100 Days of Protest: We Thank You All
Photo by Joe Keller via Facebook
Thank you to the team at Holding Contemporary for hosting our Stop Killing Us exhibition for the month of #BlackAugust. We were able to host two legal webinars (Tenant Rights & Housing Descrimination during BLM and Know Your Rights), contemporary dance performance from Fyndi Jermany and a live music concert (Karma Rivera) during the installation. ASL was provided for these events by Fingers Crossed Interpreting - thank you for all you do for the community.
Big thank you to the photographers who lended their time and talent (Mika Martinez, Mario Gallucci, Fifth Column Films, Kendall Kendall, Joseph Blake, Renee Lopez) as well as the artists behind our stickers, posters and booklets at the gallery (Omnivorous). Thank you to Starflower for creating such a unique curation of floral arrangements for our closing to center Black Lives Matter. We were able to collaborate with Umbrella Project, who brought in 50 handpainted yellow umbrellas, each bearing a name of a lost loved one in Portland. These umbrellas became part of our install as well as during our 4 minute tribute to Michael Brown on August 9th, 2020.
This exhibition was a true community effort and we are beyond grateful for all that were involved. We are also sending condolences and support to the family and friends of Aja Raquell, whose vigil was hosted at the space as well.
We thank everyone who continues to support the liberation of Black people. We ask you to please utilize our Mutual Aid BLM to show up for those in our communities who are suffering from gun violence and tragedies.
Thank you to the donors who made our sponsorship for the 57th March on Washington possible for local families affected by state violence and police brutality.
Special thanks to Portland Symphonic Choir for their beautiful new arrangement of ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ Black National Anthem and for supporting our work with its proceeds. Please watch the video here.
Thank you also to Andrew Wallner for allowing us permission to use his now iconic image, featuring over 10,000 Portlanders performing a die-in for George Floyd as well as donating preliminary funds to Gianna Floyd. You can read his statement here.
Photo by Andrew Wallner,