I should update these more… That said, this Sunday, we’re recording a special live episode of the Blacktastic Adventure featuring my parents Willie and Bruce R. Poinsette. We also had a great discussion on systems storytelling in April and readings from the Church of Can’t Stop Won’t Stop have been going steadily every Sunday for …
I first interviewed Randal Wyatt for a Skanner story on the local hip-hop community’s tensions with the police. To this day, it’s one of the pieces I’m most proud of writing as a young reporter. Anyways, back then I knew Randal as someone heavily involved in the community and the lead of one of the …
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One of my biggest takeaways from doing case studies for the Urban League’s “State of Black Oregon 2015” is that we have to connect Black stories in rural parts of the state to the metro area. The Blacktastic Adventure gives me the opportunity to do that directly. Recently, I spoke with Precious Edmonds and Keith …
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I started reading “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop” by Jeff Chang a couple months ago. I’ve been doing weekly readings and commentary for Patreon members ever since. Here’s an unlocked episode of the Church of Can’t Stop Won’t Stop. Subscribe to the Patreon to get access to all the episodes.
I’ve known Liz Fouther-Branch and Bobby Fouther for several years now. I met the Fouther siblings as part of a local Black artists group. Their resumes are long (Check out the flyers below) and originally, this interview was not supposed to be for the Blacktastic Adventure. I specifically reached out to talk about their work …
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Intergenerational discussions are great in themselves. When you get the chance to gather wisdom from someone who has specifically worked in similar spaces to yours, it’s that much more informative. My Blacktastic Adventure interview with Richard Brown was such a case. An activist, photographer and author, Brown has been working for decades especially around police …
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