Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center

Join us for a Dine-Out at Common Fields in Corvallis on September 16th, from 11am to 8:30pm. Enjoy delicious food while supporting CMLC!

Fall 2024 registration is open today! Visit https://cmlcenter.org/classes/ to register.

🌟 Attention Volunteers! 🌟
If you volunteered with CMLC in last 2 years, we want to hear from you! Please take a moment to fill out our short survey— https://docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/e/1FAIpQLSc5I4FH0A9WTkECLG-i1WLm_xc3Qw-1CSlq1Rl2eA9Fd7qySA/viewform

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Join us and have fun in our painting Alebrijes workshop! You will decorate and paint your own Alebrije with Acrylic, combining fun, imagination and culture. But first, what is it and what is its meaning? They are imaginary animals for dreamers like you!

According to the Mexican Zapotec tradition, they are colorful animals with magical shapes. They are hand carved dreams originally made with Copal wood, depending on the size, to make one can take months. The choice of shapes and colors is an adventure due to the immense possibility to combine patterns, colors and meaning.

Later in the 1930’s the term Alebrije was coined in Mexico City by the handcrafter Pedro Linares. It is fascinating right?

Join our Alebrijes workshop, learn about this cultural heritage. Live this craft experience combining tradition, dreams, and popular art. Register at https://www.cognitoforms.com/CorvallisMulticulturalLiteracyCenter/CorazónPaintAnAlebrije2024Registration

Summer Camp week 1 was a blast!

The Peruvian Cooking Workshop this Saturday was fantastic! What can be better than delicious food and great conversations?! 🍽️🎉”

The How to Get a Job in the USA Workshop is happening on August 12th at the CMLC, and lunch is provided. Register at: https://www.cognitoforms.com/CorvallisMulticulturalLiteracyCenter/HowToGetAJobWorkshopRegistration

Join us for Compassion Class on Aug 17th 🧘‍♀️
Donations based; Sign up at: https://www.willamettevalleypoweryoga.com/events/august-compassion-class-cmlc

Thank you to the more than 250 people who attended our Summer Celebration this past Saturday! We had a fantastic time getting to know you while handing out popsicles and tamales. A special thank you to our incredible volunteers for their tremendous help! We were also thrilled to have Sabor, Go Giddy Pops, Descarga 54, and nine of our amazing partners join us to make this event unforgettable!

Join us for our Spanish Conversation potluck! Bring and share tasty food, and meet new friends through conversation. Drop in! No registration required.

Join us for a hike and picnic at Bald Hill Farm on Saturday, July 13th from 9am-12pm. Transportation is provided, and we will be meeting in the CMLC parking lot. Visit the link in bio to register!☀️

Join us for our Chinese Martial Arts class starting tomorrow! This class is open to all skill levels and combines basic Qigong conditioning forms, engaging partner exercises, and practical self defense techniques. Limited number of spots available - use the link in bio to register.

Join the Spanish Conversation class to develop your Spanish speaking and listening skills and improve confidence in everyday situations. This class aims to expand vocabulary and practice typical phrases and their variations. Limited spots are available - use the link in the bio to register!

Wow! Spring Conversation Circle was a success and ended with a get-together in the park! Conversation Circle teacher, David Del Valle shared a wonderful memory: "Vasilii brought his guitar and treated us with a couple of songs both in English and Russian, Ruth sang us an English song she learned in China when she was 17, and I brought my harmonica and played them a couple of songs." Join us next time for English and Spanish Conversation Circles during summer term! Visit the link in bio to register.

For more Executive Director job listing details, please visit: cmlcenter.org/careers

💫 🎨 Reflecting on the inspiring creativity at Mundus Imaginal at Lincoln Elementary School last month. Our participants were asked to paint a world that they would like to help create, and they did an outstanding job! 🌎 ✨

We want to extend our heartfelt gratitude to BCF and NAO for making this Executive Directors panel session possible; we deeply appreciate our local partners for their invaluable support.
We had a full room of dedicated nonprofit leaders, all striving to build stronger communities! It was incredibly heartwarming to see so many amazing and hard-working leaders gathered together. Thank you to everyone who attended! Huge gratitude to Nonprofit Association of Oregon, Benton Community Foundation, Old Mill Center for Children and Families, and Strengthening Rural Families !

ECO workshop at the CMLC

Thank you, Greenbelt Land Trust, for inviting our beloved CMLC Executive Director, Elena Valdés Chavarría (Ita), to share her reflections on her connection with nature, community, and the sense of belonging. We warmly encourage the entire CMLC community to read the insightful blog post by Greenbelt Land Trust, featuring Elena's thoughts. We are also excited about the upcoming "Hike Together" series, where we will co-host walks through our local natural areas!

Join us for a hike on Sunday, June 16th, 9am-12pm☀️Transportation is provided, meeting at the CMLC parking lot! To register: https://www.cognitoforms.com/CorvallisMulticulturalLiteracyCenter/CorvallisMulticulturalLiteracyCenterSpring2024ClassRegistration?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaYaCFL6Zde3XBgvv3plq4F_WqQkuZi4hcnIYZzu_qpP3vf9r9nm2qwZsSY_aem_Acgdsh_B53kKTjyO62prSPAQEHO10-tR9LgM-JNss1tTbsv2ZBqKC2_0PmKzrHJHXvF7Us6D_5bFSl9dW9yYMggQ

We are celebrating a grant award to the CMLC from Oregon Community Foundation! Thank you Oregon Community Foundation for the generous award to support CMLC operations, and thank you all the donors from Oregon Community Foundation who made this possible!

Spanish Potluck on June 8th! Drop in, no registration required

Wow! Last Saturday’s How to Get a Job in the USA Workshop was absolutely incredible! 🙌 If you couldn’t make it, no worries! Mark your calendars because we’ve got another one lined up for August 12th💼

Join us for Summer Market on June 8th, 10am to 6pm☀️

Join us for a hike on Sunday, May 19th at Cheadle Marsh Trail + Pidgeon Butte at Finley Wildlife Refuge (3 miles). Open valley, a beautiful view, heritage meadow, and oak savannah; flat walking and a mellow climb.
Transportation provided! Meet at CMLC(2638 NW Jackson Ave
Corvallis, OR) at 9 am to ride to the hike location together in a passenger van.

To register: https://www.cognitoforms.com/CorvallisMulticulturalLiteracyCenter/CorvallisMulticulturalLiteracyCenterSpring2024ClassRegistration

🌟 We had a full house at the CMLC this Saturday! 🏡 We were thrilled to welcome over a hundred of you to our Open House event. From trying snacks from around the world to planting seeds and creating dream garden collages, it was a day filled with fun and creativity. But the main highlight was meeting new incredible individuals and celebrating our community spirit together. A massive shoutout to our invaluable partners, Evening Gardening Club and OSU Horticulture Club🌱🌎

A little recap of the Unveiling Ceremony last Saturday, April 20th. We had a blast and hope you did as well!

Huge THANK YOU to our amazing partners Corvallis-Benton County Public Library and Corvallis School District