Raiskin, Long win Oregon Heritage Excellence Award

Raiskin, Long win Oregon Heritage Excellence Award

CSWS affiliate Judith Raiskin, associate professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies, and UO Libraries special collections librarian Linda Long have received the 2021 Oregon Heritage Excellence Award for the Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project. The oral history project documents and preserves the contributions of the Eugene lesbian community to Oregon’s enduring cultural, political, and social innovations.

Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards recognize action taken to preserve and share Oregon’s heritage over and above the call of duty.

“The award recipients represent individuals, organizations, and projects that serve as inspiration and models for preserving Oregon’s stories,” said Katie Henry, coordinator for the Oregon Heritage Commission. “This year has been especially tough for everyone, including Oregon’s heritage organizations, and being able to celebrate these heritage wins is critical as we hopefully move towards recovery.”

Awards are a project of Oregon Heritage, part of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. This year’s awards were presented in conjunction with the Oregon Heritage Summit, held on April 29. During the virtual Summit, videos of the award-winning projects were debuted. The Lesbian Oral History Project video can be accessed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb8ZkV8TWA0.