ORAHEAD Spring 2022 Conference Schedule
Friday, April 22nd
Willamette University, Room: Montag Den
900 State St, Salem, OR 97301
Friday, April 22nd
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - Check-in
Check-in for the in-person conference. If you are attending the virtual conference, you will receive a Zoom address in advance of the conference.
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - Continental Breakfast
Continental breakfast is included in the conference fee for in-person attendees.
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Keynote
Keynote Speaker: Dr. S. Etawi O’Bryne, Uprise Collective
Higher education systems are intentionally designed to exclude people with targeted identities, including people with disabilities. This talk will focus on the role of higher education in creating safer, more secure, and more just communities. We will explore the history and origins of Disability Justice, intersectionality, healing and resistance and why it all matters. Finally, we will grapple together with what the healing, justice and liberation look like and the partnerships needed in higher education to get there.
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. - Break
10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Listening Circle
“With roots in indigenous cultures around the world, listening circles provide people an opportunity to speak and listen to each other in an atmosphere of safety, decorum and equality” International Institute for Restorative Practices). Using the practice of learning circles as a guide, Jewls Griesmeyer-Krentz (Linfield University) will facilitate an opportunity for the ORAHEAD community attending in-person to engage with each other and react to Dr. O’Bryne’s keynote presentation. We will have a similar option for virtual conference attendees to engage with each other. The virtual facilitator is yet to be determined.
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Lunch and Technology Petting Zoo
During lunch, Jennifer Lucas (Portland Community College) will offer an assistive technology petting zoo, with different examples and devices, as well as a targeted discussion about audio description.
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Listserv in Real Time
Jeff Larson (Linfield University) will facilitate a Listserv in Real Time. This session provides a chance for participants to pose a question or make a comment just as you would over the listserv, but in real time! Responses are generally limited to three replies, before the topic changes to a new thread.
2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. - Break
2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. - A Learning Garden for All
Presented by Patricia Kepler, Portland Community College
A discussion about the recent partnership between the Portland Community College Disability Service office and the Rock Creek Learning Garden, resulting in a redesign of the learning garden with a focus on universal access. In this workshop we will share the history of how these two departments came together with the shared focus on creating a welcoming learning garden for people of all abilities. Utilizing 3D modeling and printing, focus groups, and faculty partnerships, The team redesigned pathways, garden beds and benches to maximize the gardens usability. Open collaboration with the campus community and incorporating the work into class projects will help to build a sense of ownership, reduce the cost of the the project, and motivate student success.