Community Unity Day & Food Forest Open House at Hughes!
Fun tabling at this years' Good in the Hood with a special appearance by UO Mascot Ducky!
Community Unity Day at Hughes Community Church
Join us as we support a free Community Unity Day on Saturday July 26 from 12 to 5pm at Hughes Community Church! Direct action and advocacy are what makes communities stronger and there’s no better time to be involved than now. Donate to sustain our work here, sign up to join a committee or email contact@dontshootpdx.org to support Community Unity Day.
If you’ve been interested in our Food Forest initiative, this is a great time to visit and get more information! We will also be looking for support to help clean, tidy general areas and organize the on-site free closet. We anticipate needing 7-10 volunteers for Community Unity Day - please reach out if you’re available!
Julian V.L. Gaines
In Living Color(ed), 2021
Oil, acrylic, oil stick, lead, ink, house paint
Thanks to Level Eye for a beautiful install at our Black Memory and Preservation Lab!
Our third space is finally feeling moved in thanks to an installation by our friends at Level Eye PDX. Thank you for supporting our mission and for the incredible work you do!
Follow us on Instagram for upcoming events, programs and preservation workshops. Read more about our recent preservation efforts with the Apple murals here via KOIN.
Thanks for visiting BlackOut: A Five Year Retrospective on Portland’s Racial Justice Movement at The BLACK Gallery powered by DSPDX!
It was an honor to host local writer Donovan Scribes for Portland Mercurys’ BlackOut and to welcome creatives Sai Stone, Lakayana Drury, Savina Monet and Ronin Roc into the gallery. Thank you to everyone who came together, shared space and opened their hearts to what we’ve learned and what we want to achieve for racial justice.
Art can create vital spaces for conversation and we’re always grateful to host these experiences. Sign up for The BLACK Gallery newsletter to stay tuned on our next exhibit, events and news to come.
Photo by Sai Stone, work featured by Ronin Roc
Photo and background work featured by Sai Stone with portrait and quote by BlackOut essayist Sharon Gary-Smith
