Teens concerned about education, economy, environment, yet optimistic about future
June 11, 2009: Teens concerned about education, economy, environment, yet optimistic about future
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Project 2059 Featured on Medford’s KOBI/NBC
May 29, 2009
Oregon 150’s “Project 2059″ Featured on Medford’s KOBI/NBC
Watch the video: “Teen Visions”
Learn about the future of Oregon from Oregon’s future and to see how things are progressing on the road for Project 2059.
Teens to Envision Oregon’s Next 50 Years
May 27, 2009
Oregon 150, Voice Box Media Challenge High School Students to Become Community Organizers
Watch students in action here.
Oregon 150, in collaboration with Travis Huntington of Voice Box Media and the Multnomah Youth Commission, are embarking on a statewide road trip to engage high school students in identifying their vision of Oregon’s future for the [...]
Sasquatch Turns Volunteer
May 18, 2009
Seski Volunteers for Take Care of Oregon Days at Jefferson High School
Seski at Jefferson High School
The Oregon 150 staff worked on the Jefferson High School auditorium on Saturday for their Take Care of Oregon Days project. After the video, check out more pictures from that project and many others that are taking [...]
OPB’s Oregon Experience: Kam Wah Chung
May 14, 2009
Oregon Experience
Premieres tonight at 9:00 PM on OPB TV.
In the late 1800s, thousands of Chinese miners came to Eastern Oregon in search of gold. Among them were two men - Ing “Doc” Hay and Lung On - who opened a store and herbal apothecary called Kam Wah Chung. Though [...]
Listen to Oregon 150 Radio: Episode 9
May 12, 2009
Oregon 150 Radio
Tune into Small Plate Radio to hear Don Francis, founder of Willamette Riverkeepers, William G. Robbins, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of History at Oregon State University, and Steve Pedery, Conservation Director of Oregon Wild, discuss the history of the environmental and conservation movements in Oregon, its successes and failures, and current challenges.
I Am Oregonian TV Spot
May 8, 2009
I Am Oregonian
I am Oregonian from Travel Oregon on Vimeo.
Find your Oregon inspiration from the new I Am Oregonian TV spot and then take The Oregon 150 Challenge.
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Oregon 150 Radio
April 16, 2009
Tune into Small Plate Radio to hear the latest episode of Oregon 150 Radio.
The topic introduces the “I Am Oregonian” and “The Oregon 150 Challenge” travel campaign which is one of six Oregon 150 signature sesquicentennial projects.
Guests include Kevin Wright, Director of Consumer Marketing, Travel Oregon and Ken Smith, Account Director, Wieden+Kennedy.
Find out [...]
See and Hear Radio + TV Oregon Stories
April 9, 2009
Oregon 150 has so far collected almost 600 first person stories, by Oregonians, about living in Oregon as a part of our “Oregon Stories” project. Included are essays, poems, spoken stories, videos, and photographs.
Oregonians can now hear Radio Oregon Stories on Entercom stations in the Portland Metro Area (including: KFXX, KGON, KNRK, KRSK, [...]
Record Number of Volunteer Opportunities for May Take Care of Oregon Days Project - 20,000 Volunteers Needed to Sign-up!
April 6, 2009
Oregonians can sign up now to celebrate the sesquicentennial with nearly 600 projects scheduled in May for Take Care of Oregon Days. Projects are planned in every county in the state, and in most communities. The majority will take place on Saturday, May 16 but projects can be found throughout the month of [...]
Bicentennial Oregonians: Project 2059
Tune in on Thursday, March 26th at 1pm to Oregon 150 Radio to hear episode six: Project 2059 - How to engage young people today in thinking about and planning for the future of Oregon.
Guests include Justice Wally Carson, Mark Frischmuth, Justin Pham, and Jim Savard.
Learn about:
How is Project 2059 part of the sesquicentennial commemoration [...]
