This Black History Month, support Black led organizations in Oregon.
Oregon Black Pioneers is the only historical society in Oregon that preserves and shares the history of African Americans in Oregon. For more than 30 years they’ve uplifted the often whitewashed and erased experiences of African Americans statewide.
Oregon Black Pioneers has a number of incredible events happening all over the state for the entire month of February. You can check them out here.
Black, Black History Month: Pop-Up Museum
Black-serving organizations across Portland are celebrating a “Black, Black History Month” this year by hosting a pop-up museum with Creative Homies at The Horizon Enterprise Building in Old Town.
The exhibit centers Old Town, which is one of the first neighborhoods where Black folks settled in Portland–they were brought by the transcontinental railroad.
The 1803 Fund is sponsoring the museum!
WHERE AND WHEN
The museum will be open from 10 AM to 4 PM, Wednesday through Saturday and 11 AM to 4 PM on Sunday, all month long.
It will live at The Horizon Enterprise Building in Old Town (433 NW 4TH Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209). Enter on 4th.
You can learn about all of the galleries open by 1803 this month by visiting https://www.1803fund.com/news
PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
- Albina Music Trust
- Alisa Wilbon
- Black Bald Film
- Center for Black Excellence
- Creative Homies | The Horizon Enterprise Building
- The BLACK Gallery, curated by Don’t Shoot PDX
- Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon - MESO
- North East Production
- Oregon Black Pioneers
- Word is Bond
- Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church
- 1803 Fund
Originally posted by the 1803 Fund