Home: Race, Place, and Belonging

Recap: Warren Symposium

In November, Lewis & Clark hosted the 13th annual Ray Warren Symposium on Race and Ethnic Studies, titled Home: Race, Place, and Belonging.

The symposium's panels drew large, attentive crowds. Credit: Brian Foulkes

This year’s symposium addressed historical and contemporary issues such as racial disparities in housing; global migration in the context of nationalism; indigenous experiences of place; and the infinite ways in which we create and recreate home and community. In thinking about race, place, and belonging, participants examined the boundaries that divide us, the lines that connect us, and the places that define us.

Keynote speaker Jeff Chang. Credit: Brian FoulkesThe symposium’s keynote speaker was Jeff Chang, executive director of the Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford University and cofounder of CultureStr/ke and Colorlines. The event concluded with the Race Monologues, a symposium highlight in which students share their personal narratives about race, ethnicity, and identity.

On the Web: go.lclark.edu/warrensymp/videos