COCC’s Season of Nonviolence series ends with #MeToo and Native American themed events
Published 1:15 pm Thursday, February 25, 2021
- Central Oregon Community College
This year’s annual Season of Nonviolence lecture series hosted by Central Oregon Community College will conclude in the next two weeks with virtual events about the #MeToo movement and Native Americans.
On March 1 and 2, COCC will screen the documentary film “Nevertheless,” about workplace and school-based sexual harassment, according to a college press release. To register for the screenings, email odi@cocc.edu. The film will be available to watch at any time on both days.
At noon on March 8, a discussion titled “Building Power and Change for Native People,” about strategies to combat misconceptions about Native Americans, will be hosted by Savannah Romero, the release stated. Romero is a member of the Eastern Shoshone Nation, and a representative of IllumiNative, a nonprofit dedicated to changing how Americans talk about and with Native Americans.
Register for Romero’s discussion by visiting cocc.edu/seasonofnonviolence.