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Oregon’s efforts to diversify its teaching workforce are going better than other states. But the Beaver State’s recent gains in licensing educators from underrepresented groups could begin to dwindle in 2026 due to possible budget cuts.
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JPR's Vanessa Finney interviews Emily Hartlerode, Director of the Oregon Folklife Network, about the organization's mission to support traditional arts and cultural heritage in Oregon.
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The Ashland Unitarian Church to host a fall cultural fair for the local Ukrainian community
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More than 60 Oregon cities have diversity, equity and inclusion programs. But as the City of Bend recently saw, a national political movement to end these programs can energize hatred toward local leaders.
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Coming soon to California: a diversity reporting mandate for venture capital firms. Not coming soon to California: a diversity reporting mandate for Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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In a world full of lots of different people and cultures, it helps to have some sense of how to respond to people in culturally appropriate ways. The…
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Diversity is a big deal in the world today. Organizations large and small work to broaden both the diversity of their staffs and the clients they serve.…
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People from all kinds of backgrounds come together to form the student body at any university. That's why, over time, the position of diversity officer…
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It is a concern in many parts of the world, and has been through history: how can we keep our culture alive? It is a particular issue for indigenous…
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Latinos are California's largest single minority group. But Latinos can be hard to find among the faculty and administration of California's public…
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A presidential candidate calls for excluding people of one religion from entering the country. College students insist on greater attention to minority…
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Shasta County is one of the whitest counties in California. But there are certainly pockets of diversity, including the presence of a Mien community with…
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CultureFest at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival is like the Olympics in one way: it only occurs every other year. So if this is 2014, it must be…