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SUMMARY:Wet Island Day Party
DESCRIPTION:Honoring Ride the Wave Award Recipient Deandre Woods \nA percentage of the proceeds will go to Laced Up PDX \nPerformance by YABOYJDUB \nPrivate location must RSVP on Eventbrite.
URL:https://racetalkspdx.com/event/wet-island-day-party/
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SUMMARY:Beyond Black August: What Does It Mean To Be Free?
DESCRIPTION:In this follow up to our Black August forum\, we will engage in community discussion and explore what freedom looks like for each of us. \nHosted and facilitated by Amber Boydston of Spirited Justice\, we will debrief reactions to last month’s documentary\, “The Day of the Gun”\, which chronicled the life of George Jackson and how his death gave birth to Black August. Black August is the time of year when we honor\, commemorate and memorialize Black Liberation leaders and political prisoners who have been victims to the prison industrial system. \n  \nDoors: 6pm\nProgram: 6:45pm \nSuggested donation: $25 \nView on McMenamins website.\nView on Facebook. \nRACE TALKS is inviting you to a attend on Zoom. \nTopic: RACE TALKS September Forum: Beyond Black August: What Does It Mean to be Free?\nTime: Sep 12\, 2023 06:45 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86222028209?pwd=ODlNQmNKbnZDZzU1eVZPWFUxQVd5UT09 \nMeeting ID: 862 2202 8209\nPasscode: 091223 \n— \nOne tap mobile\n+12532158782\,\,86222028209#\,\,\,\,*091223# US (Tacoma)\n+13462487799\,\,86222028209#\,\,\,\,*091223# US (Houston) \n 
URL:https://racetalkspdx.com/event/beyond-black-august-what-does-it-mean-to-be-free/
LOCATION:McMenamins Kennedy School Gym\, 5736 NE 33rd Avenue\, Portland\, OR\, 97211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Calendar,Forums,RACE TALKS Event
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SUMMARY:THE BLIND SIDE
DESCRIPTION:5:30pm doors • 6:15pm intro 6:30pm movie – Q&A to follow\n$6 adults/$4 children 12 and under \n• Ticket includes personal size popcorn •\n2009 – PG-13 • Minor with guardian \nBased on the life of Michael Oher\, a Black teenager who\, in the movie\, was adopted by Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy\, a wealthy white couple in Tennessee. Michael Oher went on to become a Super Bowl-winning NFL football player famous for the film’s rags-to-riches story. \nRecent controversy over Oher’s real relationship with the Tuohy family alleges they never adopted him\, but instead made themselves conservators over his earnings\, and financially exploited Oher. \nWe will discuss how the film’s portrayal holds up today\, and how complicated issues of race\, privilege\, and white saviorism\, via adoption\, hit close to home through the Hart family tragedy of 2018.
URL:https://racetalkspdx.com/event/the-blind-side/
LOCATION:McMenamins Kennedy School Theater\, 5736 NE 33rd Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97211\, United States
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SUMMARY:RACE TALKS Holiday Market featuring BIPOC Women-owned Businesses
DESCRIPTION:Did you know that BIPOC women-owned businesses receive less than 1% of venture capital and Black women receive less than a quarter percent of that? Being intentional about eradicating institutional racism means being intentional about where and with whom we spend our money. \nKick off your holiday season by shopping with intent. Join RACE TALKS in November for a BIPOC Women-Owned Holiday Market. This will be an interactive shopping experience where we will shop\, snack\, and build community. The market features two dozen local BIPOC Women-owned business with products and services to purchase or pre-order. \nAll Donations from the event will be redistributed back to all vendors. Full vendor list below. \nTime: 6p Doors; 6:45 – 9:30p program/market. ALL AGES WELCOME. \nQuestions: Contact RACE TALKS: 971-361-9191 (text ok); info@racetalkspdx.com \nView on Facebook.
URL:https://racetalkspdx.com/event/race-talks-holiday-market-featuring-bipoc-women-owned-businesses/
LOCATION:McMenamins Kennedy School Gym\, 5736 NE 33rd Avenue\, Portland\, OR\, 97211\, United States
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SUMMARY:Community Thanksgiving Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Free Thanksgving Dinner!
URL:https://racetalkspdx.com/event/community-thanksgiving-dinner/
LOCATION:Norma Jean’s\, 4636 NE 42nd\, Portland\, United States
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SUMMARY:The 4th Annual History of Black Drag in Portland - A Juneteenth and Pride Celebration  An Evening of Conversation & Performance
DESCRIPTION:Doors: 6:30p / Showtime: 7p\nAll ages welcome – children 12 and under are free\nBIPOC & QTBIPOC eligible for community supported ticket – includes admission and meal voucher\nemail info@racetalkspdx.com to RSVP for community supported ticket.\n\nRACE TALKS: Uniting to Break the Chains of Racism\, McMenamins History Department\, Poison Waters and local Black drag queens\, and sponsoring community partners are teaming up for a third year to present The History of Black Drag in Portland\, an intersectional Pride and Juneteenth event that explores the history and contemporary experience of Black drag in Portland\, Oregon. \nThis one-night event features an all-star panel of local drag queens followed by fabulous drag performances. We began this special forum in an effort to hold space for BIPOC folx in Portland during Pride; and close the gap of miseducation and intolerance between our BIPOC and QTBIPOC communities. In our first year\, we emphasized QTBIPOC and BIPOC in-person attendance because there are few Pride events that are centered around Black and brown queer folx in Portland.  Given the positive feedback we received from the past two years\, and the heightened ignorance and attacks on the Black\, Trans\, and Drag communities throughout our country\, we are continuing this annual celebratory event. Join us! \n\nEvent Consultants & Co-Hosts:\nLawanda Jackson\nIsaiah Esquire\nPanelists:\nKrystal Lynn Benoit\nBruce the Drag King\nCruz Daniels\nFlawless Shade\nAqua Flora\nPerformers:\nLawanda Jackson\nIsaiah Esquire\nKrystal Lynn Benoit\nCruz Daniels\nFlawless Shade\nAqua Flora\nMona Chrome\nMore information about Event Consultants & Co-Hosts\, Panelists\, and Performers here.
URL:https://racetalkspdx.com/event/black-drag-pdx-2025/
LOCATION:McMenamins Kennedy School Theater\, 5736 NE 33rd Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97211\, United States
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SUMMARY:The 5th Annual History of Black Drag in Portland - A Juneteenth and Pride Celebration  An Evening of Conversation & Performance
DESCRIPTION:On the evening of Thursday\, June 18\, 2026\, we kickoff Juneteenth by igniting a city-wide Weekend of Black Cultural Joy. Join us for an evening of historical recovery and high-fidelity performance as we celebrate the resilience\, truth\, and talent that have shaped our community from Emancipation to the present.\n\nDoors: 6:30p / Showtime: 7p\nAll ages welcome – children 12 and under are free\nBIPOC & QTBIPOC eligible for community supported ticket – includes admission and meal voucher\nemail info@racetalkspdx.com to RSVP for community supported ticket.\n\nRACE TALKS: Uniting to Break the Chains of Racism – Portland\, Ore. \nThis one-night event features an all-star panel of local drag queens including fabulous drag performances\, candid discussion\, pre-and post show dancing with local DJs. We began this special forum in an effort to hold space for BIPOC folx in Portland during Pride; and close the gap of miseducation and intolerance between our BIPOC and QTBIPOC communities. In our first year\, we emphasized QTBIPOC and BIPOC in-person attendance because there are few Pride events that are centered around Black and brown queer folx in Portland.  Given the positive feedback we received from the past four years\, and the heightened ignorance and attacks on the Black\, Trans\, and Drag communities throughout our country\, we are continuing this annual celebratory event. Please join us!
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