Earlier in June, I took a trip down to Southern Oregon to cover the renaming festivities for Ben Johnson Mountain (formerly Negro Ben Mountain) for Travel Oregon. Check out the article and some of the photos I took during the hike here.
Sometimes I get invited to do cool things. This morning was one of those times. Albina Vision Trust invited me to lead a letter writing workshop following their Juneteenth teach-in panel. The panel featured a powerhouse lineup of Commissioner JoAnn Hardesty, AVT Director Rukaiyah Adams, Congressman Earl Blumenauer and a cameo from Rep. Lew Frederick …
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Respond to Racism hosted its second Juneteenth celebration in Lake Oswego and I had the wild idea to ask Black attendees what it means to them and what they’d like to see from the City going forward.
We don’t need anymore debates about the need for police reform. All the viral videos and stories of family, friends, community members and so many others getting murdered, assaulted and harassed by the police make it clear that public safety is in desperate need of fundamental change. Instead of wasting everyone’s time and insulting your …
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We switched things up for Respond to Racism on IG Live this month. For this edition, we hosted an intergenerational panel featuring myself, RtR volunteer and LOSD parent Tam Hixson, RtR Youth Empowerment Committee member Sarah Al-Qirem and Cultural Blends founder and Lakeridge alum Troy Douglass. We covered a number of subjects, including our feelings …
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Last month, we hosted the third installment of Respond to Racism on IG Live featuring the Lake Oswego Black Student Mentorship Program. Students Jayden Hill and Julia Bohannon started the group in the fall of 2020 to bridge the connection between older and younger Black students in LO. It was a pleasure speaking with these …
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 …
