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
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.
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.
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
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