March 2020
2020 Womxn’s March & Rally for Action Portland
Mark your calendars for THIS YEAR'S EVENT on Sunday, March 1, 2020! Portland is marching! Our event will be a permitted, family-friendly, intersectional event welcoming womxn and their allies. Rally at Noon, March at 1:00. ADA accessible. Rally location is PSU / South Park Blocks in downtown Portland. More details coming soon.... GP NOW will have a booth, a banner & is helping engage volunteers to make the day a success.
Find out more »Kimberlé Crenshaw: 30 Years of Theorizing Justice: Intersectionality, Critical Race Theory and Contemporary Challenges
Free Lecture: Kimberlé Crenshaw March 6 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Looking back on its journey in the 30th year, Kimberlé Crenshaw will expound on intersectionality through the lens of personal narrative, reflecting on formative experiences that shaped her political consciousness as a woman and as a Black person, and how those anecdotes directly informed her theorization and application of intersectionality. Her observations are grounded against a backdrop of a rapidly deteriorating political environment in which the destabilization of new and old democracies underscores the…
Find out more »3rd Annual Womens’ Day Celebration & Phenomenal Woman Awards
March 8, 2020 6pm - 8:30pm Living Room Coffee House 8524 SE 17th Ave PDX 97202 Sip. Dance. Mix & Mingle Doors open at 6pm, Program begins at 6:30pm Reading of Maya Angelou’s “Phenomenal Woman” poem Presentation of the Phenomenal Nominees & Awardees Raffle it up ”Say Cheese” in the photo booth Get your grub on; sparkling water, wine, and antipasto GALORE! Write on the Wishing Wall Craft at the gratitude card making station A portion of the proceeds benefits…
Find out more »Book Club: The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
This book club will meet on third Tuesdays of each month and we encourage you to bring your lunch and your curiosity. Try to read the book but if you can't get to it, Join us for discussion. Our next selection is The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates Bring your lunch! Work through a reading list that will supporting your journey of understanding of race dynamics, white supremacy and allyship. Have a little support and encouragement to keep up that…
Find out more »April 2020
Book Club: We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
This book club will meet on third Tuesdays of each month and we encourage you to bring your lunch and your curiosity. Try to read the book but if you can’t get to it, Join us for discussion. Our selection for April is 21st is: We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Bring your lunch! Work through a reading list that will supporting your journey of understanding of race dynamics, white supremacy and allyship. Have a little support…
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