Projects

2012–13

See McCall Events and Community Events tabs to the left.

2011-2012

National Defense Panel, part of the Illahee “Sacred Cows” 2012 lecture series. With Paul Dudley-Hart, Mercy Corps Senior Vice President for Global Partnerships and Dawn Nafus anthropologist at Intel, Portland, Oregon, May 2012.
Legal Logic: Specialty Courts, moderated televised discussion with Judge Eric Bloch Multnomah County Circuit Court, Jean Dentinger who manages specialty courts for Multnomah County, and Joel Peterson Multnomah County DA’s office, Gresham, Oregon, May 2012.
Legal Logic: Independent Judiciary, moderated televised discussion with Judge Janice Wilson Multnomah County Circuit Court, Professor Susan Mandiberg Lewis and Clark Law School, and Jim Westwood partner at Stoel Rives and Multnomah Bar Foundation Board of Directors, Gresham, Oregon, May 2012.
The Oregon Primary Election—Mysteries and Messages, talk to the Washington County Public Affairs Forum, Hillsboro, Oregon, May 2012.
Politics and the Economy: Elections, Pocketbooks, and Political Messages, talk to the Northwest Association for Financial Professionals conference, Portland, Oregon, May 2012.
Oregon Attorney General Democratic Primary Forum, moderated community forum featuring candidates Dwight Holton and Ellen Rosenblum, Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon, May 2012.
District 29 Democratic Primary Forum, moderated community forum featuring candidates Ben Unger and Katie Riley for Oregon House, Forest Grove, Oregon, April 2012.
Living and Working in the New Economy: The Promise and the Peril, 20 March 2012. A Forest Grove Conversation sponored by the McCall Center and the Friends of the Forest Grove Library. A panel of experts, conversation with the audience, and ideas about how different groups deal with a down economy.
The Presidential Selection Process: How Does It Reflect America? talk to the Pacific University Alumni Association, Portland, Oregon, February 2012.
Washington County Citizen Action Network Summit, 11 February 2012. Hosted by the McCall Center. Bringing together grassroots organizations and the Pacific community to learn about efforts all across the county.
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day celebration, Pacific University, 16 January 2012. Community effort bringing together Forest Grove residents and the Pacific community for a march through Forest Grove, speeches, folding of peace cranes, and eating of Pies for Peace.
Politics in Economic Hard Times: Can an Election Really Change Anything? Talk to the Portland Actuarial Club, Portland, Oregon, January 2012.
The Tribal Leaders series. October–November 2011.
Bringing Tribal Leaders to the Pacific campus to engage in discussions about tribal law, manifest destiny and the fate of the Indian peoples, tribal renaissance from 1970–present, tribal jurisdiction and land management, and treaty rights.
This series is open to the Pacific community and the Forest Grove and Washington County communities. Pacific students can register for a course that satisfies the Civic Engagement requirement.
Reclaiming the American Dream with U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and a panel of Washington County community action groups.
Host Congressional Candidate Forum. Three Democrats and three Republicans vying in the special primary election to replace Representative David Wu. October 2011.
Former Oregon Governor Vic Atiyeh’s papers. Governor Atiyeh, Oregon’s last Republican governor (1987–1995) is in the process of donating his papers to Pacific University. The McCall Center is working with the Pacific library to create oral histories, organize these papers, digitize them, and make them available for Pacific scholars and the wider community.

2010-2011

Women’s Work from the ERA to the Present Day, March 2011. Barbara Roberts, Oregon’s first woman governor, Susan Sokol Blosser, wine industry pioneer and environmental advocate, and Dr. Perla Rodriguez, principal of Cornelius Elementary School made presentations and then engaged in discussion with audience members about the changing roles of women. Cosponsored with the Friends of the Forest Grove Library as part of the Forest Grove Conversations series.
The State of the Media in Oregon, February 2011. Panel of journalists and Dr. Moore talking with a Pacific audience about the media in a fragmented age.
Former Oregon Governor Vic Atiyeh’s papers. Governor Atiyeh, Oregon’s last Republican governor (1987–1995) is in the process of donating his papers to Pacific University. The McCall Center is working with the Pacific library to create oral histories, organize these papers, digitize them, and make them available for Pacific scholars and the wider community.
Gubernatorial debate, April 2010–September 2010. Ultimately a failed attempt to bring Oregon gubernatorial candidates Chris Dudley (R) and John Kitzhaber (D) to Pacific for a debate. They ended up having a single joint appearance and a single debate in their 2010 election fight.
Candidate debates, May 2010. Debates among the primary candidates for Washington County Commissioner, County Commission Chair, Metro President, and Metro Councilor.