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January 30, 2019
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
Portland Police Chief
Danielle Outlaw
OHSU President
Dr. Danny Jacobs
Linfield College President
Miles Davis
People carry what they can during an evacuation of Vanport
as Columbia River floodwaters pour into the town just north of
Portland from a broken railroad levy on May 30, 1948. Soon the
entire town would be washed away. The Vanport Mosaic project is
sharing oral histories from of life in Portland during the time and
over the course of Portland’s African –American history
Sharing Oral Histories
Meyer Memorial Trust President/ Oregon Supreme Court Justice
CEO Michelle J. DePass
Adrienne Nelson
Portland City Commissioner Jo
Ann Hardesty
Blazers Salute Black History
Recognizing
historic firsts by
local leaders
The Portland Trail Blazers will
recognize six leaders from the Af-
rican American community when
it celebrates Black History Month
during pregame and halftime ac-
tivities, Tuesday, Feb. 5 in game
against the Miami Heat at the
Moda Center.
The individuals are Portland
Police Chief Danielle Outlaw;
Oregon Health & Sciences Uni-
versity President Dr. Danny Ja-
cobs; Linfield College President
Dr. Miles Davis; Meyer Memorial
Trust President and Chief Execu-
tive Officer Michelle J. DePass;
Oregon Supreme Court Justice
Adrienne Nelson and Portland
City Commissioner Jo Ann Hard-
esty.
With impressive accomplish-
ments and credentials, these lead-
ers have ushered in a new era of
historic firsts for Portland and for
Oregon, the Trail Blazer organiza-
tion announced.
A portion of the event’s pro-
ceeds will be donated to iUrban-
Teen, a group whose mission is
to expose and inspire underrep-
resented youth to become tomor-
row’s business and technology
leaders.
Vanport Mosaic
presents living
archives
Using archival footage, his-
toric photographs and com-
pelling first-person narratives,
the Vanport Mosaic invites the
community to join them for a
free screening of oral history
documentaries, part of a living
archive that traces the story of
Portland African American com-
munity from the 1940s to 1970s.
If you attended the Vanport
Mosaic Festival 2017, you might
have spotted a silver Airstream
trailer parked in front of one of
the festival venues. The promot-
ers of the event said it was from
there that a team of memory ac-
tivists were busy inside record-
ing the memories of life from peo-
ple who lived in Portland at the
time.
It is a story of struggle, perse-
verance, and resilience that con-
tinues today. Organizers said you
should be prepared to be inspired,
moved, uncomfortable, confused,
entertained, sad, and uplifted; pos-
sibly all at the same time.
“A Place Called Home: From
Vanport to Albina” will be pre-
sented for free on a first come first
served basis on Sunday, Feb. 3 at
3 p.m. at the St. Johns Library,
7510 N. Charleston Ave.; and on
Monday, Feb. 4 at 6:30 p.m. at the
Albina Library, 3605 N.E. 15 Ave.
Artist and Vanport descendant
Velynn Brown will share her
poem Roots and Remnants, and
will facilitate a reflection on the
beauty and challenges of story,
home, community and belonging.