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Maria de Lourdes Horton, bilingual family engagement specialist with the West Linn Wilsonville School District, will give an update on the district's Family Empowerment Center.

Local dentist Dr. Steven Duffin will discuss his recent trip to the Andes Mountains in Bolivia to treat dental decay in children using a novel approach that applies medicine rather than using the traditional drills, needles and fillings.

Dr. Laura, LaJoie Bishop, D.C., owner of Joy of Life Chiropractic in Wilsonville, will give a presentation on overall wellness and living to 100.

Marcy Holmes, owner of Marcy H Coaching, will discuss principles of time management and how to resolve procrastination and manage your workload while avoiding burnout.

Former Oregon Ducks football star Damon Griffin will discuss all of the changes in intercollegiate athletics over the past few years. He will explain the new name, image and likeness (NIL) rules allowing college athletes to earn an income, and will also talk about what this means for the athletes as well as the programs.

Presenters Grace Kuto and Tamara Kaufman will explain how the Najijali Project aims to provide vocational training and wrap-around services to teenage mothers in Chwele, Kenya to lift themselves and their children out of poverty.

Anthony Pinchuk, the refugee program supervisor with Lutheran Community Services Northwest in Portland, Oregon, will give an overview of Refuge and Placement (R&P) and Afghan Placement and Assistance (APA) programs and how they work, as well as the challenges faced when working with refugees from Ukraine and Afghanistan. 

Bobby Deetz will present on the topic of digital fluency. What is digital fluency? How does one become digitally fluent? What are some tips and tricks to becoming more confident with your tech? Bobby will answer all these questions and more.

Dr. Scott Burns will speak on the ice age floods, how they shaped the local geology, and what is being done to educate the public today, including the opening of the second Ice Age Flood Geologic Trail Visitor Center in Tualatin. Scott is a professor emeritus of geology and past chair of the department of geology at Portland State University, also serving as associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at PSU from 1997–1999.