Western Oregon, with over 1 million acres burned, at least 11 deaths, and the loss of most of the towns of Detroit, Blue River, and Vida. The fires of 2021 are still burning over hundreds of thousands of acres. What has …
Online/Virtual
A State of Immigrants: A New Look at The Immigrant Experience in Oregon
October 15, 2021
Take another look at the immigrant experience in Oregon in this City Club of Eugene program.
Online/Virtual
The Aftermath of Great Loss: The Modoc People Persevere
October 8, 2021
The Modoc War, a conflict between the US government and the Modoc people, took place during 1872-73 in northern California near the Oregon border. The war was hard fought. The Modocs achieved initial victories despite being vastly outnumbered and outgunned, but in the end the US army won. The surviving …
The Aftermath of Great Loss: The Modoc People Persevere Read More »
Online/Virtual
Oregon’s “Excess Revenue”: Refund or Reinvest?
October 1, 2021
In Oregon, when the actual tax revenue for a biennium exceeds the forecasted revenue by 2% or more, individual and corporate taxpayers get a rebate, which Oregonians call a “kicker.” The kicker policy was adopted by voters first in 1980, and in 2000 it was placed in the state Constitution. …
Online/Virtual
The Knight Campus: How the Growth of a Research Juggernaut Can Change the World…and Eugene
September 24, 2021
In 2016, Phil and Penny Knight donated $500 million – the largest gift ever given to a U.S. public flagship university at the time – to launch the Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact at the University of Oregon. As described by UO, the goal of the Campus is to “fast-track scientific …
Online/Virtual
Flexible, Adaptable, Visible: The Future of Working from Home: The Next Normal Series
September 17, 2021
The abrupt closure of office workplaces was a visible and dramatic responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, millions of people continue to work from home as our unexpected global experiment continues—and recent surveys show that neither the workforce nor company executives want to simply return to pre-pandemic routines. “The Next …
Flexible, Adaptable, Visible: The Future of Working from Home: The Next Normal Series Read More »
Online/Virtual
Visions for Post-Pandemic Eugene: The Next Normal series
September 10, 2021
In recent months, thought leaders across the political spectrum and across industry/academia have begun to discuss the what some call “New Normal” of post-pandemic America, from public health and the impact of technology to the nature of the workforce and beyond. As Eugene and Lane County emerge from the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, City …
Visions for Post-Pandemic Eugene: The Next Normal series Read More »
Online/Virtual
Prescription: Nature. Can Time in the Great Outdoors Save Your Life?
July 30, 2021
Can an hour a day keep the doctor away? After a year in the great indoors, no one can deny the therapeutic benefits of nature and wide, open spaces. America’s national parks other public lands are reporting record numbers of visitors for a second year in a row—but what about …
Prescription: Nature. Can Time in the Great Outdoors Save Your Life? Read More »
Online/Virtual
Who Cares for Kids? Lane County’s “Child Care Desert”
July 23, 2021
Recently, OSU published a new report titled, “Oregon Child Care Deserts 2020.” And as anyone looking for affordable care in Lane County knows: the news is not good. Lane County does not have enough child care spaces available for its infants and toddlers—qualifying our community as a “child care desert,” meaning …
Who Cares for Kids? Lane County’s “Child Care Desert” Read More »
Online/Virtual
Defeating COVID: Vaccine Incentives from Coast to Coast
July 16, 2021
Free beer (or a glass of wine). Discounts on ice cream, donuts…or your favorite edibles. College scholarships for young people. Oh, and how about $1 million? These are just some of the incentives public and private sector actors are offering to encourage vaccination in Oregon and across the country. And …
Defeating COVID: Vaccine Incentives from Coast to Coast Read More »