As an artist-run space we commit to determining what actions we can collectively take to support Black organizations and elevate voices of Black people in Portland, Oregon.

Portland is 6% Black, but five out of 15 police shooting, or 33%, involved Black suspects from Feb 2017 to Jan 2019.

This brutal reality is grounded in both past and present policy. Exclusionary laws, the anti-Black Donation Land Act, Black Poll Tax, Interracial Marriage prohibitions, housing and business displacement, gentrification of historically Black neighborhoods in North and Northeast Portland. Located in North Portland Carnation Contemporary benefits from these histories of disenfranchisement, displacement, and gentrification. We commit to learn and act.

PDX/ Oregon Grassroots Civil Rights and Social Justice Organizations

Portland Legal and Bail Fund

bit.ly/pdxlegalsupport

Portland African American Leadership Forum (PAALF)

@paalf_advocacy

Urban League of Portland

@ulpdx

Self Enhancement, Inc. (SEI)

@official_sei

Black United Fund of Oregon

@blackunitedfundor

Coalition of Black Men

Portland Equity In Action

@pdx.equity.in.action

Care Not Cops Campaign PDX

@carenotcopspdx

Critical Resistance PDX

@criticalresistancepdx

RADICAL MEDITATION FOR BIPOC

@radmeditationforbipoc

Don’t Shoot PDX

@dontshootpdx

CarePDX

@carepdx

Black Investment Corporation for Economic Progress Inc. (BICEP)

Cascade Alliance for Equity

National Grassroots Civil Rights and Social Justice Organizations

Reclaim The Block MN

@reclaimtheblock

Black Visions Collective MN

@blackvisionscollective

Brooklyn Bail Fund

@brooklynbailfund

Free Them All 2020

venmo.com/bailoutnycmay OR $bailoutnycmay

National Black Mamas Bail Out

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/freeblackmamas2020

The Bail Project

https://secure.givelively.org/donate/the-bail-project

National Bail Fund Network

https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/nbfn-directory

Memorial Funds/ Petitions

George Floyd Memorial Fund

https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd

Justice for Breanna Taylor Petititon + Fundraiser

https://tinyurl.com/JusticeForBreonnaTaylor

Justice for Arnaud Arbery Fundraiser

https://www.gofundme.com/f/i-run-with-maud

In Memory of Tony Mcdade

https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-of-tony-mcdade

Portland and Oregon’s Racist Past and Present

Why Aren't There More Black People in Oregon? A Hidden History

Oregon Black Pioneers

“Blacks in Oregon”

African American Culture in Portland

The Racist History of Portland, the Whitest City in America

Displacement in North and Northeast Portland – An Historical Overview

Change in African American Population in N/NE Neighborhood Housing Strategy Area 1970-2010

“Don’t Choke ‘Em, Smoke ‘Em” : Lloyd “Tony” Stevenson and the Long Reach of History in “Post-Racial” Portland

The case of the missing tattoos: Altered photo lineup by Portland police draws objection

Portland Police Shootings by Portland Copwatch

Anti-Racist Resources

https://sheshreds.com/a-compilation-of-anti-racism-resources/

Anti-racism resources for white people

https://decolonizethisplace.org/resources

75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice

How to be an Anti-racist

”White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh

Rachel Rickett’s Anti-Racism Resources

Showing Up For Racial Justice’s educational toolkits

South Asians for Black Lives

Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism

Resources to Support the Minneapolis Protestors

Revealing and Uprooting Cellular Violence: Black Men and the Biopsychosocial Impact of Racial Microaggressions

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Gallery Exhibitions are currently on pause due to COVID-19

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