The Vanport Mosaic @vanportmosaic
Remembering is an act of resistance. We are a memory activism platform to amplify, honor, present and preserve the silenced histories that surround us. vanportmosaic.org Portland, OR Joined August 2015-
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Malcolm X Power to The People: Black Panther Party Legacy Tour of Albina vanportmosaic.org/events/2023/ma…
The Bruce Poinsette Show will be live at the Alberta Abbey on Nov. 5 at 1:30 pm! Check us out and all the other great live content scheduled for @ThenumberzFm PDX Black Podcast Fest!
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Join us Sunday for Tom Nakashima's artist talk, part of the opening of Resilience! Visit JAMO to see the show, then join us at 2pm at the Oregon Jewish Museum to hear Tom discuss his life, career, and influence of his family history on his work. jamo.org/event/artist-t…
We are so honored to be selected for this fantastic opportunity to grow our memory activism! @DenshoProject preserves the stories of the Japanese American experience during World War II and educates, collaborates, and inspires action for equity.
We are so honored to be selected for this fantastic opportunity to grow our memory activism! @DenshoProject preserves the stories of the Japanese American experience during World War II and educates, collaborates, and inspires action for equity.
Opening tonight! Walking Through Portland with a Panther: The life Of Mr. Kent Ford. All Power! A new @vanportmosaic play by Don Wilson Glenn, directed by Damaris Webb, featuring La’Tevin Alexander #juneteenth2022
The @PPSConnect @LentK8 3rd Grade Scholars participated in the @vanportmosaic Black Panther Party Legacy Tour of Albina w/ Mr. Kent Ford. Before, youth led a teach in on what they had learned about the BPP over the year for our comrades joining us.
Honored to have had Mr. Ford tell his story at our very first event last spring. Check out this video hosted by @vanportmosaic And, if you can, please attend one of his walking tours!✨ “Sting Like A Bee”: Kent Ford and the Portland Black Panthers” vimeo.com/254712077?ref=…
As representatives of communities of color in Oregon, we urge the Biden administration to immediately increase investment into combating white supremacy and far right extremists in Oregon. @WhiteHouse the time for action is now. ow.ly/xtTO50JqSnk
Today: A Place Called Home : Past, Present, Future of Housing Our Communities - presentation + roundable conversation w/@FairHousingOR. With POORLANDIA performance by @vinshambry // artwork by Henk Pander . Bit.ly/vanport2022
The third-to-last show is starting now, but we still have tickets for Vanport the Musical tomorrow and Sunday! nwcts.secure.force.com/ticket/#/event… Make sure to arrive early to appreciate @vanportmosaic’s lobby display 🤩🔎
🎉Happy Birthday🎉to Mr. Kent Ford, longtime Portland activist who helped found the Black Panther Party, Portland Chapter. At breakfast this morning he told me, "The best is yet to come."🎉[posted w/ permission] #PDX
Today at 6pm! Tin Can Phone podcast live recording on #housing justice for formerly incarcerated people . At Black Woman Owned @holybeanzcoffee #pdx - or zoom
On Saturday, as part of @vanportmosaic, we were presented with an original blueprint of the 1942 detention center, located in the very spot where we were standing. Thank you to @portlandexpo for finding and donating this important document! ow.ly/GjWo50Jmotv
#OTD in 1942, #FredKorematsu was arrested in San Leandro, CA for resisting Executive Order #9066. We have the 24-min version of the award-winning documentary, Of Civil Wrongs and Rights: The Fred Korematsu Story on our website. Stream his story here: bit.ly/3M0X8Oj
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The third-to-last show is starting now, but we still have tickets for Vanport the Musical tomorrow and Sunday! nwcts.secure.force.com/ticket/#/event… Make sure to arrive early to appreciate @vanportmosaic’s lobby display 🤩🔎
🎉Happy Birthday🎉to Mr. Kent Ford, longtime Portland activist who helped found the Black Panther Party, Portland Chapter. At breakfast this morning he told me, "The best is yet to come."🎉[posted w/ permission] #PDX
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