Inviting The Conversation rents space and makes professional offerings on land that was taken unjustly—by manipulation and force—from the Atfalati/Tualatin people, a tribe of the Kalapuya Indians, and from various tribes now gathered as the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde and Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians. ITC supports the Oregon Land Justice movement and seeks to operate from our collective responsibility to care for the Earth and to support the sovereignty and access of the First Nations.

Upcoming Offerings

Apprenticing Ourselves to the Unknown: A Six-Part Series on the Skill of Grieving | Series Description | Location: Zoom | Time: Likely mid-March | Cost: Range for series attendance: $300 - $500. Please reach out if finances are an obstacle. | To Register: Please reach out to Asher via the contact page or by email. In your message, please include some information about yourself, the shape-texture-weight-tone of your grief, and what it is that most draws you to this series. Please only reserve a place if you are committed to attending the entire series. Space is limited to 12 per cohort. I am happy to answer any questions so that you can make an informed decision about whether this series is right for you.

Poetry and the Beautiful Masculine - An Introduction | Description: This is a four-week series for those who identify as men. More specifically, it is for men looking to connect more deeply with their own reflective, intuitive, playful, village-building, and beauty-making capacities. It is part experimental eloquence, part quiet contemplation, part meandering memorization, part courageous conversation, all coming home. At least, these are my deep wishes…and you will bring what you will bring…and we will meet somewhere in the middle. My gratitude to Matthew Stillman for introducing me to the memorization technique we’ll use to internalize these well-wrought compositions, and for being my playful, wise, and witty friend. Matthew also offers poetry memorization workshops online. | Location: 500 Abernethy Rd, #202 | Time: Mondays from 5:30 to 7:30 or Thursdays from 12:30 to 2:30 | Cost: Range for series attendance: $180 - $260. Please reach out if finances are an obstacle. | To Register: Please reach out to Asher via the contact page or by email. Space is limited to 8 per cohort.

Death - Out of the Shadows | Film Screening and Panel Discussion on , a new documentary by Russell and Genia Stemper | Why do we relate to death and change in the way that we do? What is the cost of relating to them in this way? Has it always been this way? Could it be otherwise? What can we do to make it so? These are some of the questions that “Death - Out of the Shadows” feels around the edges of by way of interviews with traditional and conventional medical professionals and death workers, many from the Pacific Northwest. Join us for a rich experience of reflection and connection. Location: Clinton Street Theater - 2522 SE Clinton St, Portland, OR 97202 | Time: February 16th, 2025 at 3:00pm | Cost: $10/person (View Film Trailer and buy tickets on the Clinton Street Theater’s Website.)

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