Partnerships
Featured Partners
Partnerships play a vital role in bringing this nationwide commemoration to life. Stay tuned as we build an expanding network of organizations, businesses, and community groups and learn how you can get involved.
Civics Learning Project
Civics Learning Project is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to strengthening democracy by teaching democracy. Working closely with educators and community leaders, they develop hands-on lessons, programs, and experiences that make civics tangible and relevant for students across Oregon.
KPTV Fox 12 Presents America 250 NW
FOX 12 is proud to team up with America 250 Oregon to spark awareness, excitement, and engage the community in this once-in-a-generation commemoration. Through this special partnership, FOX 12 is shining a spotlight on our region’s rich and diverse history — amplifying the stories, voices, and moments that have helped define our state and nation.
To see these stories tune into Good Day Oregon at 7am, the 6 O’clock News and the 10 O’clock News every Tuesday on FOX 12 Oregon. You can also see “This Day in History” facts every day on FOX 12 Oregon starting at 6am. Catch recent segments online, including this story on The Yasui Family: An American Story.
Oregon Historical Quarterly “Histories for the Future” Special Issue
The Oregon Historical Quarterly (OHQ) is a peer-reviewed, public history journal that has been published continuously since 1900 by the Oregon Historical Society. OHQ inspires curiosity and advances knowledge about the past by offering readers historical context and analysis that integrates examinations of race, class, and gender, and that recognizes and honors Indigenous relationships to place. It is one of the largest state historical society journals in the United States and is a recognized and respected source for the history of the Pacific Northwest.
In the Summer 2026 special issue, “Histories for the Future,” authors explore Oregon perspectives on the U.S. Semiquincentennial, including themes of safety and community resistance, challenging American exceptionalism in the classroom, recovering Western Oregon Tribal History, personal reflections on Oregon’s pioneers, and elk’s part in the making of an American Oregon.
Oregon History Day
Oregon History Day, the statewide affiliate of the National History Day® program organized by the Oregon Historical Society, is a student-directed, project-based, interdisciplinary learning program. Creating projects inspired by an annual theme, young historians in grades 6–12 choose topics to explore, conduct historical research, practice critical thinking skills, and analyze primary and secondary sources while considering diverse viewpoints.
This year, students have created projects in five categories — documentary, exhibit, paper, performance, and website — focused on the theme Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History, which ties into the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Oregon Humanities
Oregon Humanities is an independent, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Established in 1971 (then known as the Oregon Council for the Humanities), it is one of five statewide partners of the Oregon Cultural Trust. Its mission is to connect people and communities through conversations, storytelling, and participatory programs to inspire understanding and collaborative change. Oregon Humanities publishes Oregon Humanities magazine, supports grants and fellowships, and offers training and public discussions statewide.
For their Beyond 250 planning, please visit oregonhumanities.org.