You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time. — Angela Davis
Action
Please learn from and support these (and other!) Black-led organizations in Portland and beyond:
- Don’t Shoot PDX
- Urban League of Portland
- Black Resilience Fund
- Self Enhancement, Inc.
- Black Food Sovereignty Coalition
- Black Parent Initiative
- Mutual Aid Resources for Black Lives Matter compiled by Don’t Shoot PDX
- Care about Black Lives? Put your money where your mouth is. Compiled by Pharoah Bolding, EDI Trainer & HR Professional in Portland
Support Black businesses in Portland:
- SEI’s list
- BlackPDX’s list
- POC-owned Food Directory compiled by Racist Sandwich
Attend some of the Black Lives Matter events happening in Portland.
Programs hosted by Alder Commons:
- Intersectional Justice Accountability Group: Every Thursday, 12:30-1:30pm PT
- Layla Saad’s Me and White Supremacy Book Circle: Twice a year, we host a 4-5 session book club that meets to read Me and White Supremacy alongside others; reach out to Rachel ([email protected]) if you’re interested in joining the next session.
Education
We are continuing to educate ourselves and provide resources on racial justice, Black liberation, and anti-racism. Below is a sampling of some of what we’ve been reading, listening to, watching, and learning:
Articles
- The Unmattering of Black Lives by Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw
- The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- The Trayvon Generation by Elizabeth Alexander
- Confessions from a Former Bastard Cop
- White Debt by Eula Biss
- Where Incarceration Isn’t the Answer by Mark P. Fancher
- What the Police Really Believe by Zack Beauchamp
- Why the Fraternal Order of the Police Must Go by Paul Butler
- What my Kid Learned When They Weren’t in School by Frank Bures
Books
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
- Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
- Caste: The Origins of our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Davis
- The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
- How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
Looking to order these, and other, Racial Justice books? Please consider ordering your books online through Third Eye Books, a 100% Black-owned bookstore here in Portland.
Podcasts
- Good Ancestor Podcast with Layla F. Saad
- Behind the Police: Slavery, Mass Murder and the Birth of American Policing, part of the Behind the Bastards podcast
- Seeing White by Scene on Radio
- Season Three of Serial
- Graham episode, RadioLab
- Nice White Parents by the New York Times
- Una conversación acerca de expresiones del racismo en nuestra comunidad por Alcance sin Límites
- Season Two of In The Dark
- Fare of the Free Child with Akilah S. Richards
Trainings and Classes
- Interrogating Whiteness class through Portland Underground Graduate School (PUGS)
- Trauma, Resiliency, and Restorative Justice with Resolutions Northwest
- Unwavering by Jore Consulting
- Whiteness at Work with The Adaway Group
- Racial Equity & Liberation Virtual Learning Series facilitated by Move to End Violence faculty Monica Dennis and Rachael Ibrahim
Portland- and Oregon-specific Resources
- Walidah Imarisha’s Oregon Black History timeline: Why Aren’t There More Black People in Oregon: A Hidden History
- Racist Sandwich podcast
- White Supremacy in Oregon: History & Current Issues class through Portland Underground Graduate School (PUGS)
- Vanport Mosaic’s short documentary “Sting Like A Bee”: Kent Ford and the Portland Black Panthers
Feedback
If you have any feedback for us on ways in which we can improve, and/or have resources we should add to this page, please email us or fill out this anonymous form.
