Black Mark, Black Legend
Intisar Abioto explores the legacy of Black artists in Portland and the meaning of that history for current creators in the community, as part of Oregon Humanities' Emerging Journalists, Community Stories fellowship program.
Albina Rising
Deonna Anderson writes about how a group in Portland is working to undo the harm of urban renewal and heal the wounds of a community.
Conversation Project: A Place to Call Home
Exploring Housing in Oregon
Conversation Project: The World to Come
How Our Fear about the Future Affects Our Actions
Conversation Project: The World to Come
How Our Fear about the Future Affects Our Actions
Conversation Project: A Place to Call Home
Exploring Housing in Oregon
Conversation Project: A Place to Call Home
Exploring Housing in Oregon
Conversation Project: The World to Come
How Our Fear about the Future Affects Our Actions
Conversation Project: A Place to Call Home
Exploring Housing in Oregon
"The Numbers" Screening and Discussion
Join filmmakers Sika Stanton and Donovan Smith for a screening of "The Numbers," a short film produced as part of Oregon Humanities' This Land project, followed by a community conversation with participants in the film.
Conversation Project: A Place to Call Home
Exploring Housing in Oregon
Conversation Project: A Place to Call Home
Exploring Housing in Oregon
Conversation Project: The World to Come
How Our Fear about the Future Affects Our Actions
Conversation Project: A Place to Call Home
Exploring Housing in Oregon
Conversation Project: A Place to Call Home
Exploring Housing in Oregon
Stake Your Place
The Cully neighborhood of Portland offers a glimpse at the complex racial, ethnic, and economic factors at play in a community trying to resist the forces of gentrification, displacement, and change.
Conversation Project: Homeless in the Land of Plenty
How does homelessness affect the lives of all people within a community? What does it mean for there to be masses of people who are not adequately housed? Join storyteller Ryan Stroud to share your stories and learn about the experiences of others.
Hearing the Houseless
This is an Oregon Humanities grant-funded event.
The Numbers
As Portland's urban core has gentrified, thousands of residents have been displaced to neighborhoods east of 82nd Avenue, an area that locals call "The Numbers." In this video, young people living in The Numbers talk about their hopes for their community.
Vanport Mosaic Festival
Theater, documentaries, historic exhibits, lectures, and tours will explore will explore the history and legacy of Vanport. Oregon Humanities is a cosponsor of this event.
"Priced Out" Screening and Dialogue
Watch an excerpt from the film and then join the discussion about how rising housing prices are displacing Portland's black community. Oregon Humanities is a cosponsor of this event.
Conversation Project: Homeless in the Land of Plenty
How does homelessness affect the lives of all people within a community? What does it mean for there to be masses of people who are not adequately housed? Join storyteller Ryan Stroud to share your stories and learn about the experiences of others.
Walk On
An innovative program connects physical activity and memory to improve the health of Portland communities affected by change. An article by Marty Hughley with photos by Tojo Andrianarivo
Shouldering Homelessness
In Southern Oregon, the lack of affordable housing edges out a growing number of people. An essay by Vanessa Houk
Conversation Project: Homeless in the Land of Plenty
How does homelessness affect the lives of all people within a community? What does it mean for there to be masses of people who are not adequately housed? Join storyteller Ryan Stroud to share your stories and learn about the experiences of others.
Conversation Project: Homeless in the Land of Plenty
How does homelessness affect the lives of all people within a community? What does it mean for there to be masses of people who are not adequately housed? Join storyteller Ryan Stroud to share your stories and learn about the experiences of others.
Think & Drink on the Future of Urban Development in Portland
A conversation about the future of housing and urban development in Portland with civic leaders and developers poised to make it happen.
The Gift of a Known World
Oregon Humanities magazine editor Kathleen Holt on the power--and privilege--of rooting oneself to places
Stolen Land and Borrowed Dollars
Creative resistance bloomed in the lead up to the Vancouver Olympics. An excerpt from Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics by Jules Boykoff
Community in Flux
The long-persecuted Roma people begin to speak out. By Lisa Loving
Future: Portland
Civic leaders describe the loss of Portland's strong black communities and the hope of restoring them in the future in a video by Ifanyi Bell.
The Air I Breathe
Filmmaker Ifanyi Bell writes about growing up underestimated in Portland