Petals and Thorns: Spoken Word as Activism
McMenamins Kennedy School Gym 5736 NE 33rd Avenue, Portland, OR, United StatesLa Toya A. Hampton, MSW artistically known as The Poet Lady Rose brings her film Petals and Thorns: A Spoken Word Journey to the Race Talks community, using it as the basis for discussion of how writing and spoken word has a role in both empowering and being the voice of unheard and underserved populations, ... Petals and Thorns: Spoken Word as Activism
Racism + Colorism: A conversation with Artists
McMenamins Kennedy School Gym 5736 NE 33rd Avenue, Portland, OR, United StatesJoin Exit the Maze and Race Talks for an evening filled with poetry, art and conversations about Racism and Colorism. Featured Artists include Cole Reed, Mr. Bobby, Raven, Beloved and Alice Price with Poets, Shiloh Day and Malyk Mitchell. coleREED (Exit the Maze Founder) and Dr. Shaina Pomerantz (RACE TALKS Executive Director) discuss art, racism ... Racism + Colorism: A conversation with Artists
History Pub – Stewart Udall and the Politics of Beauty
McMenamins Kennedy School Theater 5736 NE 33rd Ave, Portland, OR, United StatesDocumentary Film Screening and Panel Discussion Stewart Udall was the Secretary of the Interior from 1961-1969 during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. He led the way for the most important environmental legislation in US history and spearheaded the expansion of the national park system and wildlife refuges. Udall was a fierce advocate for racial justice, ... History Pub – Stewart Udall and the Politics of Beauty
The Swimmers
McMenamins Kennedy School Theater 5736 NE 33rd Ave, Portland, OR, United StatesThe Swimmers is based on the true story of two sisters fleeing war-torn Syria. Guided discussion after the film, acknowledging April is Arab-American History Month and Sexual Assault Prevention Month. This film is PG-13 and includes some scenes of violence and SA. Minors under 18 with parent or guardian. 5:30pm Doors 6:15pm Newcomer Welcome 6:30pm ... The Swimmers
We Are UnBecoming: Radically redesigning personal transformation work in service of collective liberation
Personal transformation work is powerful, healing, creative work. And… Conventional modalities of personal transformation work – life coaching, wellness, leadership – often perpetuate white dominant culture practices of hyper-individualism, spiritual bypassing, toxic positivity, the myth of linear progress, and extractive capitalist definitions of success. We are here to dismantle, not replicate this. In this workshop ... We Are UnBecoming: Radically redesigning personal transformation work in service of collective liberation
The Living Icons Series
Announcing the Second Night of the LIVING ICONS Series WHEN: May 9th, Doors at 6:00 PM, Program at 7:00 PM WHERE: McMenamins Kennedy School Gym 5736 NE 33rd Ave Living Icons: SHIRLEY NANETTE & LARHONDA STEELE Host: Blacque Butterfly This year, we are celebrating local LIVING ICONS: Portlanders who have made significant contributions to racial ... The Living Icons Series
Enter The Dragon
In celebration of Asian Heritage Month, join us for Bruce Lee's groundbreaking film which shattered stereotypes and kicked down the door for more Asian representation in Hollywood. Guided discussion after the movie. Their deadly mission: to crack the forbidden island of Han. Lee is a martial artist recruited by an intelligence agency to investigate a ... Enter The Dragon
Black as U R
McMenamins Kennedy School Theater 5736 NE 33rd Ave, Portland, OR, United StatesTuesday, June 13th, doors 6p, film 7p, with panel discussion to follow Join RACE TALKS and Portland Drag icon Poison Waters for a screening and discussion of Micheal Rice's award-winning film BLACK AS U R: Confronting the Pain & Beauty of Black Queer Life. Do all black lives matter, or only heterosexual black lives? This is ... Black as U R
The History of Black Drag in Portland: An Evening of Conversation & Performance
McMenamins Kennedy School Theater 5736 NE 33rd Ave, Portland, OR, United StatesBIPOC NIGHT Doors at 6:00 PM, Program at 6:45 PM Learn more about the Intersectionality between Pride and Juneteenth on our BLACK DRAG PDX event page. TICKET INFO Community Supported Tickets are available upon request for anyone who identifies as Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), LGBTQIA2S+, as well as students and seniors (65+). STEP ... The History of Black Drag in Portland: An Evening of Conversation & Performance
The History of Black Drag in Portland: An Evening of Conversation & Performance
McMenamins Kennedy School Theater 5736 NE 33rd Ave, Portland, OR, United StatesALL COMMUNITY Doors at 6:00 PM, Program at 6:45 PM Learn more about the Intersectionality between Pride and Juneteenth on our BLACK DRAG PDX event page. TICKET INFO Community Supported Tickets are available upon request for anyone who identifies as Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), LGBTQIA2S+, as well as students and seniors (65+). STEP ... The History of Black Drag in Portland: An Evening of Conversation & Performance
Black Oregon Natives and Transplants Dinner (UNCUT)
The discourse around Black native Oregonians and transplants is often tense, evoking a history of anti-Black exclusion laws and gentrification, and the frustrations that arise in a small community where everyone knows each other. Are these tensions grounded in reality? Bruce Poinsette brings a group of Black lifelong Oregonians and transplants to the table to ... Black Oregon Natives and Transplants Dinner (UNCUT)
The Day of the Gun
McMenamins Kennedy School Theater 5736 NE 33rd Ave, Portland, OR, United StatesJoin us for RACE TALKS Movies + Conversations on August 8th to commemorate Black August, an annual event that highlights political prisoners. The Day of the Gun documentary revisits the events leading up to the death of George Jackson in 1971, an incarcerated leader of Black liberation in the 1960s-70s. Featured community host Amber Boydston ... The Day of the Gun