Letitia Carson Legacy Project

February 9, 2022 Oregon State University’s Soap Creek beef ranch, north of Corvallis, in Benton County, Oregon, includes a site significant to the history of Oregon’s early Black residents. Letitia Carson, a formerly enslaved woman (and the character in Jane Fitzpatrick’s novel titled A Light in the Wilderness), came to Oregon in 1845 and was […]

Helping Kids With Grief Forum

March 15, 2021 Yesterday, I participated in an hour-long community forum with Dr. Shilo Tippett and Radio Producer Sue Matters about things we can do to help kids during the COVID-19 pandemic. The forum was recorded and hosted by KWSO radio station located on the Warm Springs Reservation where I worked in Early Childhood and […]