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Maritime museum hosts lecture series How do you dismantle oppression?
ASTORIA — The Columbia
River Maritime Museum will
present its eight-week Past
to Present Lecture Series this
January and February.
Guest speakers will share
knowledge about maritime
issues, industry and history
each week. The lectures take
place at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays
at the museum. Admission
is free for museum members
and free with paid admission
for non-members.
The lecture series will kick
off Tuesday, Jan. 10 with Ka-
tie Watkins-Brandt, a senior
faculty research assistant at
Oregon State University’s
College of Earth, Ocean
and Atmospheric Sciences.
Watkins-Brandt will discuss
“Regional Class Research
Vessels: The next generation
of ships for coastal science.”
In 2013, the National
Science Foundation selected
OSU to lead the design and
construction of as many as
Th e
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Katie Watkins-Brandt, a re-
search assistant at Oregon
State University, will be the
Jan. 10 speaker at the Colum-
bia River Maritime Museum’s
Past to Present Lecture Series.
three new Regional Class
Research Vessels to address is-
sues related to climate studies,
ocean circulation, natural haz-
ards, human health and marine
ecosystems. The first vessel is
anticipated to be ready for sci-
ence operations in 2021. The
vessels will feature advanced
sensors and sampling systems,
and through datapresence
capabilities and satellite com-
munications will bring science
at sea to classrooms, the public
and researchers ashore. They
promise to be highly versatile
platforms, with novel features.
Watkins-Brandt will provide
an overview of the ship design
including highlights of the
RCRV capabilities, green
features, and new and exciting
technologies.
Future speakers include:
• Jan. 17: Cultural anthro-
pologist and author Margaret
Willson giving the talk “What
Defines Survival? The Sea-
women of Iceland.”
• Jan. 24: Grant McOmie
giving the talk “KGW’s
Grant’s Getaways.”
• Jan. 31: Oregon Sea
Grant Extension Assistant
Professor Amanda Gladics
giving the talk “(Don’t) catch
me if you can: Reducing
bycatch in fisheries.”
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Ales & Ideas talk to
focus on resisting
injustice and
cultivating equality
ASTORIA — Inequality
and oppression disrupt
our ability to engage fully
with the quest toward life,
liberty and justice for all.
History provides a template
for examining abuse of
power and the destructive
methods of imposed domi-
nation — as well as stories
of defiance and resistance
to injustice. Transforming
oppression is possible, but
only by challenging the
tactics used to fuel divi-
sions.
This will be the top-
ic of the next Ales &
Ideas community lecture,
#theskyisfalling: Disman-
tling the Master’s Tools.”
Presented by Clatsop
Community College and
the Fort George Brewery,
the lecture will feature
CCC faculty Deac Guidi
and Mindy Stokes, along
with Margaret Frimoth, the
director of the CCC Lives
in Transition and counsel-
ing programs and interim
associate vice president of
academic affairs.
Ales & Ideas will be
held at 7 p.m. Thursday,
Jan. 5 at the Fort George
Lovell Showroom, located
at 426 14th St. Doors open
with food and beverage
service at 6 p.m. Minors
are welcome.
This timely and academ-
ic lecture will explore the
SHAM, the need to speak
truth to power, resisting the
normalization of violent
language, and understand
the relationship between
all tactics of oppression.
Presenters will speak
about how to counteract
inequality and injustice by
developing interdependent
and shared connections.
Audre Lorde reminds that,
“Difference is that raw
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Deac Guidi
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Mindy Stokes
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Margaret Frimoth
and powerful connection
from which our personal
power is forged.” When
we dismantle tools that
oppress, we construct the
means to cultivate equity
and inclusion.
Guidi is an instructor of
speech communication at
Clatsop Community Col-
lege. He earned a Bachelor
of Arts in speech communi-
cation from Montana State
University and a Master of
Arts in rhetoric from Idaho
State University under
Nancy J. Legge. His areas
of scholarship include pop-
ular culture, fallacies and
argumentation theory. Gui-
di is a founding member
of the college IOU (Isms,
Obias and Us) Committee
and maintains an ongoing
commitment to diversity
and inclusion within the
academic environment.
Stokes is an adjunct
faculty member of CCC.
She began teaching in the
Lives in Transition pro-
gram in 2008. In 2009, she
developed CCC’s women’s
studies courses and curric-
ulum. During her tenure,
Stokes and her students
have produced multiple
feminist events including
“The Vagina Monologues,”
The Clothesline Project
and One Billion Rising.
She earned her Bachelor of
Science in dietetics from
Chico State University
and her master’s degree
in women’s studies from
the University of South
Florida. Her thesis title is,
“Women, Domestic Abuse,
and Dreams: Analyzing
Dreams to Uncover Hidden
Traumas and Unacknowl-
edged Strengths.”
Frimoth is the CCC
Director of the Lives in
Transition and Counsel-
ing programs. She offers
a breadth of information
about diversity, inclusion
and equity as foundations
for healthy communities.
She has worked closely
with internationally re-
nowned author and activist
Riane Eisler on Partnership
Theory. She is the founder
of The Healing Circle and
annual Victory Over Child
Abuse Camps. Frimoth
received her master’s
degree from San Francisco
Theological Seminary and
her doctorate from Cali-
fornia Institute of Integral
Studies.