{"id":45068,"date":"2026-04-29T12:49:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/?p=45068"},"modified":"2026-04-29T13:06:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T20:06:26","slug":"may-5-event-brenda-brainard-guest-speaker-for-missing-murdered-indigenous-persons-awareness-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/events\/may-5-event-brenda-brainard-guest-speaker-for-missing-murdered-indigenous-persons-awareness-day\/","title":{"rendered":"May 5 Event: Brenda Brainard, Guest Speaker for Missing &#038; Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PCC Library is honored to welcome guest speaker Brenda Brainard on May 5, 2026, in recognition of Missing &amp; Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Awareness Day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brenda Brainard (Miluk Coos) is an attorney specializing in Indian Law, with a focus on constitutional law, enrollment, jurisdiction, education, and elections. Early in her career, she played a key role in the restoration of federal recognition for her Tribe. She also served for 30 years as Director of the Indian Education Program Consortium, supporting nine school districts in Lane County.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to her legal work, Brenda is a traditional weaver, storyteller, and dancer, and a dedicated advocate for MMIP awareness and legal change.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Join us on May 5 from 12\u20131 PM in the Cascade Library. You can also <a href=\"http:\/\/portlandcc.zoom.us\/j\/94133221707\">attend this event via Zoom using this link <\/a>\u00a0(Zoom link also available via the QR code with this post). <\/strong>The event will be followed by snacks and time for community.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-45070 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Guest-Speaker-NN-240x300.png\" alt=\"May 5, 2026, Guest Speaker event with Brenda Brainard at Cascade Library in person or on Zoom http:\/\/portlandcc.zoom.us\/j\/94133221707\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Guest-Speaker-NN-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Guest-Speaker-NN-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Guest-Speaker-NN-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Guest-Speaker-NN-200x250.png 200w, https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Guest-Speaker-NN-320x400.png 320w, https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Guest-Speaker-NN.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest speaker Brenda Brainard will be at Cascade Library on May 5, 2026, 12pm-1pm, in recognition of Missing &#038; Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Awareness Day. Join us in-person or via Zoom (click through for more information and the Zoom link).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":45069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45068"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45082,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45068\/revisions\/45082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}