DEI Speaker Series: LGBTQIA+: Understanding and Allyship

The City’s successful DEI Speaker Series returns in 2024 with the second of three compelling lectures programmed by the City's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee to help community members better understand the lived experience of historically marginalized community members. 

On Wednesday, Mar. 6, at 6 pm at the Wilsonville campus of Clackamas Community College (29353 SW Town Center Loop E), the second lecture of the series continues with “LGBTQIA+: Understanding and Allyship,” presented by Erika Pham. 

Pham , the chair of the City's DEI Committee, discusses how gender and sexual orientation are concepts with varied meanings across time and cultures, and in what ways they are evolving rapidly today. She explains the meaning of these concepts and the importance of being open minded and seeking understanding of the LGBTQIA+ community in learning how to be an ally.

DEI Speakers Series events are free, and include light refreshments. 

The City is once again partnering with Willamette Falls Studios to record DEI Speaker Series events for more community members to learn and enjoy. Several previous talks can be viewed at bit.ly/DEI_Speakers

For more information, contact Zoe Mombert, 503-570-1503, mombert@ci.wilsonville.or.us.