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The town of Vanport in what is now the Delta Park area of north Portland as pictured during the
years around World War II. The multiracial community was constructed for shipyard workers and
their families, and when it was wiped out by a flood in 1948, communities of color were impacted
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C ontinueD from f ront
each other.”
Lo Forti says it’s all about de-
fining the idea of “memory activ-
ism.”
“In these times it seems as if
remembering history is an act of
resistance,” Lo Forti says. “Our
goal is to engage more and more
memory activists.”
The Vanport Flood holds a spe-
cial place in Oregon history.
A long rainy winter had raised
the water level of the Columbia
River, and on Memorial Day --
May 30, 1948, at 4:05 p.m. -- a
large piece of the earthen levy pro-
tecting the town collapsed.
All of Vanport’s 40,000 resi-
dents lost their homes, and 15 lost
their lives. The disaster is some-
times called “Oregon’s Katrina,”
because like Hurricane Katrina
in 2005, the Vanport Flood im-
pacted communities of color dis-
proportionately, including African
American shipyard workers and
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their families who had moved to
Vanport to support the US military
effort during World War II.
Because it was Oregon’s first
and biggest multi-racial commu-
nity, Vanport’s destruction pushed
African American families into a
segregated Portland neighborhood
called Albina and set up the racial
dynamics we see today.
The list of Vanport Mosaic Fes-
tival 2018 events is long and var-
ied, find it all online at vanport-
mosaic.org, follow the link at the
top right hand of the homepage to
“Festival 2018.”
Here are a few special events
you shouldn’t miss:
***Lessons From Vanport
and Katrina: a dialogue to create
community resilience during ex-
treme weather conditions. Vanport
survivors will join city disaster
officials, members of the house-
less community and the public in
an interactive forum on Monday,
May 28 – 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the
EXPO Center. Admission is free.
***Confluence Story Gather-
ing. Guest speakers Tanna Eng-
dahl, a Cowlitz spiritual leader;
Se-h-dom Edmo (Shoshone-Ban-
nock, Nez Perce, Yakama), the
Movement building director for
the Western States Center; and
David Lewis, tribal historian and
past manager of the Grand Ronde
Cultural Resources Department
screen oral histories from tribes
along the Columbia and talk about
why it’s important, on Sunday
May 27, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at
the Interstate Firehouse Cultural
Center. Suggested contribution
$10.
***Power to the People: Black
Panther Party Legacy Tour of
Albina. Join Kent Ford, found-
er of Portland’s chapter of the
1960s-era black empowerment
organization, for a walking tour
in northeast Portland. Wear your
walking shoes!
Saturday May 26, 1:30 p.m. to
2:30 p.m., Martin Luther King Jr.
School: 4906 N.E. 6th Ave. Tick-
ets are $10.
***Lost City, Living Memo-
ries: Vanport Through The Voices
of Its Residents. Hear the stories
of the dramatic events of May 30,
1948 directly from the people who
lived it. This is a series of docu-
mentary short films of Vanport
survivors produced by local com-
munity residents, and mentored by
“story midwife” Laura Lo Forti.
Portland State University Prof.
James Harrison opens with a brief
history of Vanport, and remarks by
Portland City Commissioner Nick
Fish. The screening is Monday,
May 28, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the
EXPO Center - 2060 N. Marine
Dr. Admission is free.
Legacy of A Forgotten City -
The Vanport Mosaic Festival 2017:
https://vimeo.com/254799611