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Black History Month
February 17, 2016
Who I Am: Celebrating Me
Production
moves to
Portland
Center Stage
The 10th anniversary of the
black history play “Who I Am,
Celebrating Me” written, di-
rected and produced by native
Oregonian Shalanda Sims, and
performed by a community of
youth and adult artists, moves
to a new venue this year.
This show, which in the past
has been presented at Jefferson
and Reynolds high schools, and
Paciic University, will take
place this year at Portland Cen-
ter Stage, downtown, on Satur-
day, Feb. 20 at 2:30 p.m. and
Monday, Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are available at pcs.org.
You’re invited to be enter-
tained, informed and delight-
ed as the group shares stories
of some of our unsung heroes
in the African-American com-
munity chronicling our voyage
from Africa to present day.
The black history play “Who I Am, Celebrating Me” is performed by a community of youth and adult artists to share stories
of unsung heroes in the African-American community and chronicle our voyage from Africa to present day.
The producers of the play relevant today and the answer though the picture may have date on your watch, the stories
say people always ask why is those that ignore history are changed on your screen or and struggle are still real and
the atrocities of the past are destined to repeat it and al- newspaper and the time and present in today’s society.