DSPDX Fall Programming: Not Black Friday 2025
Don’t Shoot Portland is excited to once again host our annual Not Black Friday to provide community, support and direct care to our neighbors in need. Please consider joining us in solidarity by donating to the cause, volunteering at an event, signing up for distribution, or all three!
Not Black Friday 2025 powered by DSPDX
Upcoming public events with RSVP details and flyers are below - we can’t wait to build community with you. Please email socialoutreach@dontshootpdx.org if you’d like to volunteer or be a program sponsor!
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Friday, November 14
10am - 12pm
The Black Memory and Preservation Lab powered by DSPDX | 510 SW Third Ave
Portland City Archives and Don’t Shoot PDX are partnering on a series of events designed to grow community connections, build archival skills, and create a foundation to ensure community stories are accessible for future generations.
Join us for the kickoff event, Coffee and Collections, on November 14th from 10am to 12pm. This community archiving event is an opportunity to work on personal archiving projects, chat with community members, and receive guidance from the memory workers at Don't Shoot PDX and the Portland City Archives.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Friday November 14
5pm - 8pm
The Black Memory and Preservation Lab powered by DSPDX | 510 SW Third Ave
Join us for a special evening as we listen to archival interviews featuring Maya Angelou, Angela Davis, Betty Shabazz, Elizabeth Catlett, and many more.
Join us for an evening of community, soul food, and spiritual nourishment as we listen to newly unearthed oral histories from I Dream a World: Black Women Speak | The Listening Sessions—a sweeping archive of interviews with 75 of the most influential Black women in American history.
Created in the late 1980s by Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist Brian Lanker, this body of work features voices such as Toni Morrison, Coretta Scott King, Maya Angelou, Angela Davis and many others whose wisdom, courage, and lived experience shaped the political, cultural, and artistic landscape of the 20th century.
These rarely heard interviews are now available for the first time courtesy of the Brian Lanker Collection, coinciding with a poignant opportunity for reflection and courage to create a better world. We are honored to host this intimate gathering for our Portland community, exclusively granted and made possible by the Lanker Estate and the University of Oregon Libraries.
Fully catered gourmet soul food from Kee's Loaded Kitchen will be included with entry.
Event is free with a suggested donation to benefit The Black Memory + Preservation Lab.
Saturday, November 15
12pm - 3pm
PNCA | 511 NW Broadway
Join us for an afternoon of creativity and conversation at our annual Not Black Friday art build. Show up in solidarity and learn how to screenprint to create art for Don’t Shoot PDX’s annual Reclaim MLK March in January! In addition to the community art build, we will feature an artist talk with Tonita Cervantes, our current exhibiting artist at The BLACK Gallery. Family-friendly, all are welcome! Free RSVP via EventBrite
To kick off Not Black Friday, we have begun a monthly food drive and distribution. Please bring items from the list below, and circulate it within your networks!
Drop off’s will take place on the last Wednesday of every month from 4-7pm at our DSPDX Annex - 927 NW Everett Portland, OR 97209
