Tag: Cultural Services
Language Access at OYA
Multilingual communication is important to OYA’s overall mission of holding youth accountable and providing opportunities for communicating reformative information, processes, and practices. OYA values and supports diversity and seeks to provide language-specific and culturally appropriate services for youth and their families. As a result, we have a multifaceted approach to language access. OYA’s Office of ...
OYA Celebrates Black History Month
The 2025 Black History Month theme, African Americans and Labor, focuses on the different and profound ways that Black peoples’ labor benefits our society. This includes labor of all kinds, compensated and uncompensated, from leadership in numerous industries to community building and mutual aid, to the contribution to and expansion of a unique cultural movement ...
OYA Celebrates Native American Heritage Month
Native American Heritage Month is a celebration held each year in November to recognize and uplift the rich and diverse cultures, traditions, histories, and contributions of Native people. There are 574 officially recognized tribes within the U.S., nine of which are in Oregon—the Burns Paiute Tribe; the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw ...
El Mes de la Herencia Hispana: Reflexiones de los jóvenes de OYA
Reflexiones de los jóvenes con motivo del Mes de la Herencia Hispana sobre su identidad: “Para mí, la cultura consiste en conectar con la Tierra, con las plantas, con los alimentos y con otras personas. Crecí en ese entorno, ayudando en la jardinería, pero no tanto en la cocina. A pesar de que solo estuve ...
Hispanic Heritage Month: OYA Youth Reflections
Youth reflections for Hispanic Heritage Month on their identity: “Culture, to me, is about connecting—with the Earth and with the plants, with the food, and with other people. I grew up around it, helping with the gardening, but not so much the cooking. Even though I was only in Mexico when I was little, I ...