Your Newsletter for November 2022
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IDA-Oregon Wraps Up a Busy Fall Season
Danielle Thompson
November 2022
Message from our President
As I reflect on the Fall season, I have many reasons to be thankful for our IDA community. From our members to our mission partners, I am grateful for the collective work we are doing around dyslexia awareness, structured literacy, and empowerment.

The season culminated with two invigorating in-person excursions to represent Oregon and connect with our greater community.

In San Antonio at the IDA-Conference, I was joined by our Vice President Jared Blank, as well as our six scholarship recipients. Together with colleagues from across the globe, we embarked on three days of deep learning on dyslexia, structured literacy, and empowerment. #UntilEveryoneCanRead

In San Francisco I had the pleasure to attend the opening of the Dyslexic Dictionary Exhibition. On display now through December 22nd, the exhibit highlights a vibrant diversity of dyslexic talent across mediums in an effort to lead a paradigm shift in the way society understands learning differences. Students from our area contributed to the exhibit as Dyslexic Dictionary Global Ambassadors.

Warm Thanksgiving wishes to you and yours!

With Gratitude,

Danielle Thompson
President, IDA-Oregon
Virtual Annual Membership Meeting for 2022
Dr. Lucy Hart Paulson will share informal remarks at our Annual Meeting. We are delighted to announce that Dr. Paulson will be the speaker at our 2023 Spring Symposium.
Success and Inspiration at the National IDA Conference in Texas
Cherida Collins Smith Scholarship Recipients
Our 2022 scholarship winners hailed from across Oregon and SW Washington. It was an honor to meet them and hear of their work with students in a variety of challenging settings. Thank you for your dedication and desire to create a bright future for your students!
Jared Blank
Speaker and Author
Our IDA-Oregon Vice President, Jared Blank presented on Dyslexia and Sport. He also hosted two book signings in the Exhibit Hall and celebrated the launch of his new companion workbook!
100% of the proceeds of Jared's book, Running The Distance go back to The International Dyslexia Association.


Local Students Featured at San Francisco Art Exhibit
The Dyslexic Dictionary Exhibition illuminates the dyslexic experience of language in powerfully graphical terms.
Nine artists across the globe with dyslexia were commissioned to produce a creative response to a book, word, poem, quote, article or even a single letter that highlights how their minds experience language.

Students from California to Ghana were also invited to join the exhibit and asked to choose a word that represents their dyslexia, then communicate what that word means to them on the back of a 9-by-6-inch postcard.
Here are a few examples of the many Oregon and SW Washington young artists participating in the Dyslexic Dictionary Exhibition.
Thank you to Executive Producer, Gil Gershoni, Curator Tamsin Smith and students!
Dyslexia Dash '22
TEAM IDA-OREGON participated in the 2022 Dyslexia Dash 5k Virtual Race.

Raising awareness, raising funds for dyslexia student scholarships, teacher training, and having fun!
Our beautiful Fall weather didn't hurt!
IDA Oregon friends strolling their 5k in Portland. All IDA-Oregon team members competed virtually and posted results online.
Each person was completing the 5k their own way!