Public Programs
Race and Place
2017
Two public talks exploring Old Town’s multiethnic and multiracial past, organized by the Portland Chinatown History Foundation in collaboration with the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center and the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine (OCOM). Funded by a grant from Oregon Humanities.

Old Town's Chinatown and Japantown, Part II
May 3, 2017 Oregon College of Oriental Medicine The second installment in this series brings together Chinese and Japanese American community elders to share their experiences as residents and workers in Old Town during the World War II era. Their community experiences converge in the stories of discrimination, marginalization, and exclusion by white America, but diverge in the 1940s and 1950s from the impact of America’s war with Japan. The elders’ dialogue is followed by an open and lively discussion between panelists and audience.