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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: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:Racism + Colorism: A conversation with Artists
DESCRIPTION:Join 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. \ncoleREED (Exit the Maze Founder) and Dr. Shaina Pomerantz (RACE TALKS Executive Director) discuss art\, racism and colorism in a prelude conversation to the April 11th\, 2023 RACE TALKS Community Forum\, “Racism and COLORism: Art show + A Conversation with Artists” hosted by Exit the Maze.  \n \n🎥: Melissa Salazar @alcapawarriors
URL:https://racetalkspdx.com/event/racism-colorism-a-conversation-with-artists/
LOCATION:McMenamins Kennedy School Gym\, 5736 NE 33rd Avenue\, Portland\, OR\, 97211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Calendar,RACE TALKS Event
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SUMMARY:Petals and Thorns: Spoken Word as Activism
DESCRIPTION:La 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\, bringing awareness to societal ills\, the need for change\, and serving as a spark that challenges\, informs\, and enlightens\, while inspiring discussion\, action and activism. A panel discussion and artist talk back will take place following the film screening\, and attendees while in their breakout sessions\, will have the opportunity to create their own poem that highlights the parts of their identity that defines their purpose\, enhances their belonging to various communities and aids in their own brand of activism. \nThe short film Petals and Thorns: A Spoken Word Journey\, commissioned by Portland Playhouse as part of their Return to Wonderland 2022 short film festival\, follows the experience of a group of Black Portland teens–Nathaniel\, Aaliyah\, Alyssa and Olivia in an intensive writing and spoken word camp facilitated by La Toya A. Hampton\, MSW aka The Poet Lady Rose. Follow their journey as they go from novice writers to creating their own poetry that tells the story of living as a youth in the COVID-era\, which culminates in their triumphant first public performance. \n…this story highlights Black excellence and storytelling in a unique and captivating documentary. \n—Barr\, A. (2022\, September 23) ‘Portland Playhouse Highlights Local Artists in Film Festival’ Willamette Week.
URL:https://racetalkspdx.com/event/petals-and-thorns-spoken-word-as-activism/
LOCATION:McMenamins Kennedy School Gym\, 5736 NE 33rd Avenue\, Portland\, OR\, 97211\, United States
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SUMMARY:Announcing the LIVING ICONS Series
DESCRIPTION:This year\, we are celebrating local LIVING ICONS: Portlanders who have made significant contributions to racial justice through their contributions to the arts\, culture\, and music. These Icons have embodied excellence over decades\, and have left an indelible mark on our community and culture. \nThis is a four-part series and fundraiser for RACE TALKS.  Each evening of the four-part series will honor two LIVING ICONS\, who through their work and community contributions and activism\, have a shared history and relationship. We will listen to our Icons’ inspiring stories while we enjoy a sumptuous dinner\, intimate conversation\, and musical performances. Our series theme is “OPULENT JOY: Filling Our Cracks with Gold.” \nMarch 14th LIVING ICONS\nPAUL KNAULS\, SR.\nThe Mayor of Northeast Portland & Owner of The Cotton Club and Geneva’s\n\nNORMAN SYLVESTER\nThe Original Northwest “Boogie Cat” and 2011 Oregon Music Hall of Fame Inductee\nWe have planned this series as intimate dinner parties between close friends; seating is limited.
URL:https://racetalkspdx.com/event/announcing-the-living-icons-series/
LOCATION:McMenamins Kennedy School Gym\, 5736 NE 33rd Avenue\, Portland\, OR\, 97211\, United States
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SUMMARY:Oregon's History of White Supremacy
DESCRIPTION:We are so excited to have our February forum to discuss the legacy of white supremacy and its impact on Black Americans in Oregon. \nEach panelist brings a unique element to our American Black History conversation. To be clear\, Black History is American history and it occurs 365 days a week. Most people are not aware of the origins of Black History Month\, nor who is Carter G. Woodson\, so please do a google search on both of these subjects prior to attending our forum. \nOur panel will begin with Dr. Carmen Thompson\, who is a scholar\, historian\, and author of the book\, The Making of American Whiteness: The Formation of Race in Seventeenth- Century Virginia;  she he was recently cited by the Oregon Supreme Court (follow this link and find her citation on page 642 in the footnotes.) Given the Black exclusionary laws and whites-only origins of Oregon\, this will be a sobering reminder for anyone who believes or is unaware of Oregon’s violent\, racist history. \n \nNext\, Intisar Abioto\, a celebrated Black artist and archivist\, will share her research about Beatrice Morrow Cannady\, the first Black woman to graduate from an Oregon Law School (Northwestern Law now called Lewis and Clark Law). Ms Cannady was also an NAACP President and founding editor of the Black owned paper\, The Advocate. Many of the issues she was covering in the early 1900s in Oregon remain at issue for Black people today. Bringing this story into present day\, Ms. Abioto will share how she and her family were unsuccessful in their attempt to purchase and preserve the Cannady house; which ties to the long history of eminent domain and white supremacy in the form of bank loans as the main contributor to the severing and loss of culture and generational wealth in the Black community. \nFinally\, Kolby Ross\, a Portland native who was a recent victim of targeted white supremacist violence will share his story and the challenges he has faced in getting our local District Attorney to file charges against a known affiliated white supremacist\, who still remains free. His story brings Oregon’s violent and racist history into the present day\, along with the acknowledgement that the recent ballot initiative to remove slavery from our state constitution was barely accomplished\, Black people in Oregon continue to struggle and fight against white supremacy. \n 
URL:https://racetalkspdx.com/event/oregon-history-of-white-supremacy/
LOCATION:McMenamins Kennedy School Gym\, 5736 NE 33rd Avenue\, Portland\, OR\, 97211\, United States
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