On Sunday, January 26, 2025, Imagine Black hosted a powerful gathering at the Center for Black Radical Imagination in Old Town Portland. Memory and Place in Black Portland: A Book of Photos, Essays, and Poetry was the heart of this event—a stunning collection of work created by Portland State University students at Oregon State Penitentiary.
Read MoreImagine Black Futures is a recipient of the Social Equity & Educational Development (SEED) Initiatives Grant Fund.
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Read MoreNikki Paxton knows the power of community. She still remembers the day her child came home from school and said they were the only Black child in their class. Paxton immediately thought “Oh no, you need people.”
Read MoreOur Deputy Director of Movement Building, Danita Harris, notes that “We don't believe in half-measures. And what's happening is when we say, yes, but, that but tends to get left behind. It doesn't get funded, it doesn't get prioritized, and we don't move the but forward.
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