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BLACK HISTORY MONTH and the American Experience
Grass Roots Bookstores transcend labels
The installation of windows marks the
first days o f business for “In Other
Words, " a bookstore for and about
women at its new location at the
corner of Killingsworth and North
Williams Avenue.
photo by I saiah B oi nJ
T he P ortland O bserver
Ingredients for life
photo by
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S arah B i . ount /T he P ortland O bserver
The Black Rose Collective has transitioned from a free porch to
a bookstore and political information shop on North Mississippi
Avenue. Many o f its books feature Portland writers and publish
ers, making them a rare find at many traditional booksellers.
continued
from Front
a meeting space free for community
use. The plan is to build partner
ships and offer reciprocity dis
counts to its neighbors like Ethos,
North Portland Bike Works and the
Alberta Co-Op, Burns said.
She hopes the bookstore will fit
into the neighborhood's busy ac
tivist scene that focuses on race
and ethnicity.
“ It’s our intention to use fem i
nism to effectively impact m ulti
issue social activism ,” she said.
“ It’s a criticism o f feminism that
race and class aren ’t on the front
burner, but where I stand person
ally, it’s all facets of the same
fight.”
The Black Rose Collective is
former “free porch" turned political
information shop at 4038 N. Missis
sippi near Shaver Street. Since its
humble beginning as a jumble of
free clothing, food and household
items, the collective remains dedi
cated to a principle of providing
services, not turning a profit.
“All we do is try to make enough
to pay our rent,” col lecti ve member
Genevieve Moore said.
The house next door is the Mis
sissippi Avenue Co-op, an eight-
bedroom communal living space
serving as an alternative to the
renter/owner status quo. It was
during one of their monthly meet
ings that a member proposed the
idea of expanding their free porch
into an infoshop. About a year later,
with help from the Portland Alli
ance of Collective Workers, the
Black Rose opened.
The tiny shop is a collection of
political, feminist and anti-racism
hooks, exclusively from indepen
dent presses. These books are a
rare find in traditional bookstores,
and a local section spotlights Port
land writers and publishers.
The collective’s six members,
plus a handful of volunteers, run
the shop from noon to eight p.m.
Tuesday through Sunday. The
collective also keeps a growing list
of at least 100 people willingto lend
a hand with future projects, includ
ing plans to create a community
mural in the near future.
Forum on Living
Wage Jobs
at Safeway this Valentine's Day!
Lawmaker addresses local issues
State Rep. Chip Shields will
host a series o f com m unity fo
rums over the next several weeks
spotlighting issues for residents
in his inner north and northeast
Portland House D istrict 43. The
forums will cover living wage jobs,
the w ar in Iraq, health care and
schools.
“At this critical time in Oregon's
history, it is more important than
ever that we come together as a
community to share ideas and con
cerns on these vital issues,” Shields
said.
The forum on living wage jobs
will be heldon Wednesday, Feb. 15
from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Oregon
Association of Minority Entrepre
neurs, 4134 N. Vancouver, with
guest Tom Chamberlain, president
of Oregon AFL-CIO and Sam
Brooks, chair of OAME.
Iraq War: A Local Response will
take place March 8 from 6:30 to 8
p.m. at Emmanuel Temple Church,
5 123 N. Michigan with guest State
Rep. Paul Holvey, w hose son
served in Iraq.
The meeting on health care will
be held on March 22, also from 6:30
to 8 p.m. at Irvington Village, 420
N.E. Mason St. with guests State
Rep. Mitch Greenlick. chief peti
tioner for the statewide health care
initiative HOPE for Oregon Fami
lies and Corliss McKeever, presi
dent and C EO of the African Ameri
can Health Coalition.
The schools forum will be held
April 5 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the
Irvington Elem entary gym, 1320
N.E. Brazee with guest Shannon
Cam pion of Stand for Children.
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Salvation Army Captain to Speak
Captain Robert Marshall of the
Salvation Army will be the featured
speaker when the Allen Temple
Joshua Men present their third
Annual M en's Day Program under
the theme “Christian men Wear
God," on Sunday, Feb. 12 at 4 p.m.
at Allen TempleCMEChurch,4236
N.E. Eighth Ave. The public is wel
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