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2022-2023 Season

• Oregon’s Many Mental Health Crises Why the high level of mental health illness in Oregon?

• OREGON’S 82nd LEGISLATIVE SESSION: Halfway to the Finish Line with Sen. Kim Thatcher and Rep. Paul Evans

• GENERAL MEMBERS MEETING Is Salem City Club Due for a Dues Change?

• Meet Salem’s New City Manager, Keith Stahley

• Speaking for the Trees: Healthy Urban Canopies and Sustainable Woodland Management

• Commercial Air Service to Salem; Will if Fly?

• Meeting the Needs of All Salem-Keizer Public School Students Utilizing Equitable Policies and Procedures

• Does Salem Have a Crime Problem? Perceptions and Realities

• Oregon’s Public Defender Crisis
  

• THE TRUTH – an endangered American species?

• Winners and Losers: Making Sense of the 2022 Midterm Election Results

• Salem Mayor-Elect Chris Hoy and Chamber CEO Tom Hoffert to Examine City’s Community Capital Improvements Bond That Appears on this November’s Ballot

• Oregon House District 20: Stay the Course or Vote for Change

• New Representation for House District 19: Tom Andersen(D) and T.J. Sullivan(R) are Off and Running

• Change Happens: Kim Thatcher(R) and Richard Walsh(D) Vie for Oregon Senate District 11 Open Seat

• Sen. Deb Patterson (D) vs Rep. Raquel Moore-Green (R) for the Oregon District 10 Senate Seat.

  
  

  
  

2021-2022 Season

• City Elections Feature Council Candidates in Wards 2, 4, 6, & 8; Plus Municipal Judge
  

• Marion County District Attorney Candidate Debate

• Salem Mayoral Candidate Debate: Addressing Issues Important to Salem

• Powering the Northwest: Can Green Power Keep the Lights On

• Oregon's Broken Primary System

• Local Services in the Pandemic Mode: When Can We Eat Out Again, Harold?

• Understanding Shake Alert: An Earthquake Early Warning System for the West Coast of the United States

• Lessons Learned from Local Manufacturers: It Pays to be Nimble When a Pandemic Strikes

• Powering the Northwest: Balancing Our Energy Needs With Resources Now and in the Future

• AFGHANISTAN: Through the Eyes of Those Who Served
  

• PHIL KEISLING: Demographic Changes and their Impact on Oregon's Political Future

• Lessons Learned Combatting COVID in the mid-Willamette Valley

• The Oregon Remembrance Project: Remembering Alonzo Tucker

• Oregon Drought: Water History of the Klamath Basin
  

• OREGONIANS IN TRANSITION: Oregon’s Changing Demographics

2020-2021 Season

• Update on Oregon's Legislature: Halfway Through But Not Halfway Done

• Oregon's Newest Constitutional Officer:  Secretary of State Shemia Fagan

• A Deep Dive into the Willamette River

• The Secret's in the Soil

• The State of Higher Education, Dr. Stephen Thorsett, Willamette University President

• Salem’s Changing of the Guard: Police Chief Trevor Womack Takes Command

• Fresh Perspectives on a Very Different Legislative Session
  

• The Power of the People–Animal Bond
  

• Wildfire, Water and Salem: What’s Coming Downstream?

• Oregon Courts Front and Center: Providing Justice for All

• The Year 2020 in Fewer Words: Salem Area Poets Present Their Work and Inspiration

• A Postmortem on the 2020 Election: What Happened?

• Campaign Finance, Oregon Measure 107
  

• Candidates for Oregon Senate District 10 / Candidates for Marion County Commissioner, Position 3

• AT STAKE IN NOVEMBER: Commentary on Measures and Candidates on the Oregon Ballot

2019-2020 Season

• OUTVOTED AND IGNORED? Rural Perspectives on Oregon's Rural/Urban Divide
• COVANTA MARION: It Seemed a Good Idea at Time
• GUN VIOLENCE: A Public Health Crisis
• Impressions and Perspectives from Your New City of Salem CFO
• On Stage: Salem's Vibrant Theater Community
• It's Complicated: The Politics of Oregon's Rural-Urban Divide
• Charging Ahead: Is Oregon Ready for Electric Vehicles?
• Oregon's Bee Project: What's the Buzz All About?
• 4 Days in Clint: Conditions in a Texas Migrant Child Detention Center
• WILDFIRE: A Hot Topic in the Midst of Climate Change

2018-2019 Season

• Water, Water Everywhere, but Is It Safe to Drink?
• The Oregon Legislature Through the Eyes of Journalists
• The Stewardship of Plastic: Through Manufacture and Consumption
• The Crucial Role of the Arts in Our Community
• Oregon Demographic Trends and the 2020 Census
• Can Oregon Have Its Hydropower and Eat Salmon, Too?
• Oregon Youth: Crisis in Mental Health
• Glaciers: What Are They? Where Are They? Where Are They Going? Why It Matters
• When It Comes to Taxes, Things Really Do Look Different in Oregon 
• Evidence Based Medicine: Weighing the Evidence for Effective Health Care
• Reflections on Pearl Harbor Day: Finding Positive Community Stories in the Wake of National Tragedy
• The Opioid Epidemic: How We Got Here and the Way Forward (part two of three)
• Patterns and Meanings of the 2018 National, Oregon and Mid-Valley Election 
• A Debate of Ballot Measure 105: Should We Throw Out Oregon's 31-Year-Old Sanctuary Law?
• A Debate of Ballot Measure 104: Should We Limit the Power of Majorities to Raise State Revenue?
• Congressman Kurt Schrader, Mark Callahan and Marvin Sandnes Featured in SCC Forum
• Political Analyst Jim Moore "Reads the Tea Leaves"

2017-2018 Season

• Commercial Air Service
• Sense and Nonsense in Contemporary Discussions of Medicare
• Oregon VS Washington D.C.
• Gerrymandering: Redistricting Battles in Oregon
• What's Up with Recycling?
• Shall We OK $619 Million for Local School Facilities?
• Criminal Justice Reform in Oregon: Working to Ensure Justice for All
• Due to an error our March 9 e-bulletin is not available. 
• The Electoral College: Should it Stay or Should it Go?
  
• Soccer in Salem: The Multi-Dimensional Impact of the Beautiful Game
  
• Putting a Price on Oregon's Carbon Emissions (Cap and Trade): Is Now the Time?
• State Health Provider Tax to Help Fund Healthcare?
  
• Salem Keizer Music: Building Community Values
• Transportation Package: What's it Mean to Oregon? What's it Mean to Salem?
• The Equifax Data breach: Ignore at YOUR Own Risk and Possible Peril
  
• The Past, Present, and Future of Robotics: A Look at the Utilization of Robotics in the Valley and Beyond
• America's Opiate Epidemic: Law Enforcement Efforts to Address the Crisis 
  
• Shall We Vote for the 18.6 Million Dollar Library Bond?
• Oregon's Financial Situation: Where we are and where we are going
  
• 50 Times Three: 150 Years of Civic Service
  

2016-2017 Season

• Oregon's Financial Dilemma: Current Inside Perspective
• Child Welfare: Global to Local
• Pot Revisited
• Housing and School: Programs Actively Working to Help the Homeless 
• A Profile of Salem's Homeless Population and Our Unique Challenges
• Editing Your Newsfeed: Facts, Alternative Facts, Propaganda and Just Plain BS
• A New Path in Salem-Keizer Secondary Education
• There's Somebody New in the Neighborhood, a personal look at Refugee Resettlement in OR & the Salem Community 
• D.B. Cooper & the Expoding Whale: Folk Heroes of the Northwest
• Policy and Impact: Healthcare Reform in Oregon
• How has Oregon's unique motor voter law affected the general election?
• A Postmortem on the 2016 Elections: What Happened?
• Secretary of State Candidate Forum
• Fifth Congressional District Candidate Forum
• A Debate on the Police Facility
• 1966-2016: Medicare at 50 and Its Future
• A Debate: What Will Measure 97 Really Do?

2015-2016 Season

• Privacy (or Not) in a Digital Age, May 26, 2016
• Who is Watching Over Oregon's Forests, May 20, 2016
• The Fine Art of City Management, May 6, 2016
• Influence in Design, April 22, 2016
• Mayoral Candidates Debate, April 8, 2016
• The Modern Lobbyist: Information, Insight and Influence, March 18, 2016
  
• The Social Determinants of our Health, March 9, 2016
• Environmental Threats to Oregon's Ocean and Coastal Ecosystem, March 4, 2016
• Higher Education in Transition, February 19, 2016
• Marion County: Justice Re-Investment for Public Safety and Public Good, February 5, 2016
• Understanding Oregon PERS, January 22, 2016
• The Trans-Pacific Partnership: A Look at the TPP Through an Oregon Lens, January 8, 2016
• From Speed Graphics to Drones...Photojournalist Ron Cooper Looks at 40 Years of Photography December 11, 2016
• The ABC's of Common Core, November 20. 2015
• When Cascadia Strikes: Do you really know what to do? November 6, 2015
• Agriculture Series: Part 3 Faces of Agriculture: Delivering the Fruits of Their Labor, October 30, 2015
  
• Debate: A New Payroll Tax for Transit?, October 16, 2015
• China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power. by Rob Gifford, October 2, 2015
• Confronting Drought and Water Scarcity in Oregon, September 25, 2015

2014-2015 Season

• May 4, 2015
• April 13, 2015
• March 30, 2015
• March 16, 2015
• March 2, 2015
• February 16, 2015
• February 2, 2015
• January 12, 2015
• December 29, 2014
• December 1, 2014
• November 10, 2014
• October 27, 2014
• October 13, 2014
• September 29, 2014
• September 15, 2014
• September 1, 2014
• August 19, 2014
• July 2, 2014

2013-2014 Season

• April 21, 2014
• April 7, 2014
• March 24, 2014
• March 10, 2014
• February 24, 2014
• February 10, 2014
• January 28, 2014
• January 13, 2014
• December 30, 2013
• November 25, 2013
• November 11, 2013
• October 28, 2013
• October 14, 2013
• September 30, 2013
• September 16, 2013
• September 3, 2013
• August 20, 2013

2012-2013 Season

• June 28, 2013
• May 6, 2013
• April 22, 2013
• April 8, 2013
• March 25, 2013
• March 11, 2013
• February 25, 2013
• February 11, 2013
• January 28, 2013
• December 26, 2012
• December 3, 2012
• November 19, 2012
• October 29, 2012
• October 8, 2012
• October 1, 2012
• September 17, 2012
• August 27, 2012
• July 31, 2012

2011-2012 Season

• May 29, 2012
  
• May 7, 2012
• April 23, 2012
• April 9, 2012
• March 26, 2012
• March 5, 2012
• February 20, 2012
• February 6, 2012
• January 23, 2012
• January 9, 2012
• December 27, 2011
• November 28, 2011
• November 7, 2011
• October 24, 2011
• October 10, 2011
• September 26, 2011
• September 12, 2011
• August 17th, 2011

2010-2011 Season

• May 24th, 2011
• May 11th, 2011
• April 25th, 2011
• April 11th, 2011
• April 1st, 2011
• March 8th, 2011
• February 23rd, 2011
• February 7th, 2011
• January 24th, 2011
• January 10th, 2011