SCEC is pleased to announce we received a grant from the Lane County Cultural Coalition to pursue a project in collaboration with Tribal members. We will be updating our Native American teaching in our history programs. We are also intending…
During August 2021 we held two weeks of summer camp for low income families in the Cottage Grove area who are speakers of Spanish and Mam (primarily Guatemalan immigrants.) Funding was generously provided by Oregon Community Foundation, with financial and logistical support from our partner, the Family Resource Center in Cottage Grove…
Facts prepared by Singing Creek Educational Center from Online Searches: Read this article about Oregon’s constitution and laws which prevented people of color from living and working here. These unjust and prejudiced laws were repealed later, but this climate of white supremacy has had lasting effects on our state.
Singing Creek Educational Center has been asked about our association with the term “pioneer” and whether our programs portray pioneers with historical accuracy. In embracing “pioneer,” we simply recognize the historical fact that predominantly white settlers came west and used this term to describe themselves. As the Salem-based organization Oregon Black Pioneers notes…
This Class has been cancelled- we hope to offer it again in a few months. Thank you for your understanding.
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