History Museum to Host Oregon Humanities Speaker; Dmae Roberts, June 2

What Are You? Mixed-Race and Interracial Families in Oregon’s Past and Future.  The Coos History Museum will host Oregon Humanities Conversation Project speaker, Dmae Roberts. Dmae will be joining us to facilitate a community conversation titled; What Are You? Mixed-Race and Interracial Families in Oregon’s Past and Future. The number of mixed-race people and interracial families in Oregon is growing. What are the challenges and benefits of growing up mixed-race, raising mixed-race children, or being an interracial couple in a state that’s historically been mostly white? How can we openly discuss our own ethnic and racial heritage with each other without being regarded as odd or unusual? How have the answers to “What are you?” changed through the decades? Dmae Roberts, who has written essays and produced film and radio documentaries about being a biracial Asian American in Oregon, leads a discussion of heritage that goes beyond checking one race on US Census forms. This is a community program that aims to promote healthy conversations around potentially difficult topics. This free, Museum sponsored event, will be held from 5:30-7pm on Saturday, June 3rd at the Museum on N Front Street. For any questions regarding this talk, or others like it, go to www.cooshistory.org or contact our Education Coordinator, Amy Pollicino, at 541-756-6320 ext. 216 or education@cooshistory.org. The Coos History Museum creates a better understanding of life in Coos County and Oregon’s South Coast, past and present.  The Museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and receives no direct government support. The museum survives on donations, memberships, grants, museum store sales, special event rentals and legacy/bequest gifts.  The Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10am to 5pm, and on the first Tuesday evening of each month.  Admission is free for CHM members, active duty military, and NARM members.  More information is available at www.cooshistory.org, or you can follow the Museum on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.