Wayne Morse Center

Stay tuned for information on our
2025-2027 Theme of Inquiry

Common Ground:
Cities, Towns, and Counties Confronting Shared Challenges

Upcoming Wayne Morse Center Events

(Please check back later for information about the Center's upcoming theme of inquiry and additional events.)

Monday, October 20th, 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Celebrate Wayne Morse's 125th birthday!
Watch OPB's Oregon Experience - Wayne Morse (run time 27 minutes).
There will be cake!
Knight Law Center 175, 1515 Agate St, Eugene

Wednesday, October 22nd, 12:00 – 1:20 pm
Borders and Belonging: Toward a Fair Immigration Policy,
featuring Hiroshi Motomura (UCLA Law)
Knight Law Center 175, 1515 Agate St, Eugene, and via livestream.
Part of the Wayne Morse Center’s 2025-27 theme of inquiry Common Ground:
Cities, Towns, and Counties Confronting Shared Challenges.

Thursday, November 6th, 6:30 – 8:00 pm
Housing Solutions for Oregon's Rural Communities, a panel discussion including:

Rebecca Lewis, associate professor, UO School of Planning, Public Policy and Management; director, Institute for Policy Research and Engagement
Ben Clark, professor and director of UO School of Planning, Public Policy and Management; director of the Policy Lab

Knight Law Center 110, 1515 Agate St, Eugene, and via livestream.

Part of the Wayne Morse Center’s 2025-27 theme of inquiry Common Ground:
Cities, Towns, and Counties Confronting Shared Challenges
Cosponsored by the UO School of Planning, Public Policy and Management

Wednesday, November 19th, 6:30 – 8:00 pm
2025-26 Margaret Hallock Lecture
Access: Inside the Abortion Underground and the Sixty-Year Battle for Reproductive Freedom,
featuring Rebecca Grant, freelance journalist and author
Ford Alumni Center, Giustina Ballroom, 1720 E 13th Ave, Eugene, and via livestream.

Wednesday, April 8th, 5:00 – 6:30 pm
Annual Wayne Morse Chair Address, featuring Julián Castro, 2025-26 Wayne Morse Chair of Law and Politics, Housing and Urban Development Secretary
in the Obama administration, former Mayor of San Antonio, and 2020 Democratic Presidential candidate
Erb Memorial Union (EMU) Ballroom, 1395 University St, Eugene
Livestream link TBA.
Part of the Wayne Morse Center’s 2025-27 theme of inquiry Common Ground:
Cities, Towns, and Counties Confronting Shared Challenges.

Monday, May 11th, 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Rural Versus Urban: Repairing the Divide,
featuring Trevor Brown (Cornell)
More details TBA.
Part of the Wayne Morse Center’s 2025-27 theme of inquiry Common Ground:
Cities, Towns, and Counties Confronting Shared Challenges.

Videos of recent events

Can Non Profit Organizations do Political and Policy Advocacy? Featuring Mark Sidel

Finding Hope in Dark Times For Democracy, with Frances Moore Lappé

View more videos on our YouTube channel

The inaugural Rep. Peter DeFazio Annual Lecture was a major success, as the evening of April 10, 2025, saw more than 400 members of the University of Oregon and Eugene communities converge at the William W. Knight Law Center to hear award-winning journalist E.J. Dionne, Jr. speak.

Oregon Law 3L Clark Barlowe came to University of Oregon with an interest in American Indian Law, and thanks to a Wayne Morse Law Fellowship, he spent the summer getting real-world experience in the field with the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon.

Eugene Friends of Farm Workers received a Wayne Morse Center Project grant to promote and host two events at the Lane County Fairgrounds on October 10, 2024.