Learn more about what we do. Watch this video for an introduction to RACETALKS.
The Color of Fear – Part 2
Join us for a panel discussion October 2019:
the color of fear
part 2 of a four part series
race through eight men’s eyes
Summary: The Color of Fear (Part 2) is an insightful, groundbreaking film about the state of race relations in America as seen through the eyes of eight North American men of Asian, European, Latino and African descent. Eight North American men, two African American, two Latinos, two Asian American and two Caucasian were gathered by director Lee Mun Wah, for a dialogue about the state of race relations in America as seen through their lived experience.
- the color of fear – part III: walking each other home >> tuesday, nov 12
- the color of fear – part IIII: what it’s like to be gay >> tuesday, jan 14
October 8, 2019
5736 NE 33rd Ave., Portland | Phone: 503-249-3983
Doors open at 6pm
Newcomers Welcome: 6:45pm
Program: 6:45pm – 9:15pm
Free | Minor with parent or guardian
RACE TALKS is a free series co-sponsored by Donna Maxey (Founder/Director of RACE TALKS), World Arts Foundation, Resolutions Northwest, and McMenamins.
Spread the word. Please forward this information to any group, business, school, class, and individual you feel might be interested. Contact us if you have questions or suggestions about the upcoming program or the series in general.
NEXT MONTH’S RACE TALKS:
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
“THE COLOR OF FEAR” Part 3: Walking Each Other Home
Summary: The Color of Fear (Part 3) continues the insightful discussion, as seen through the eyes of eight North American men of African, Asian, European and Latinx descent. Gathered by director Lee Mun Wah for a dialogue about the state of race relations in America as seen through their eyes, feel the energy of the reality of racism and the eventual understanding.
No program in December.
Next Year’s RACE TALKS Program:
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
“THE COLOR OF FEAR” Part 4: What It’s Like To Be Gay
Contact us if you have questions or suggestions about the upcoming program or the series in general.
The Color of Fear – Part 1
Join us for a panel discussion September 2019:
the color of fear – part I
race through eight men’s eyes
Join us for a screening of Part 1 of The Color of Fear, an insightful, groundbreaking film about the state of race relations in America as seen through the eyes of eight North American men of Asian, European, Latinx, and African descent. In a series of intelligent, emotional and dramatic discussions, the men reveal the pain and scars that racism has caused them. What emerges is a deeper sense of understanding and trust. RACE TALKS will explore this 3-part series September – November.
- the color of fear – part II: walking each other home >> tuesday, nov 12
- the color of fear – part III: what it’s like to be gay >> tuesday, jan 14
beginning Tuesday, September 10, 2019
(concluding October 8, 2019)
5736 NE 33rd Ave., Portland | Phone: 503-249-3983
Doors open at 6pm
Newcomers Welcome: 6:45pm
Program: 6:45pm – 9:15pm
Free | Minor with parent or guardian
RACE TALKS is a free series co-sponsored by Donna Maxey (Founder/Director of RACE TALKS), World Arts Foundation, Resolutions Northwest, and McMenamins.
Spread the word. Please forward this information to any group, business, school, class, and individual you feel might be interested. Contact us if you have questions or suggestions about the upcoming program or the series in general.
NEXT MONTH’S RACE TALKS:
To be announced
Contact us if you have questions or suggestions about the upcoming program or the series in general.
Teaching Children to Courageously Navigate Equity
Join us for a panel discussion August 2019:
Teaching Children to Courageously Navigate Equity
All children should have access to positive early learning experiences that will set them up for long-term success and wellness. Join us to learn how local educators prepare their students to courageously explore the intersectionality of race, “the system”, schooling and each other. This is done in an effort to help close opportunity gaps and ensure that all children—regardless of race, ethnicity language of origin, income or ability—are set up to reach their full potential.
SPEAKERS:
- Tiffany Penson, Moderator, Portland Community College Board
- Paula Dennis, Elementary Activist Teacher
- Renee Mitchell, High School Activist Teacher
Below are links to two articles about Paula’s classroom/community activities:
Below are links to Renee’s work:
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
5736 NE 33rd Ave., Portland | Phone: 503-249-3983
Doors open at 6pm
Newcomers Welcome: 6:45pm
Program: 6:45pm – 9:15pm
Free | Minor with parent or guardian
RACE TALKS is a free series co-sponsored by Donna Maxey (Founder/Director of RACE TALKS), World Arts Foundation, Resolutions Northwest, and McMenamins.
Spread the word. Please forward this information to any group, business, school, class, and individual you feel might be interested. Contact us if you have questions or suggestions about the upcoming program or the series in general.
NEXT MONTH’S RACE TALKS:
September 10th, 2019
Do Black Lives Really Matter?
Contact us if you have questions or suggestions about the upcoming program or the series in general.
DACA, Licenses & the Wall
Join us for a panel discussion July 2019:
DACA, Licenses & the Wall
With Indigenous Americans now accounting for only two percent of the total population, the U.S. is truly a nation of immigrants. Since 1886, the iconic Statue of Liberty has stood as a symbol of mass immigration to our shores. A plaque at Lady Liberty’s base bears the following: “With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.”
Under the current U.S. administration, immigrants of Latin, Asian and African descent are being met with unprecedented legal action against their tired, poor, huddled masses yearning to breathe free. Join local Latin, Asian and African activists for a panel focusing on how DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), licenses and the wall are obstacles to their assimilation as Americans.
Panel moderated by:
Chanpone Sinlapasai-Okamura; Chair, OR Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs
Panel:
- Linda Castillo; Chair, OR Commission on Hispanic Affairs
- Djimet Dogo; Assistant Director, IRCO Africa House
- Luis Garcia; Portland nurse, former ICE detainee
- Representative from CAUSA, Oregon’s Immigrant Rights Org.
Tuesday, July 9, 2019
5736 NE 33rd Ave., Portland | Phone: 503-249-3983
Doors open at 6pm
Newcomers Welcome: 6:45pm
Program: 6:45pm – 9:15pm
Free | Minor with parent or guardian
RACE TALKS is a free series co-sponsored by Donna Maxey (Founder/Director of RACE TALKS), World Arts Foundation, Resolutions Northwest, and McMenamins.
Spread the word. Please forward this information to any group, business, school, class, and individual you feel might be interested. Contact us if you have questions or suggestions about the upcoming program or the series in general.
NEXT MONTH’S RACE TALKS:
August 13th: Implications of Race and Water
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Save the Dates for these RACE TALKS forums
The Effects of Racism on Mental Health
Join us for a panel discussion June 2019:
The Effects of Racism on Mental Health
What effects do racist incidences have on the short-term and long-term mental and physical well-being of targeted groups? Join us as we screen the segment “Place Matters” from the 2008 PBS series Unnatural Causes followed by a discussion with Shea A. Lott, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, OHSU School of Medicine.
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
5736 NE 33rd Ave., Portland | Phone: 503-249-3983
Doors open at 6pm
Newcomers Welcome: 6:45pm
Program: 6:45pm – 9:15pm
Free | Minor with parent or guardian
RACE TALKS is a free series co-sponsored by Donna Maxey (Founder/Director of RACE TALKS), World Arts Foundation, Resolutions Northwest, and McMenamins.
Spread the word. Please forward this information to any group, business, school, class, and individual you feel might be interested. Contact us if you have questions or suggestions about the upcoming program or the series in general.
NEXT MONTH’S RACE TALKS:
TBA
Contact us if you have questions or suggestions about the upcoming program or the series in general.
New RACE TALKS Videos
RACE TALKS videos now online
Videos are now available to watch and share from all RACE TALKS events in 2019 from January – May. Watch now.
Contact us if you have questions or suggestions about the upcoming program or the series in general.
Overt Racism During Black History Month
Join us for a panel discussion May 2019:
COINCIDENTAL or INTENTIONAL in 2019? Overt Racism During Black History Month
February 2019 was Black History Month. With it came a barrage of racially inflammatory incidences including:
- Major fashion houses highlighting “Black face” caricatures on their fashions at runway shows; mail order “Black face” shoes from a pop recording idol; “Black face” dolls in window displays on 5th Avenue in New York City
- A well known actor proclaiming wanting to exact justice against any random Black person in retaliation for a Black on White crime perpetrated against his friend
- Uniformed Marine corps members in “Black face”video on social media
- A high school wrestler forced to cut off dreadlocks or be responsible for his school being eliminated from the match
- Shopping #WhileBlack; Selling lemonade/water #WhileBlack; Lawyering #WhileBlack
- The list goes on and on…
Are these coincidental or intentionally triggering acts? What trends are surfacing in the public today as Black African Americans are being reported to the police for carrying out everyday activities “#WhileBlack”. Hear experts talk about the trend of overt action taking place in our society today toward People of Color and what are its implications and ramifications for the future. View examples of racism on the attached list, and decide for yourself whether these are COINCIDENTAL OR INTENTIONAL.
SPEAKERS:
Dr. James Mason, former Chief Diversity Officer, Providence Hospital
Jeff Selby, President, AIW Creative: Marketing, Communications & Consulting
Britton Taylor, Executive, Weiden & Kennedy Advertising Agency
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
5736 NE 33rd Ave., Portland | Phone: 503-249-3983
Doors open at 6pm
Newcomers Welcome: 6:45pm
Program: 6:45pm – 9:15pm
Free | Minor with parent or guardian
RACE TALKS is a free series co-sponsored by Donna Maxey (Founder/Director of RACE TALKS), World Arts Foundation, Resolutions Northwest, and McMenamins.
Spread the word. Please forward this information to any group, business, school, class, and individual you feel might be interested. Contact us if you have questions or suggestions about the upcoming program or the series in general.
NEXT MONTH’S RACE TALKS:
Higher rates of gun deaths, incarceration, educational disadvantages, poor health, healthcare disparaties, unemployment, shorter term of employment are but a few of the many issues that effect People of Color, POC, in America. These issues coupled with the systemic racism in the United States cause POC to have higher rates of mental and physical health issues, but few studies are normed on POC that delineate these disparaties or provide support systems geared to support POC. Hear African American, Asian, Latinx and Native American mental health experts discuss the issues effecting their respective communities; what they all have in common; and solutions to this rising crisis in America.
We look forward to you joining us. Bring a friend!
Contact us if you have questions or suggestions about the upcoming program or the series in general.
Houseless in Portlandia
Join us for a panel discussion April 2019:
HOUSELESS IN PORTLANDIA
Late in 2018, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development presented its annual report on homelessness to Congress. Oregon ranks near the top of states in terms of the percentage of its homeless/houseless population that are living “unsheltered,” i.e. on the streets, in vehicles, parks or other places not designated for humans to sleep. According to the report, Black Americans continue to be disproportionately affected by houselessness. African Americans only account for 13% of the U.S. population, yet they represent 40% of all people experiencing houselessness, and 51% of the houseless who have children. Join us as some of Oregon’ top advocates for the houseless share the story behind the statistics and their efforts to stop houselessness while giving its victims dignity.
SPEAKERS:
Ibrahim Mubarak, Executive Director, RIGHT 2 SURVIVE
LaQuida Landford, Community Housing Advocate
Adam Carpinelli, Board Member, RIGHT 2 SURVIVE
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
5736 NE 33rd Ave., Portland | Phone: 503-249-3983
Doors open at 6pm
Newcomers Welcome: 6:45pm
Program: 6:45pm – 9:15pm
Free | Minor with parent or guardian
RACE TALKS is a free series co-sponsored by Donna Maxey (Founder/Director of RACE TALKS), World Arts Foundation, Resolutions Northwest, and McMenamins.
Spread the word. Please forward this information to any group, business, school, class, and individual you feel might be interested. Contact us if you have questions or suggestions about the upcoming program or the series in general.
NEXT MONTH’S RACE TALKS:
COINCIDENTAL or INTENTIONAL? Overt Racism During Black History Month
February 2019 was Black History Month. With it came a barrage of racially inflammatory incidences including:
- Major fashion houses highlighting “Black face” caricatures on their fashions at runway shows; mail order “Black face” shoes from a pop recording idol; “Black face” dolls in window displays on 5th Avenue in New York City
- A well known actor proclaiming wanting to exact justice against any random Black person in retaliation for a Black on White crime perpetrated against his friend
- Uniformed Marine corps members in “Black face”video on social media
- A high school wrestler forced to cut off dreadlocks or be responsible for his school being eliminated from the match
- Shopping #WhileBlack; Selling lemonade/water #WhileBlack; Lawyering #WhileBlack
- The list goes on and on…
Are these coincidental or intentionally triggering acts? What trends are surfacing in the public today as Black African Americans are being reported to the police for carrying out everyday activities “#WhileBlack”. Hear experts talk about the trend of overt action taking place in our society today toward People of Color and what are its implications and ramifications for the future.
SPEAKERS:
Dr. James Mason, former Chief Diversity Officer, Providence Hospital
Jeff Selby, Communications Manager, City of Portland Office of Equity and Human Rights
We look forward to you joining us. Bring a friend!
Contact us if you have questions or suggestions about the upcoming program or the series in general.